Needle bearing...

I personally hate the negative offset, filling up the wheel well stance.. a bit too trashy in my book.

unfortunately I can’t go taller on the tires, due to garage fit challenges. Vehicle is just under 7’ tall.
I do love the look of these stock 255 / 70. r18s though. Very UN / NGO / Safari look. Pure class.

 

Just miss the individualization of the grenadiers a bit. But as I said, they are still young cars.
I wonder what is possible with the chassis or for example space for larger wheels.
My 4R is also stock so far, i think many conversions tend to cause problems and less durability.

It will be interesting to hear more about your experiences with the grenadier (at first hand).

 

I absolutely love these. Just a cool design of suv. But the price tag is crazy for what you get.

You went from a 4runner to this all because of a needle bearing?

 

Ronny Dahl has posted a bunch of Grenadier user experience videos. (Presumably the Australian version doesn't differ much except for right hand drive).

 

I am not huge on modifications.. the lift kit for the grenadier right now is not proving to be reliable.. grenadine the cv in the driveshaft.

needle bearing and the realization that the stock ORP need tires, lift, more armor.. ~6k upgrade with potentially shtty results and diminishes its resale value.

for $32k more I can get into a unique vehicle that I have been fomo-ing about

 

Any chance there could be a Grenadier thread? This has taken this thread way off the trail.

Nice vehicle, though.

It's just that when I see a new post in this thread, I'm thinking I will hear updates on the needle bearing, not photos or discussion of an $80k+ vehicle.

 

I totally get it... kinda. It's a very cool truck. I hope you enjoy it. It's definitely more unique then a standard 4runner.

 

Interesting bit of information found on TW, this is something I hadn't seen:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DEVmao4yg6m/

 

I watched this on YouTube yesterday. That vibration analyzer is pretty neat!

 

Just confirms what a POS Toyota is.. just let this issue continue for decades

 

Doing another ECGS while I had it up for my brother. Less than 50k and the clutch is out so I am modding the accumulator and doing the Bushing because it is already here/up

 

Just got five more bushing/seal sets and put them on the shelf! Last weekend I had one in that was really bad and the the guy brought it in thinking it needed CV's or a full differential. The weird part is the needle bearing didn't look that bad but it was one of the most vibration ones I've felt. I even questioned it. I thought it might be cupped tires or something else.

 

im having the exact same issue on my 22. Was just at the dealership where they replaced the diff parts/damper. Still makes the "groan" and is heading back to the dealership next Wednesday.

 

Do the bushing swap... The damper only hides the issue. The dealerships only change parts with the same issue never fixing this problem.

 

And the TSB last step for the damper install is the noise improved, not eliminated.

 

Exactly, they are just trying to cover it up rather than fix it