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

Dang, and i just got pics

 

Im posting anyways...

 

How the hell do I separate the rubber line from the hard line? Whether I pull the c clip or not the whole thing swivels around when I try to rotate it off. After 2 trips to the parts store, broken sockets, and hours in the cold I kinda ran out of patience and time.

 

Thanks, looks like mine but cleaner you da man.

 

Ha only 80000 miles will do that.

And i dont offroad to often haha

 

You don't have me beat by much, @ 92k

 

Leave the clip in

Then get some small vise grips for the soft line to help hold it.

 

Beast. That sounds like a good method.

 

what upper control arms do you guys recommend? I need to get my alignment corrected and new upper arms are the only way thats gonna happen.

The Light Racing ones are tempting because they're cheap but they don't have too terribly awesome reviews..

 

Don't pump the pedal a bunch of times, just once to the floor and get something to hold it there. Initially there will be little fluid that leaks out. Just don't open the line all the way at first. I'm not very good at explaining the science behind it but I assure you it works. I've been using that method on an almost daily bases for the past 7 years. I also use a brake pedal depressor off of the alignment machine, which most people don't have access to.

If you leave a line open it will drain the MC and you'll have a lot more air in the system to purge. Plug the hard line or use the brake pedal method.

 

Buy that ads setup, or icon can't remember which they were. With the ucas

 

I'll be going with LR. The new ones are better. In my area I don't want to run an open uniball.

 

Pliny's setup right? He may not even be selling that. I dont have the $ for a full setup right now and need to get arms asap. I wish I could though!

What did they change? Sierra Expeditions has them for a great price right now

 

Just got my bafx obd2, and torque. Loving all the data, now just gotta figure out how to interpret what all the numbers mean. Also gotta figure out an arrangement on my phone..

 

I was trying to do that with an adjustable wrench before. Then after it kept slipping I got red in the face.

Ill try the vice grips when I go back to it. Good idea. Thanks.

 

Wheelskin

 

Best advice! Small vice grips world of difference

 

$382? Is that the price your seeing?

Looking to get UCAs also...

 

Been a while since I researched it but I believe it was an update in the ball joint design. The older ones had a few failures.

 

mounted maxtrax and started to workout my bed storage/configuration. lots more pics and a simple write up in my build thread.