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

Oh my.... the innuendo.

 

Curious your prices through them. Quadratec was pretty cheap too, free shipping as well.

$275.99 for IFS and $199.99 for the t-case.

 

Dude, get your ass over to my garage and we can fuck some shit up! I got a BFH that can do some work

Dude, that is awesome. Great job on the skids. One thing about my skids is the bolts are so exposed. I have fucked 3 of them up while wheeling....great idea

you sick bastard...haha..

 

LOL... man, I'm outa here...be back later........

 

Lifted? Im assuming so because of your lack of caster. You say it pulls left. Swap your fornt 2 tires side to side. Did it pull roght now? See where im going with this...

Ucas will help your caster and vastly improve how it drives

 

Your specs show 0.1 degree pull right. It's next to nothing but still what it is. Is your truck actually pulling to the left or is the steering wheel a little off, making you think it's pulling? Take your hands off the wheel (when it's safe) and see what direction the truck goes. As mentioned above, swap your front tires. Tires can have radial pull.

 

I did just that, I hovered my hands over the wheel it started drifting left. Its back at fire stone now, theyre gonna try again. Straighten the wheel, adjust everything again and swap the tires. UCA's are next on my list now after brakes

 

For those that have changed cv boots before, were you guys able to get the inner ring clamp on all the way to the last hook? I was only able to get it to the second hook and am scared it may come off.

 

where are you guys buying those clamps?? I need the small ones. I'm assuming I need a special tool for them too?

 

I bought the whole inner boot kit and it came with both clamps. For the small inner one I used end cutters. I was able to just force them closed with a needle nose then used the end clippers to tighten the clamp. The larger inner boot clamp was as easy. I'm hoping its good and will stay on. But only time will tell.

 

Got a question for you guys. When i unbolt the upper side of the front brake lines, what prevents all the brake fluid from spilling all over the place, draining the mc, and preventing me from bolting on the new one?

Does it drain slowly Enough to work with?

 

Thanks Chow

 

Np. I read that some people are just using hose clamps that work fine.

 

It won't drain fast. I use vacuum caps if I'm gonna leave it disconnected for a bit.

 

Wut is vacuum caps precious???

 

Just switched to stainless lines a couple wks ago, not much fluid leaks out at all. The air bubble in the line after you unscrew the rubber hose is enough to prevent fluid loss. Make sure you bleed the lines real well and obv keep an eye on the MC level

 

Cap vacuums or other handy things like brake lines.

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/search/Vacuum+Caps/N1167/N1171.oap

 

Continued work on my shower kit... Decided to just do it right and permanently mount everyhing. Man the assortment of adapters, barbs and plumbing stuff I had to buy really made my head spin. Hope to have more done tomorrow, at least enough to post a few pics. Oh, and don't buy the kit, just build it yourself, ended up paying more for pretty much all new fittings because I don't trust the plastic stuff it came with...

 

Washed out my engine compartment. Long over due. Looks better.