Some work planned for basically the whole front suspension

Fortunately for him they aren't. Not sure if the springs are stock but those are KYB shocks anyway and they don't make a drop in quick strut for our trucks.

IIRC the Monroe's have a gray insulator on the bottom perch also.

 

I've heard about the Monroe quick struts. I definitely made it a point to avoid those .

 

Update . Still haven't tackled the suspension yet, waiting on my Bilstein 4600s to come in (in the future I do plan on upgrading, but I just need to get these old ones replaced). I'm also looking at the leaf springs since I can literally push down the back with little force. Y'all got any suggestions?

 

I'm curious about this comment as my truck has the monroe struts and the suspension feels like garbage. I am waiting for a bilstein upgrade. Makes me feel better to know that what I am riding on know is known to be quite bad; the upgrade will be all that much better. (?)

 

Bilstein was the OEM for the TRD package for I believe just 05? Maybe other years. They're a well known brand, with different options for our first gens.

 

Yeah, I am going with a 6112/5120 but am curious about other's experience with monroe struts.

 

General Springs looks like where I’ll be going for mine. The Access Cabs Leafs are super affordable and the Double Cabs are just a little more in cost. They have OE style or Heavy Duty with an extra leaf for additional cost.

 

Those are quite inexpensive. Have you read any reviews?

 

Just the ones on their site and and a few members here who ordered them and liked them. They fit the bill and no complaints from what I’ve read. Maybe someone will chime in that has them.


USA Made with USA Steel and unpretentious on the phone like most hand models tend to be.

 

So, shocks and struts have been replaced. Shock replacement, too easy. The STRUTS, however, gave me hell. The Moog struts weren't clocked correctly, so I had to compress the spring and adjust the clocking for both. Now, here's where I fucked up. I installed the struts, but my control arm was forced at a much lower angle because of it. As a result, I adjusted my sway bar, (accidentally tore one of the boots on a link (oof) and now it is sitting at an angle between the bushings. Pics to come. What did I fuck up lol

 

Pictures will help... Not sure why the control arm angle would change, unless these are taller struts for lift? If that's the case, yes, the angle of the Stabilizer links would change significantly.

Once you post a few pics, we'll figure it out...

Cheers

 

From messing with my suspension over the years. Whenever you loosen or disconnect the sway bar link, you should loosen both sides. Don’t tighten one side at a time, because now the whole thing is in a bind and doesn’t want to move into position. The sway bar end links should be tightened fully once the truck is back on the ground. Otherwise you will get a clunk noise.

 

Alright, so this is the first time I took a look at it since it's been on the ground. Yesterday at the shop I was out of time so I had to go quickly, and fucked up the driver side link by over torquing the nut while it was at a shitty angle, and now that it sits, there's a FAT ASS gap between bar and bushings. I'm probably gonna cut that bitch off tbh.

 

This is where I fucked up im a bit new to the game.

 

Hey man, shit happens. I’ve messed up a sway bar link before. What happens is when the truck is back on the ground, the link is more straight up and down. You can pretty much tighten the shit out of the lower nut. Use your discretion on the top nut. I’ll try and get a pic of the thread amount on top.

 

Here you go.

 

I appreciate you . Im gonna buy new links in a couple days and replace them. (AND DO IT RIGHT lmao. )

 

Live and learn... There are WAY worse things to screw up that Stabilizer links.

Just think of the education you're getting!

 

Meh, if the lower joint isn't loose tighten the nuts down on the upper and leave it until they start rattling. Mine are rusted to shit with torn boots but they're still funtioning.

 

I'm gonna replace em, fuck it, they're cheap, easy to swap. I'm trying to improve the rig in an off road capacity, so my next project will be the lower control arms since the bushings are fucked and I don't feel like pressing new ones lol

 

I reccomend doing carrier bearing first. I may be talking out of my butt, but i wouldnt want to be taking a hammer to my new u joints like your gonna have to to access the carrier bearing.

 

I actually did the carrier bearing and center u joint a month ago. I do plan on doing the forward one and the rear as well in the future.

 

KYB makes good struts.. dont think they make quick struts for our trucks.. probably original coils

 

So heard more clunk, realized that I,too, was a victims of the travelling tranny mount bolts. Lmfao

 

Do you have a picture of said bolts? I have a clunking noise that happens only at real low speeds. I've never been able to track it down.

 

So I don't, but it's easy to describe. Go underneath the cross member underneath the tranny, and you'll see two holes. Deep in the holes, you'll see bolts (or if you're like me and see two spots) in each hole. That's your transmission mount

 

I retract my statement, there's a video I took while I was using my phone as a mirror, and I exported the frame one frame shows the back of the transmission, and then the other shows the holes underneath the cross member.

 

Glad you figured this out. Seems like this bolt problem is a 2WD 2005-06 problem. Post up your new part#’s when you get them!

 

Here's the part number on the online order from Toyota