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toyota (surf)
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:00 pm
by jeanette blake
92 surf yes import ok so as neil says its not a real 4x4 but it's my little girl and she does fine for me but can anyone tell me if the have heard of them scrubbing out tyres i've had a few wheel aling done and some balances as well but still having problems about to go buy more rubber to put on bitch but not going to spend up big if she is going to keep it up ta nettie and neil
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:41 pm
by Struth
Head over here, they will know the answer,
or lead you to it
http://toyotasurf.asn.au/forum/login.php
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:26 pm
by v6hilux
I'm guessing it's on the front?
Tyre pressure too low, like less than 35PSI can be a problem.
Alignment places insisting they allow for the camber of the road in the city is another issue. Ask for ZERO camber if you feel it's happening more on the passenger front wheel! It's a bit of a conspiracy theory of mine about these tyre places doing these NEGATIVE 1.5 degree Camber settings for wheel alignments gets you coming back sooner.
Do you drive it hard in corners? With the pass side negative camber, this will cause extra scrub.
Also, is your chassis and control arms perfectly straight. Also the control arm BUSHES and BALL JOINTS can do your alignment no good if they are worn.
Have your torsion bars been wound-up? You will know if you look at your front suspension down travel bump stops. If they have no gap, then the torsion bars will have been wound up.
Re: toyota (surf)
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 10:58 am
by Chucky
jeanette blake wrote:92 surf yes import ok so as neil says its not a real 4x4 but it's my little girl and she does fine for me but can anyone tell me if the have heard of them scrubbing out tyres i've had a few wheel aling done and some balances as well but still having problems about to go buy more rubber to put on bitch but not going to spend up big if she is going to keep it up ta nettie and neil
It has hi and low range it's a real 4wd. These things are alot better than people give credit for.
I have put some thought into getting the 3lt t/d myself.
As for the scrubbing out, I cant rerally add much to this, just make sure that you take it to people who know 4wd's.
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 1:23 pm
by 98lux
Go and see Ryano at Fourbys, the are in Brisbane
Re: toyota (surf)
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 2:18 pm
by v6hilux
jeanette blake wrote:neil says its not a real 4x4
Tell neil he's a tosser and you want to trade him for a real man!
Nothing wrong with a Hilux, even if it has the Surf extras!
Tell neil he's a tosser and you want to trade him for a real
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 4:22 pm
by jeanette blake
no that aint gonna happen
he says its not real becouse i wont let him do a big lift and big tyres and he had a hilux
i have had it off road a few times and it can out do a lot of others the 2.4 diesal girl has a lot of grunt and goes very nicely
however as i wont take her in at the water tower end of ormeau
and then go rock crawling with him
that is y he calls it a girl
but am looking into a few of those idea's about tyre scrubbing and we think it could also be the tyre's but i aint gonna trade him
i'm his winchbitch and navi and luv every bit of scaring the shit out of him
Re: Tell neil he's a tosser and you want to trade him for a
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 11:50 pm
by macca81
jeanette blake wrote:no that aint gonna happen
he says its not real becouse i wont let him do a big lift and big tyres and he had a hilux
its not real becaue YOU wont lift it, not because it CANT be lifted? fark that! its just another hilux but with a touch of class
i might get bagged out for having a imported surf, but its me who has the last larf when everyone is sweating like crazy and im sitting in the air conditioned surf shouting obscenities at them outa the sunroof
tyre scrub
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:40 pm
by surf__nut
Check the control arms for cracks the passenger lower one is bad for it. I have replaced 3 so far they seem to crack on the front near the ball joint mount .A torch and something to scratch it with . What size tyres are u running .32s with no lift scrub when ever u turn but 31s miss except on compression turns.