San Diego BS Thread.

it won't be for a few more months, i'm working on getting a Eaton Truetrac installed first. I'll take you up on that in JT . majority of the time i only have 2 bikes in the bed, unless we go camping but that's why i have the Timbrens on their now.

 

When Madison and I moved I had my spare, one bike (08' crf450r), shelving and some other crap in the truck as with my buddy (a good 250#) riding shot gun, leaves held up great! With two bikes I'd say they'd be just fine.
Timbrens will definitely help that as well.
Yeah man JT we will go on a quick run

 

damn....that's some good weight. Well that's good to hear, leaning a lot more to the Standards.

 

Heading out to ocotillo wells tonight 11feb. Leaving in about an hour if anyone cares to join

 

Anyone here doing the ECGS bushing ?

 

Might go on a day run out there by myself. What time will you be departing?

 

I had it done by ECGS, noticed the change immediately.

 

Selling my used ICON 2.5 coilovers and front/rear stock bumpers (2003, silver)

Icons: $700 obo
Front bumper: $100 obo
Rear bumper (w/brackets): $100

Icons have some rust on the springs, but shock body and shafts in good condition, just a little dirty.
Bumpers in great condition. Front bumper DOES NOT come with fog lights.

PM me for more info. Don't want to ship, SD or OC pick up, but If you're close enough in SD I'll drop them off for ya.

 

Desert for Presidents' Day weekend anyone?

 

Anyone looking for 4wd wheel bearings ?

 

I had Jason @Speed Freek do this on my previous 1st gen double cab. He made it look too easy.

 

Yes how many miles are on them

 

For a 2nd gen

They are gone though.

 

Yessir, about 20 of them so far. Seems to be a very common problem on the drivers side.

 

I'm about to pull the needle bearing...do you know how far I have to drive the new seal on? I do NOT wanna pull these cv axles a 3rd time lol. After the last time both seals leaked.

 

Anyone have a trustworthy place to get your taco painted? the clear coat on the fenders is peeling bad, the hood and tailgate need a fresh coat as well.

 

Soo... my truck is at the dealer. Had a weird noise coming from the back. Long story short, dealer pulled a drive shaft from another truck sitting on the used car lot and put it on my truck for testing purposes. Noise is gone.

Now they want to sell me a whole drive shaft for $1360 (i found one at another dealer for $811), even though the truck has 46K miles on it and is under extended warranty. Their reasoning is that I had one of the U-joints replaced by someone else after I put in a lift and they are claiming its not an OEM part so they can't warranty it. Here is the kicker - they are saying they can't just replace u-joints to test .... because Toyota does not supply u-joints as separate parts and I have to buy a whole new shaft.

The fuck kind of non-sense is that?

 

I'd get another u joint and have someone replace that u joint. 20 part. Might need to drop your carrier bearing a bit if you are eating through u joints pretty often. Lifted over factory height in the rear?

 

Yeah I had all 3 swapped already by another shop. All 3 are OEM, but the dealer's mechanics don't seem that bright. I was just trying to get them install all they own OEM u-joints so they would realize that the problem is with the actual shaft. I guess there is a balancing spring inside the shaft and sounds like it broke off and bounces around. No amount of aftermarket modifications would cause that, so I want the dealer to warranty that shit.

 

Ouch warranty sounds like the worst thing ever to deal with. Sorry can't give you advice there. What dealer you going through? I hear the guys like the Escondido one the best. Worst case you could get the driveshaft retubed and balanced at a driveline shop.