Topic: idler arm rebuild

[toylife]

i have a buddy of mine the next county over that has a runner on 36 sx's  he has said something about rebuilding the idler arm on his rig. has anyone ever heard of this?   i remeber something about a bushing wearing out and there was a bushing that you can replace and rebuild it and keep going. it was from NAPA. he said he has done this to a # of trucks and runners.  i was trying to find a bushing part # to do this on my daily driver till i do a sas. has anyone ever heard of this or am i just

[Prismo]

2 plastic bushings one on top & the other on the bottom of the shaft. Undo the nut, pull the shaft out of the housing & replace the bushings w/some new grease in there. A truss for the idler arm is highly recommended, they bend easily (the Downey one works well). Toyota dealer will have the parts.

[toylife [OP]]

how much are the bushings and do you know what the bushing parts # it is by any chance?

thanks

[Prismo]

I seem to remember them being around 15 to 20 bucks for the pair. I may have one down in the shop. I will see if it has a part number on it.

[hdrisc]

http://www.off-road.com/toyota/tech/idler/

[Prismo]

http://www.off-road.com/toyota/tech/idler/

I forgot about that article, good find. I used waterproof grease when I used to do mine. The Downey truss worked very well when I still had IFS. I had replaced 2 bent parts before that, none after.

[toylife [OP]]

   THANKS FOR THE  GREAT FIND . THE ARTICLE WAS WHAT I NEEDED. THE BUSHING WAS THE TICKET. THE IFS WORK AS GOOD NOW AS TO BE EXPECTED   FOR IFS.