I'm slowly going through my (new to me) GX470 that I bought about a month ago. I live in the big mountains and many people would say that the road I live on is a 4x4 trail, although I'm often on real 4x4 trails. On an outing today I noticed that with the air bags raised there is a loud banging sound when I go over any significant bumps. I would tick the switch to lower the air bags while going over bumps and the sound would instantly stop.

Based on that info, I presumed that I had a problem with the height sensors, causing them to max out the suspension travel. So I looked underneath and sure enough I have a cracked bracket on the driver's side sensor. So basically the cracked bracket bends as the suspension is going up until the suspension travel is maxed out.

I can try to weld the thing, but I'd rather buy a new bracket if one is available for a reasonable price. A quick search on ebay and elsewhere didn't turn up anything, as they want to sell the whole assembly for $200+.

Has anyone seen just the bracket for sale anywhere?

 

Just an update if anyone is interested. I discovered that the bearing inside the height sensor is seized, which is what caused the bracket to break (suspension would go up and down but the sensor was seized, so it cracked the bracket). The electricals inside the sensor look great, so I'm soaking the thing in PB Blaster to see if I can get that bearing to break free. If so, I'll braze the bracket back together and cross my fingers that it all works.