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

Either the center (aka carrier) bearing or maybe needs a diff-drop kit.

 

Since you just replaced a u-joint make sure you didn't put it in out of balance (90° off) with the rest of the u-joints...

 

Sounds like the rubber around the bearing is bad. It should have some movement when you physically push on it but when spinning in gear it should stay relatively still.

 

Started the Big 3 mod

All I can say at this point. I hate Toyota clips holy shit

 

I didnt see any reason to remove factory wiring. I just added to it.

 

Don't chase Tacoma vibrations. It's a battle you can't win.

 

For that beautiful clean engine bay. I also removed all the wires (besides the necessary control wires) and it makes it a lot less cluttered.

 

Anybody know how the fuck to undo these clips? Not trying to break them so I'm not trying very hard ha

 

Screwdriver up through the bottom and push in toward the part that hold the cable or screwdriver in the top and push out and pull open. Once I learned it seems easy but ujntil then I was fine with destroying them if it meant I got to the cable before next century.

 

I guess I like them alright, I can't wait to get a lift, and those HDs will be awesome

 

Which is top and bottom you're referring too?

 

Top is where your thumb is and bottom is where your index finger is. Hope that helps, the clips are a bitch so don't be surprised if you need a little bit of force.

 

Ha yeah, took so long just figuring that out for me also...

 

Hmm. Yeah I didn't mark the position of it when I took it off. Not hard to flip it around. Maybe I'll give that shot. But it was vibrating before the U joint change anyway.

 

The bearing is definitely sagging on the bottom side, this summer there was a squeak every time the driveshaft rotated, it went away but I assume it was the carrier doing it. Started doing it after I lifted it.

 

It's always had vibes, but this last week they got a lot more violent. Otherwise I'd just not even bother lol

 

@BYJOSHCOOK How's the install coming along?

 

Fin! I ended up just taking one wire at a time out of the clip. Never got the damn thing to open but I made it work ha.

It looks like a huge mess so I can't wait to get my fuse box in next. But I need some more small stuff to make it better and it'll look great.

My PO had so much shit wired around things, I found a wire that is attached to the bolt in the stock fuse box and then goes back to my trailer harness and then its attached to something inside. Holy shit what a mess. I'll figure it out someday haha

 

Figured I'd post my Big 3 upgrade from @BamaToy1997 as well since some other members have posted theirs. I finished installing mine about 4 days ago so here it is.

First just a bit of disassembly, took the old loom out and pulled out the wires I needed (the trigger and sense wires for starter and alternator)...



Made a shiny new loom for the trigger and sense wires to protect them from my mischief...


Then I began to lay the new wires in and figured out how I'm going to run them so they don't rub against things and stay protected and neat...


After that I popped the fuse box in half and re routed the ring terminal that comes out the bottom so that it runs through the void space in the box itself and comes to the top screw terminal rather than run it externally (thought it would look better and stay better protected)...



Then after testing everything I buttoned it up and ziptied some of the cables in safe areas and to the old loom holders...


Just a short while later I discovered that the negative terminal supplied with the kit didn't fit my battery all that well (Not @BamaToy1997 fault, my battery has a small post), even when fully tightened down so I swapped it for another ring terminal accepting battery terminal (wish the new one was less blingy but I'm sure it'll be gross in no time with the way I drive) and that concluded the install...

 

My negative terminal was to big too. One time my truck didnt start so i had to jam a spare fuse in to take up the space. Been there for months...