how to tell carrier bearing is bad?

My rear is lifted 8" over stock and I just replaced my u joints and it helped a little but I still get bad vibes and noise.

How can I tell that the carrier bearing is bad? There is a lot of movement in the rubber...

 

8 inches? Is that correct?

 

Lol yeah. I'm running 37s

 

please please PLEASE tell us you have a diff drop, otherwise your gonna have vibes no matter what... that and 8 inches of lift is absurd for these trucks unless your doing an SAS....

 

Yeah I made my own diff drop


I have the pro comp drop diff 6" lift and toytec eibach/bilstein coil over up front and a custom leaf pack in the back

 

How big of a diff drop do you guys recommend? Mine now is at .5"

 

Are you 4x4, or PreRunner? I think anything over 3-4 inches of lift on a 4x4 is going to fuck up quite a number of things.

 

4x4

The truck rides good and handles really well. No weird shakes or tracking problems or anything! I just want to get rid of the slight vibrations I have

 

Post a pic of your truck!!!

 

I've got a 1/2" drop on mine with a 3" lift. Maybe try 1" and possibly shim the rear axle?

 

Yea I think I'll try an inch tomorrow. The rear end is already shimmed

 

I've read that taking the bearing off and reversing it (so that front is now facing rear) is one way to tell. I can't remember the thread, but if you search you'll find it. I might suggest doing this mod as well, lifted that high.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/264123-super-duty-carrier-mod-stock.html

 

Thanks I'll check it out

 

Nice

 

Where are u from? Is that some Alabama clay I see in the bottom right of the pic?

 

South eastern north Carolina

We have some clay but not like bama

 

Ever thought of getting a one piece driveshaft?

 

Time to think about some double cardons on custom shafts

 

wait, so, if im reading this correctly, you have a 6 inch lift with a half inch diff drop in the front? in that case i would do like the above, 1 inch diff drop and possibly a carrier bearing drop.