What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

years of working in the trade although i usually do collision repair work...and i must be hitting things harder than you guys(but im also 380#) once i get moving the hammer falls lol but ive mushroomed ball joint studs and ive hammered the nut further on the ball joint stripping the threads even though the nut was fully threaded... usually 2 light taps on the knuckle and a joint will fall apart. and never waste time with a fork on a ball joint i remember when i was 16 working on my 72 mustang i literally hammered for hours and the joint would not come apart. i did the "shock and fall" 3 taps and the almost 40 year old joint popped loose

 

Nice! Any rubbing issues? I'm on the fence between 285s or 33x10.5s. You also have different wheels than I do though, so I don't know how well they'd compare.

 

Yeah,I think it would be hard to compare. I do rub at full turn, and I think it's the Ucas because they have a rub spot but I still don't really know. I'm gonna order some 1/4 wheel spacers and see if they help. But if I were you I'd get the 285s or 12.5s unless 10.5s are better in snow, idk because we don't get snow haha

 

Sure the "shock" method works pretty good and it will work much better if the back side of the part is "bucked up" with a bigger mallet than you use for the striking. This adds mass to the assembly in line with the blow and concentrates the impact more in the joint in question.
The problem is there can be issues to a Tacoma steering rack from the impact spike of hammer blows to the linkage. It's a judgement call and in Toyota's judgement a puller is recommended. Honestly I use a puller, tighten it up then a light "tap" to the side and POP.

Not to be rude but I question your math. If you were 16 working on a 40 year old 72 mustang you would be 17 now, I don't see the "years of working in the trade".

 

sorry its a 40 year old car now good catch wasnt really paying attention to what i was typing lol the car would have been 26-27 years old lol (depending on the month of manufacture) maybe even 28 because i cant recall the month i worked on it..

 

Installed a Cobra 19 dxiv
Firestick II



90 degree elbow for behind the cb



Stud connector


Antenna location

 

my pissed me off i just ripped it off

 

Bending over backwards at the Toyota Dealer, for everything all said and done $3250 and this includes on the drivers side front. Upper/lower ball joints, UCA, LCA, Inner/outer tie rods, CV axle, Knuckle or spindle what ever some call them, wheel bearing, rotor, dust shield, brake line, ABS wire. Passenger Side Upper/lower ball joints, inner and outer tie rod ends.

Tomorrow i get my free rental 2013 Tacoma and I'm gonna not like it i think.

 

I'm more worried about power loss than traction honestly. I don't wheel enough to justify 12.5s, although they do look awesome. Skinny tires will do better up here on ice, that's for sure. But I don't like how skinny tires look. So I think 285s are a good middle ground for me.

 

I wouldn't waste your time with 1/4 spacers. They will make it hard to centre the wheel on the hub and you'll likely get vibes. The stock studs are not very long and you'll have limited threads on the wheel nuts. Bora makes 3/4 inch bolt on hub centric wheel spacers. These will be much safer to use and will centre the wheel.

 

Okay, thanks for the knowledge man.

 

Eh, I haven really noticed much power loss if any, although I have been taking it easy, I don't want to wear the edges of the knobs like I did whipping around my old BFGs.

 

on my second gen, I put them up on CL for $1.... then the little shit high schooler didn't even bring a buck. haha

 

lol well now I know what it's worth

 

It's tough to get any resale out of high-wear parts like that. Hell I was gonna put my OME suspension up for $50

 

Yea that's what I figured. I'm not too worried about it though. If anything I can always offer em up for free and if not just dump em.

 

CB radio install looks awesome. I've been looking adding something very similar, just curious where you picked up the radio and the antenna? On the install, did you just splice into the dc power behind the two stock ones?

 

I painted my brake calipers and drums the other day. While the tires were off I compared them to my old ones. Last but not, least I bought a surplus ammo can to use as a tool box.

 

Drove mine on the highway today and saw a base model 2nd gen Tacoma...and noticed they look really weird with the big fender flares they have and the tiny wheels/tires...kinda like this (only I thing the one I saw was an SR5, so had the add on flares too):

 

How big are those new tires compared to your old ones... Assuming you had 31x10.5r15 originally what size are the new ones?

They almost look like 255/85 r16, but the rim size looks the same...