help needed!! weird after 4 wheeldrive

Ok so I went trail riding through some rough/muddy terrain and disengaged four wheel drive soon after I didn't need it anymore. Drove back into town n came up to a stoplight perfectly fine. Parked truck at home then after eating got back in truck to notice the truck was driving really crazy. The steering wheel was wobbling really really bad and at a parked position I couldn't turn the wheel to the right only to where it was straight so I turned back around n tried driving home n its terribly bad the wobbling is so intense I couldn't go over 20. So I pulled over put truck in 4lo n the light kept blinking n beeping put it into 4hi n the light blinked then stopped n stayed lit. Put it back to 2 and it kinda clunked but it did it too when I disengaged after offroading. And as I suspected wheel is still terribly wobbly. Crawled under truck n saw Nothin wrong w driveshaft axles or any other components. Anybody know what's going on any help is greatly I mean greatly appreciated I need to know if I need to take truck to dealership for repairs while still under warranty if its a warranty matter n if they will honor it. Thanks for reading again any help or insight will be appreciated.

Thanks

Eric

 

Don't be accelerating or slowing, be coasting when disengaging and you won't get the clunk. As far as wobbly, mud probably fell off bottom of tire when parked but not the top making it unbalanced. And not being able to turn right is because there was a curb there!

 

Mud caked in the wheels ?

 

Kinda sounds like the front diff is messed up. My friend had a similar issue with his '94 Toyota 4wd truck.

 

what??? how would that effect steering?

check for mud like others said.

check tie rod ends, ball joints, wheel bearings. i think the 4wd may be coincidence

 

take lots of pictures of the suspension and post them

EDIT: also if you killed the alignment and your toe is way out it will fight you and tend to wander. but really wobbly and uncontrollable below 20mph sounds like something it loose.

 

No mud in the wheels at all, I was parked when trying to turn the wheel to the right n it wouldn't go past the straight position, all mud is gone from the tires and undercarriage area. The wobbling is really bad when I accelerate slowly from a stopped position while leaving my hands off the wheel it goes to the far left??

 

sounds like you jacked a tie rod or the rack

 

Any chance the alignment tabs on the LCA's took a good hit ?

 

could be a bent spindle too. it may be binding to the right if the spindle is causing the weight of the truck to not be vertical. am i making sense?

 

No I was trying to b careful never heard anything clunk or seem to be hit on the underside

 

did you hit the front of the tire at all? maybe hit a rock extra hard?

it just sounds like the whole suspension should be gone over

 

Hypotheticaly speaking, let's say the transfercase was stuck in 4wd and the front diff had a busted tooth on either the ring or the pinion would that cause the truck to wobble and act weird? (Not trying to be a smart ass. I genuinly would like to know.)

 

no

it would lock up 100% or be very crunchy. wouldnt wobble or cause issues with steering... that sounds like suspension.


tcase stuck and r&P bad would be 2 catastophic failures. very very rare to have both simultaneously.

 

Ill be sure to check everything over in the early Morning as its 1030 here n no garage ill take pics n try to post also. Keep the ideas coming so I know what else to check

 

Tacoma still don't turn right in a parked position can duly lock wheel to the left but just right before full lock steering "pops" the sway bar end links r touching the spindle at full lock and still can't get the truck to turn to the right in a parked position with the truck started. HELP!! this is my daily driver n I need to figure it out. Everything looks fine tho tie rod spindles.

 

Think it has anything to do with 4wd? Myb I could try n engage n disengage it again or will it just make it worse?

Edit: passenger tire seems to shake but when taking my hands off the steering wheel it gives like a sudden death defying jerk where I think I might flip the truck even going under 30. The passenger wheel also started squeaking real bad I can't seem to find any problem or fucked up parts tho. Made sure my wheel was lugged down good and sure enough there r.

 

Could it be the bearing going out that's all I could seem to figure. And does Toyota honor bearing replacement on the warranty or do I gotta take to a mechanic?

 

Sounds like bearings to me... Jack it up and see if you can make the wheel wobble... Or if you hear a grind

 

Think a bearing could go bad just like that tho in one day. I haven't heard any other noise from it before t drove fine. But I can check. What causes the wheel to "death wobble" I mean shit man its pretty damn rough. My hands look like an old 82 Chevy where u have to go right and left to keep the truck straight but this has tension on it n its not hard to control but it sucks.