FJ yet again – trans

[artur]

Hiya,

After reading faq, it seems that I am having engine or transmission mounts failure.
Switching to drive or from drive to reverse makes a little shudder and squeak. Other than that it works great.
If it’s the case, do I replace all of them or just the problem one?
I will try record it tomorrow.

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[valde]

Replace broken one and inspect others very good.

[artur]

Just to be clear. How serious this is?

Artur

[college man]

[quote=”Art_ur” post=88709]Just to be clear. How serious this is?

Artur[/quote]

In general its not good for your engine or transmission to
jump around or vibrate. Any other mounts that are good will
be stressed and break also.

[fitone]

Good advice from College man. Once one of the mounts fail and the problem is not addressed soon another mount will probably fail. What is the make and model car ?

[artur]

Toyota FJ cruiser 2007.

[fitone]

See this link, sounds like broken mounts are common for that generation of truck.
http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/general-discussion/155902-bad-motor-mounts-fjs.html

[artur]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n4kr_sSOp0&feature=youtu.be

listen – second half.

Artur

[EricTheCarGuy]

With mounts I normally just replace the broken ones however if the others look worn, I’ll replace those as well. A good inspection is a great place to start. Sometimes you can take a pry bar and move the engine to observe the behavior of the mounts.

Keep us posted.

[artur]

Thanks,

I have a mechanic set up for Monday.

Artur

[EricTheCarGuy]

Let us know what they find. It’s always nice to know the end of the story.

[artur]

Yep, no problem.

[artur]

So, they looked, looked and didn’t quite know what I was talking about. After some explaining they came up with this(37110 SHAFT ASSY, PROPELLER): http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/p_U_2007_TOYOTA_FJ+CRUISER_GSJ10L-GKASKA_3701.html

I am going to check this theory in other shop.

Artur

[Its me]

Not surprising… a bad prop shaft can cause vibrations when driving… may be bent or damaged in some way..

Karl

[artur]

Yep, but the problem is not when driving but switching gears while not moving.

[EricTheCarGuy]

I cover driveline issues in the ‘Vibrations’ article.

http://www.ericthecarguy.com/faq/determining-the-causes-of-vehicle-vibrations

Thing is it’s almost impossible to tell for sure without replacing it. Keep us posted.

[Author]

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