Lower Control Arm Alignment Cam hardware frozen
Alignment Hardware
Alignment Hardware
Alignment Hardware
Your Modern Toyota has 4 of these on the truck. They allow you to do a front end alignment so you can go down the road smoothly and straight.
Frozen up.
Alignment Hardware
Alignment Hardware
The Center part of this assembly bonds its self to the metal sleeve inside the control arm and does not move as it should. This keeps you from Aligning the vehicle, and is very important after suspension changes are done.
Cut it off
Replacement
Replacement
When it becomes frozen together, we have to cut them off your truck and replace them. This is the cross section after we cut them off. You can see the inner sleeve has bonded its self with the outer bushing sleeve.
Replacement
Replacement
Replacement
We replace the entire arm, because the labor to swap the bushings is about the same as the arm cost. You also get a brand new lower ball joint with the new arm. New arm, labor and blades used to chop them off are around $1350 installed.
Needle Bearing Groaning? We can fix that.
ECGS Differential Bushing
If your Toyota Tacoma, Tundra, Sequoia, 4Runner, or FJ Cruiser has a subtle humming vibration in the gas pedal, especially at highway speeds, the cause is often a worn factory needle bearing inside the IFS clamshell differential. Over time, this bearing allows excess CV shaft movement, which leads to imbalance, noise, and premature wear. It will also show its cards after a lift kit installation because the load on the CV axle has changed. Chi Town 4x4 offers a bushing that replace the problematic needle bearing, eliminate slop, support the shaft under load, and provide a permanent fix for the vibration.
Our PTFE bushings are precision engineered for Toyota differentials and use materials proven in aircraft landing gear for durability under side loads and high rotational speeds.
We offer bushings for Toyota 7.5 inch, 8 inch, and 9 inch IFS clamshell differentials found in 1986 and newer models, including 2005 and newer Tacoma, 2007 and newer Tundra, and compatible 4Runner and FJ Cruiser years. The result is smoother operation, longer differential life, and the end of that irritating vibration, all at a fraction of the cost of a new front differential. This installation is $450.00
Sway Bar Links
After Market Front Sway bar Links
Lots of Aftermarket companies want you to think that his is an upgrade from the Original Sway bar link. The honest truth, we have never seen a set of these not eventually cause damage to the vehicle or the suspension system. They are not more reliable, and you don't need longer links in your front end, even with mid travel shock set ups.
OEM Front Sway Bar Links
OEM Sway Links are welded, and will not come undone, or cause issues with your truck down the road like aftermarket links will. They are sealed, have a rubber boot, and last 70K+ miles. These are a regular maintenance item and should be attended to when they wear out.
After Market Rear Sway Links
After Market Rear Sway Links
After Market Rear Sway Links
In the rear if you do extended rear travel shocks, you do need longer rear sway bar links to use the travel. Please choose ones that are welded together like this set above. We stock these for $75.00.
Stock Rear Sway Bar Links
After Market Rear Sway Links
After Market Rear Sway Links
The Stock rear Sway bar links are welded together and don't have failure points like the Threaded kind. If you don't have extended travel shocks, these work just fine for replacement.
Brakes, Calipers, rotors and Pads:
OEM Brake Job
OEM Brake Job
We strongly believe that the OEM has done a great job with the brakes on these trucks. Replacing and bleeding your brakes is around $500 for parts and labor and fluids for the Front or rear of your modern Toyota.
OEM +
OEM Brake Job
Power Brake comes to the market with an upgraded Rotor and pad combo to offer a little more bite that the stock pads and rotors offer to help slow down a heavy truck. This set up costs $1250 installed with brake bleed, for front or rear. Double the cost of the OEM.
Big Brake Kit
Big Brake Kit
Going with a Big Brake kit that replaces pads, rotors, Calipers, and all hardware to a much more powerful stopping unit that resists brake fade and performs flawless with large oversized tires and heavy trucks. This kit is $4250.00 Installed with Motul 5.1 Fluid Flushed Through.
Tie Rod Replacement.
Factory Tie Rods
Factory Tie Rods
We strongly believe that the OEM has done a great job with the tie rods on these trucks with factory or near factory tire sizes. Replacing and installing new inner and out tie rods is maintenance, and costs around $650.00 to exchange them all out.
APEX Tie Rods
Factory Tie Rods
We stock and sell APEX Series Tie Rods for the Tacoma and 4runner Trucks because they are Soo much stronger than the factory units. Larger Shafts, ball units and grease-able and good warranty to boot. These are around $750 installed for a full set.
Comparison
Comparison
The Comparison to Stock Tie rods is that the APEX is larger and much heavier duty in comparison. They cost a bit more, but if your running larger tires, it may be the difference between driving home or having an trail repair.
Wiring Guide, Toyota how we do it.
Connections:
All Of our Connections are made using Glue Lined Adhesive Shrink tube. This seals the connection from the elements and adds a layer of protection.
Belts & Hoses
Wiring harness are always routed in front of radiators and around the sides of the engine bay, away from the fan and moving parts of the motor thus to never interfere with the sensitive parts of the motor.
Test Equipment
Can Bus Systems
We test and retest connections and wire runs to make sure that they are not interfering with other vehicle functions.
Can Bus Systems
Can Bus Systems
Lots of the newer Toyota LED lights are run using a Can Bus System where they are computer controlled. Because of this, we do not interrupt these wires, or tap into any of them as it could lead to electrical issues and failures of expensive parts.
Terminations and Fuse
All connections will be fused. We don't compromise on this. The Only power wires that we don't use fusing on is winch wires. Where we take the extra time to protect them from grounds and sheathing wear through.
Harnesses
We install a huge amount of lighting for trucks. Baja Designs, Diode Dynamics and Morimoto to name a few. When we can, we will use their pre engineered wiring harness to make the runs. They come with cable protection, fusing and sealed ends from the factory.
Upgrading the suspension and tires on your Toyota Tacoma, 4Runner, Landcruiser or Tundra? Then you need to talk about the Body Mount Chop (BMC). Without a BMC, running larger tires means dealing with a major obstacle: the factory body mounts right behind your front wheels. During sharp turns or h
4runner Spring Codes 03-09 DS, White/Red PS, Blue/Red 2010+ DS Blue/White PS, White/Orange 96-02 DS Blue/Blue PS, Blue/Red (tall variant) 96-02 DS Blue/Pink PS, Blue/Yellow Regular Height
Tundra Spring Codes 2021- DS, Blue, PS, Yellow 07-21 DS, Blue/Yellow, PS Yellow/Yellow 07-21 DS Blue/Blue PS Yellow/Yellow 00-06 4x2 DS Yellow/Green PS Blue/Green 00-06 4x4 Yellow/Yellow PS, Blue/Green 00-06 TRD 4x4 DS Yellow/Yellow PS Blue/Yellow 00-06 TRD 4x2 DS Red/Yellow PS, Purple/Yellow 07-13
FJ Cruiser Spring Codes 07-14 TRD DS White/Purple PS Orange/Purple 07-14 DS Yellow/Green PS, Gray/Green
Land Cruiser 200 Spring Codes 08-2020 DS Blue/White PS Yellow/Yellow DS Rear, Green/Purple PS Rear Blue/Purple On a few 2017 Models, DSF Grey/Double Grey PSF Blue/White
