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Originally Posted by rakent
What bothers me a little bit is that the same part that is used on the full-size Tundra is also used on the much smaller & lighter Taco. This makes me wonder if the ball-joints are not just Tacoma parts that the engineers decided would work in the Tundra with an "acceptable" reduction in reserve strength (which maybe is proving not to be so acceptable?)
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Most of the Tundra is from the Tacoma, just widened or lengthened. Although we have updated front brakes (which suck anyway) pretty much the rest of the truck with the exception of the engine is from all have 95-100% Tacoma DNA. They strengthened and lenghthened where appropriate; but whatever engineering decision led to the creation of the 'full size' Tundra was probably a bargain for Toyota. Hopefully, the front suspension finds it's way back into the parts bin before the 2006 model. If they ever want to know how to build a Tundra, all they have to do is ask here...Many guys have built them successfully in their garages and driveways, replacing the failure prone parts with better axles, diffs, brakes etc. The only thing I still love about my Tundra after 5 years of ownership is the motor--the rest will eventually suffer a slow and painful death at the behest of an angle grinder.
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Originally Posted by wallygator24
Does this mean that we could get a free alignment from this recal? It would be nice.  |
Alignment is not affected by the balljoints, unless the balljoint comes popping off and your rig looks like Propak's.