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broken/cracked rubber. is it bad?

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by white toy taco, Mar 23, 2012.

  1. Mar 23, 2012 at 4:05 PM
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    white toy taco

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    ok so i was looking under my truck today and i noticed something that didnt look good.

    there is a rubber piece (dont know what its called) on the end of my suspension arm that is broken and it looked like it previously had oil inside of it.

    any help/advice you could give me would be much appreciated!

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  2. Mar 23, 2012 at 5:16 PM
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    i also found some more broken and leaky rubber pieces on the suspension


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  3. Mar 23, 2012 at 5:17 PM
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    jberry813

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    You need new ball joints.
     
  4. Mar 23, 2012 at 5:21 PM
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    lotsoftoys

    lotsoftoys pavement is boring....

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    new lower ball jooints, uppers and tie rod ends dont look bad
     
  5. Mar 23, 2012 at 5:23 PM
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  6. Mar 23, 2012 at 8:32 PM
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    Snowman

    Snowman I have a problem for your solution…

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    Probably dropped onto a curb or something.
     
  7. Mar 23, 2012 at 11:06 PM
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    Ugh a broken rubber is always bad...get that fixed....
     
  8. Mar 24, 2012 at 12:20 AM
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    Taco4Fish

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    just wondering how much miles you have on it? and x2 to new ball joints
     
  9. Mar 24, 2012 at 1:33 PM
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    ilove_taco_ma

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    mine need to be replaced also but i just doing. all these readings about how bad it is to change out the ball joints are a pita.
     
  10. Mar 24, 2012 at 1:35 PM
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    jandrews

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  11. Mar 24, 2012 at 2:28 PM
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    i have no idea but it looks like it got f****ed up

    oh and sick truck btw!
     
  12. Mar 24, 2012 at 2:29 PM
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    i have about 103K miles and counting. about 50k is when i started wheeling. how come?
     
  13. Mar 24, 2012 at 2:33 PM
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    Taco me elmo Here, Eat some paint. Drink some Bleach.

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    Check your local toyota dealership to have your vin number looked up, you might get a whole new lower ball joint Assembly for free.

    I did.
     
  14. Mar 24, 2012 at 2:44 PM
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    ok cool thanks man.

    i was looking at your build and nice truck! how do you like the Icon's? im thinking about investing in some coilovers
     
  15. Mar 24, 2012 at 2:48 PM
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    Taco me elmo

    Taco me elmo Here, Eat some paint. Drink some Bleach.

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    They are fantastic, I need some bigger bump stops up front cause I beat this piss out of it. :)
     
  16. Mar 24, 2012 at 4:10 PM
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    and do you reccomend getting upper contol arms or would i be good with the stock ones and keep the lift to like 2 inches? im a college student so i cant really drop very much $$$.
     
  17. Mar 24, 2012 at 5:40 PM
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    Taco me elmo

    Taco me elmo Here, Eat some paint. Drink some Bleach.

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    I got the extended travel icons that require a new Upper control arm setup.

    You can get the non extended travel version icons that will be fine with your stock uppers.. just dont expect a huge lift.

    Ext travel is 0-3.5 lift
    Regular travel is like 0-2 lift or so without major upper ball joint issues.

    But what a diff night a day having coil overs on will make.
     
  18. Mar 24, 2012 at 5:49 PM
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    Don't need to replace shit just because of torn boots. If there's play in it, then yes.

    They will wear faster and develop play (wear out) sooner because of torn boots but don't replace your entire front end over that.
     

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