This Sunday is maintenance day for my Toyota FJ Cruiser. The projects include replacing the joints in the upper a-arms and upgrading and brake pads and rotors. First on the agenda was to tackle the a-arms The joints in the All Pro Off Road upper a-arms are lined with Teflon and wear out after 15,000…

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I just got My Toyota FJ Cruiser back from the shop for some warranty work. There were 2 specific issues that I took the FJ in for; the first was idler pulley noise, and the second was an issue with VCS kicking in while driving a straight line. The idler pulley problem is a common…

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With many replacement upper A-Arms the joints are advanced racing type hardware and are good for about 15,000 miles. On my FJ Cruiser the joints had worn and the Teflon material had actually started to come out of the joint. I discussed this issue with All Pro and they sent out replacement joints. I have…

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Well, my FJ Cruiser is still in the shop. This is the start of week two. It was hauled by tow truck up the body shop this morning. The body shop is expecting to have the FJ for more than a week to complete the replacement of the fender aprons. I will be checking with…

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I got a call from the dealer today about my throw out bearing noise. It sounds like Toyota they had a batch of bell housing where the sleeve that the t-o bearing runs on was milled a little off. The aluminum sleeve is shown in the photo and you can see how it has been…

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