The rear shocks on a 99 tacoma (4X4 Extended, SR5) I am buying need replacement. Is this normal wear?
SAH
The rear shocks on a 99 tacoma (4X4 Extended, SR5) I am buying need replacement. Is this normal wear?
SAH
Hello,
Toyota shocks often go south early. I have had to replace shocks and/or struts on my daughters Celica, my pickup and my wife's Camry. All prior to 100K on the vehicles. The replacement, aftermarket, have lasted for years and over 100K, so it ain't the roads or driving style.
good driving, John Kessler
Steven Holmes wrote in :
I had my rear shocks replaced at 12K miles on my 2001 Taco under warranty. Bilstein shocks are supposed to be good but the OEM units seem to be of low quality.
Brewster
SAH
Ditto to that! We replaced the factory shocks on our '96 4Runner around 46K IIRC. Bilsteins on all 4, and 40K later still rides like new shocks. They have a lifetime warranty when you buy them aftermarket. We got a good deal on our Bilsteins at
Thanks to all responders. The dealer I am buying from put new ones on today at no charge Gabriels I think. When they or the front ones go, I¹ll do the Bilsteins.
Thanks
SAH
We're thinking to replace the shocks on the 4Runner at almost 80K, the fronts are showing signs for replacement. Got the Bilsteins sitting under the workbench as we speak. Here's the question: just how the hell did you get the nut loose on the topside mount on the rear shocks? It's proven to be a real PITA.
Hubby did it while I kept the kids out of the way, and he's not around for me to ask as of this posting (deployed military) but as I remember he said it was quite a PITA, and took a lot of cursing. I think they had to pretty well break the old shocks to get them off, and he had use of a lift rather than managing with jackstands or the like. I'll email him and see what he says, and get back to ya tomorrow.
4runner went to Monroe, my 02 taco went to bilsteins.
SAH
Hubby's reply: "That one sucked but getting the new one on was worse, Had to use a wrench and an allen If I remember. Getting the old one off I didn't care if I damaged the old one. I followed the Haynes book and improvised a little. Not looking at the shock or the book I can't remember exactly but yea it was a real pita. I wish I could help more but that was a long time ago.But yes I had a lift. The other big pita is getting the new Bilsteins on the front. The Bilsteins don't compress very easy, and had to use a crow bar/pry bar at the bottom of them to get them in place. But tell him when he does get the back on, you can't get the torque wrench on it to torque it so you have to be careful."
Many thanks to both you and the hubby. My better half and I tried on the rear of the 4Runner and we couldn't figure out how to neatly do it other then taking steps that included destruction as an option. We elected to put it off till another day. I for one feel happy to know that our conclusions were right on.
Ya know, maybe this is a job for the mechanics...
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