Panhard / Track bar busching? Help Please

[JeepTreeHouse]

I'm looking to replace the panhard bar busching on my 01 4Runner. The current one is old and worne out. I can hear it clunking all over the place every time I'm driving.

Can anyone help me out with a part number for either a Toyota replacement, or even a energy suspension replacement; or better yet a link to buy one? Also, I would love to know what Toyota calls the "Panhard" because the local parts department can't figure out what it is I'm looking for. - Last time they came back with sway bar buschings.....

I found this link for energy suspension busching replacement for a track bar busching on a second gen 4runner but I wasn't sure if it would be the same part:

http://www.partsgeek.com/gbproducts/...ek+Google+Base


I also found this energy supension track bar busching replacement for 4th gen 4Runners:
http://www.energysuspensionparts.com...ame&Sec=135598



Can anyone help me?


Thanks in advance,

Josh

 

[RocKrawler]

I'm looking to replace the panhard bar busching on my 01 4Runner. The current one is old and worne out. I can hear it clunking all over the place every time I'm driving.
Josh

It might eb referred to as a track bar, and I called both Daystar and Energy suspension for you, neither carry that bushing for your generation 4R. Sorry, its likely to be a dealer part.

 

[JeepTreeHouse]

Thanks. I also Called energy suspension yesterday. I'm willing to bet that the part form an earlier model fits. I might make the plunge and just spend the $12 for the bushing for a 2nd gen.

 

[shawkins]

Thanks. I also Called energy suspension yesterday. I'm willing to bet that the part form an earlier model fits. I might make the plunge and just spend the $12 for the bushing for a 2nd gen.

Negative, it will not fit.

 

[BLKNBLU]

I have a feeling it might not be a replaceable part. Here are links to Toyota part #s and a schematic.

Part number list

http://www.toyotapartszone.com/Page...e=False&componentsID=48-04&componentsIndex=50

Schematic

http://www.utoyot8.com/FullImage.aspx?ccId=411896871&ppId=377407206&ppInfo=(9511-++++)

It's best to open 2 windows and impose the schematic over the # list.

Note that there is no bushing shown or listed for the panhard, just the bar, nut, bolt, washer. Also, in Sonoran Steel's description, it is mentioned that the factory bush/sleeve is a pressed in affair which leads me to think it might never have been designed to be replaced. E mail Steve at Sonoran. He can probably tell you for sure. We are friends and I can tell you he won't BS you to try to sell you a bar. The small amount he makes on them is not worth the headache he might encounter by trying to fool someone.

I see the replacement from Toyota is $177 vs the $175 for Sonoran so it might be worth getting the Sonoran product. Check with Steve though. He can tell you:
1) if your current bar can be fixed
2) if his bar is rebuildable for later down the road (as I don't know, I'm a first gen guy)

I understand why you are hoping for a $12 fix instead of a $150 plus fix. Also, shop that panhard part # around, as that Partszone site is not the cheapest I have found, just the one with cool schematics.

 

[BLKNBLU]

I noticed in your trip report...
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56873
...that you ended up with the Sonoran Steel piece. Any update to this? Are the OEM parts rebuildable? Is the SS part? etc. etc. I'm just thinking the info could be useful to the next guy searching, especially if these parts are starting to get to the age that they need attention.

BTW, nice trip.

 

[JeepTreeHouse]

The OEM bar is not rebuildable without a great amount of work. It would have cost me more to have new buschings put in then to buy the Sonoran steel bar. So that's what I ended up with. And really, its a nice piece. The buschings are poly and allow for more articulation. Its also larger in diameter for strength and its even finished very nicely. 175 isn't a bad price at all for what you get with the bar. I recomend it to anyone with a loose track bar.