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.prwood wrote:I wish I had a permanent car repair area that was covered, had a level surface, lighting and fans, a workbench, and tool cabinets. You know,like a garage. Much of my time during the job is spent hauling things up and down the stairs to the basement or in and out of the storage shed, or running back downstairs when I realize I need something else,or taking a break from standing out in the sun,or using flashlights or work lamps when it gets dark.
.br0dy519 wrote: ↑25 Nov 2022, 19:36 Ack, it never ends. XC is now vibrating during acceleration after replacing my front strut assemblies, which according to my research points to a bad CV. I like the brainstorming in this post on a Toyota forum, because after replacing mine I can tell the XC definitely sits higher: https://www.toyotanation.com/threads/st ... st-9191730
I just replaced the passenger CV a month ago (with a cheapo new Cardone, so not ruling it out completely). I can't really find any noticeable play in either of the CV's. No leaking boots. My mechanic told me that it's mostly up-down play you're looking for on a CV.
Any simple, but surefire troubleshooting methods to finding the bad CV? jonesg' suggestion of spinning a wheel and holding the spring to isolate a bad wheel bearing was genius and made light work of troubleshooting that issue. Looking for a trick like that for the CV!
From ground to wheel arch with everything new in suspension: 755 mm front, 745 mm rear.
prwood wrote:I wish I had a permanent car repair area that was covered, had a level surface, lighting and fans, a workbench, and tool cabinets. You know,like a garage. Much of my time during the job is spent hauling things up and down the stairs to the basement or in and out of the storage shed, or running back downstairs when I realize I need something else,or taking a break from standing out in the sun,or using flashlights or work lamps when it gets dark.
No other CV symptoms other than a very little vibration at certain highway speeds.
...that darn screen. I had 2 sets of Cardone's in my car last summer. Both had bad vibration right from day one! I returned them to Rock Auto for a refund and bought GKN Loebro's. No vibration. You might want to just replace the passenger side first and see, in my experience this one seems to be the bad one 90% of the time.br0dy519 wrote: ↑25 Nov 2022, 19:36 Ack, it never ends. XC is now vibrating during acceleration after replacing my front strut assemblies, which according to my research points to a bad CV. I like the brainstorming in this post on a Toyota forum, because after replacing mine I can tell the XC definitely sits higher: https://www.toyotanation.com/threads/st ... st-9191730
I just replaced the passenger CV a month ago (with a cheapo new Cardone, so not ruling it out completely). I can't really find any noticeable play in either of the CV's. No leaking boots. My mechanic told me that it's mostly up-down play you're looking for on a CV.
Any simple, but surefire troubleshooting methods to finding the bad CV? jonesg' suggestion of spinning a wheel and holding the spring to isolate a bad wheel bearing was genius and made light work of troubleshooting that issue. Looking for a trick like that for the CV!
prwood wrote:I wish I had a permanent car repair area that was covered, had a level surface, lighting and fans, a workbench, and tool cabinets. You know,like a garage. Much of my time during the job is spent hauling things up and down the stairs to the basement or in and out of the storage shed, or running back downstairs when I realize I need something else,or taking a break from standing out in the sun,or using flashlights or work lamps when it gets dark.
prwood wrote:I wish I had a permanent car repair area that was covered, had a level surface, lighting and fans, a workbench, and tool cabinets. You know,like a garage. Much of my time during the job is spent hauling things up and down the stairs to the basement or in and out of the storage shed, or running back downstairs when I realize I need something else,or taking a break from standing out in the sun,or using flashlights or work lamps when it gets dark.
