Prado - Vibration

Bit hard without looking at the vehicle but;

Is it a drive line vibration?

or a suspension componnet vibration?

I tend to lean towards suspension. If it happened after off road driving the spring (s) may have moved on their seats and can rattle on corrugrations if so get them re set making sure there is a rubber base under them that has a small step in it to keep them in place.

Other than that take it back to place of fitment and get them to solve the problem.

Kelly,

have a good look at any metal bash plates underneath your Prado. I have found that while the OME suspension does work a lot better, it does tend to transmit corrigations a bit more than the OE suspension. Try packing them out with a little rubber sheeting, you can get it from Clark Rubber, should set you back no more than $5 for the job.

Cheers

Ask Dave Z here at the Prado List 90s Cool list.

he has a Prado with lift kit in it, he came round yesterday, plannin border track trip.

this para below is from the yahoo 90 series site:

From:
To:
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 4:42 PM
Subject: [90scool] Dropping the Front diff...
> Guys just to let you know I have managed to drop the front diff down 40mm
and it has brought the CV angles back to an amazingly good angle. What
supprised me was how easy it was. Just undue the front 2 bolts on the front,
obtain some longer bolts (standard are 180mm) I used 250mm and tilt the diff
down. Depending on the amount of lift you could drop it from 10-40mm. I used
steel washers until I found the right position and now I am getting a steel
block cut to the correct length.
>
> By tilting the diff down it has made bugger all difference (in angle) to
the main driveshaft from the transfer case and there is no vibration or
noise coming from the front drivetrain. In fact the car drive 100% better as
the CV angles are well within their limits. I am yet to try putting the
front bash plate back on and it may need some mods however will advise and
post some photos soon.
>
> Cheers