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

always delivering! lol

yea, I knew this comment was coming. as much as I beat on my truck, I'm sure I'll get around to them sooner than later

x2!! lol

 

Started with this '80 back in the mid '80s



Had a 2000 xtracab 4x4 replaced with this '98 v



And yes now 2nd gen...

 

trader

 

Wow that 80 is baddd

 

welcome to my signature! LMAO

 

Son of a mother bleep

Started to replace be LBJ's today and stopped before I ever got started. I've soaked the threads in PB Blaster for the last week or two. I jacked up the truck, took of the tire, removed the tie rod, went to remove the first LBJ bolt and SNAP!!!

Now I've got a bolt sheared off in the knuckle.

Any ideas besides drowning my sorrows in alcohol?

 

IIRC the bolts only start to thread into the spindle, not the LBJ. So if you remove the LBJ there should be a fair amount of bolt left to grab with vise grips or bolt extractor. Maybe use some heat

 

You've really been on a role the last few days.

 

No joy on the vice grips. I locked them down tight and stripped off the threads of the bolt trying to remove it. Looking at the other viewable bolts and it looks like they are rusted solid into the knuckle. I don't want to try another bolt for fear of shearing them off too. As it stands right now, I have 3 bolts holding the LBJ on.

 

Yes, he probably did trade to get some of those trucks. Unrelated, he is a traitor for betraying us 1st gen guys for a 2nd gen.

 

X2 this is what I had to do. Heat and Dremeled a slit in the bolt since I didn't have vise grips

 

You are going to need to get them out regardless. There is a fair amount of force on those bolts and 3 wont do, something very bad could happen if they snap at the wrong time.

And if you ruined the threads on the top of the bolt you now have to take it out from the top. If you go the other way the spindle's threads will be screwed and a new bolt won't go back in.

 

Ouch, doesn't mean I won't get another!
I'd prefer '79-85 actually

 

I know. Question now is whether IF I can get it out or if I need a shop to tap it out.

 

So do I. If I could've found an older pickup that wasn't rotten I would've got it instead of my 1st gen.

 

Only way i could even get mine to budge was with heat and lots of it. Get the other 3 out and go from there. Might have to take spindle off and grind down the top of the bolt where you stripped threads.

 

Just giving you shit brotha. I do like that 2nd gen of yours. she's Purdy