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Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by MarkC, Apr 13, 2007.

  1. Apr 13, 2007 at 6:27 PM
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    2 inch spacer in the front, and homemade add a leaf in the rear, billet grille, bull bar
    when i go from park to rev. or drive somthing under there PINGS VERY loud. any ideas, i'm thinkin tranny mount or loose bolts under there..??
     
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  2. Apr 14, 2007 at 8:23 PM
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    Hey Mark, I have heard something about this a while back, if I can remember correctly it had something to do with the universal joints, they need to be greased and you also have to purge all the old grease out of them. check with your local dealer there might be a TSB on this.
     
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    U joint is about to go. Or that’s what happened to me. Pinging sound started, within 2 weeks u joint broke on the freeway.
     
    FrankJake, Jul 24, 2019
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