Suspension failed. Toyota looking into it.

[trek805]

im guessing 99.99999999% of people don't need to worry about this. I guess if you are going balls to the wall then maybe. But at that point, there are probably a hundred other things gonna break like single shear attachments etc... You guys should be more concerned about the radiator falling out on the whoops

 

[Kiet2k]

im guessing 99.99999999% of people don't need to worry about this. I guess if you are going balls to the wall then maybe. But at that point, there are probably a hundred other things gonna break like single shear attachments etc... You guys should be more concerned about the radiator falling out on the whoops

You're probably right. How are you guys doing with the fires. Looks like it's Ventura County's turn.

 

[trek805]

It has been crazy. I was out on Palisades fire and last night got put on standby for Hughes (Evacuation help). Now CSUCI area.

 

[Onyx]

It has been crazy. I was out on Palisades fire and last night got put on standby for Hughes (Evacuation help). Now CSUCI area.

Good luck man. Stay safe out there. Appreciate your service.

 

[lcq]

I saw this video too. I see a design flaw. If anyone has replaced their front shocks on their old 4Runner or Tacoma knows the pain for seating the shock into the lower control arm. It is secured with a bolt and a nut between 2 support brackets in the middle of the control arm. With this new suspension design, Toyota moved the entire mounting point to a bolt into a hole in front the lower control arm. If you lose a bolt on the old deign, you at least have your suspension cradled by the arm. In this new design, your entire suspension collapses if you lose that bolt. I will be checking these bolts regularly. I suspect they unscrewed themselves. Rubber bushings cannot isolate the rotating friction if they are full of sand, dirt, and rust.

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There’s actually no weight on the single bolt in your image. The only force would be backing the bolt out of its threaded tube that is welded on the LCA.

Granted I haven’t taken mine apart to confirm. So I may be wrong.

Here’s an image of the LCA set up. In my non-engineering opinion this would result in very minimal shear loading and more tensile loading. But you’d think the engineers would have designed that welded threaded tube to be angled where most force is aimed at the LCA rather than the bolt flange.

Maybe a real engineer will chime in

 

[Kiet2k]

There’s actually no weight on the single bolt in your image. The only force would be backing the bolt out of its threaded tube that is welded on the LCA.

Granted I haven’t taken mine apart to confirm. So I may be wrong.

Here’s an image of the LCA set up. In my non-engineering opinion this would result in very minimal shear loading and more tensile loading. But you’d think the engineers would have designed that welded threaded tube to be angled where most force is aimed at the LCA rather than the bolt flange.

Maybe a real engineer will chime in

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That's interesting. I was wondering if there was a tube there. In their video, you can't quite make out if the tube is intact. It probably was and the bolt worked itself out allowing the shock to slide right off? Sounds like these bolts need to be re-torqued with Locktite.

 

[TakaraLC]

Yes, noticed the rust, and on a such a new vehicle!

On a second look, I think it is not rust but dried up red soil mud and dust that makes it look like rusted. On the image posted before my comment, you can see the same stuff on the sticker.

 

[cvx5832LC]

In other news, that shock setup should make replacement easy!