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

That explains the different flange size, I was wondering about that when you mentioned it last. Cool, that'll be $160 well spent

 

My truck is still making weird noise, don’t know how to explain it, only happens when pushing the gas pedal so think ujoint, hoping it’s not the weird double whatever after the bearing....

 

That's the theory at least - I honestly have no goddamn clue what it came off if. Might have not even been a Toyota. The space between the stud holes was off by about 3.0mm which is why the flange wouldn't fit - that makes me think it was for a different style of output flange found in earlier pickups.

I swear no one on the Westen Seaboard has a driveshaft for a 4 cyl 2.7l 4x4 Automatic Ext. Cab. I've called every scrapper from San Diego, California to Tacoma, Washington and no one has one.

 

Don't make the same mistake I did and ignore weird noises on your truck, haha.

 

I completely get where you are coming from. I have two very modified tacomas and yeah i modded them to make them better for my needs. That does NOT make them a better truck. More then once the thought cosses my my mind...god damn, why did i ruin a perfectly good truck to go offroad?

Then i go offroad and all thoughts disappear. I made them better to ME. Not to anyone else necessarily.

That said, its people like myself that are constantly modifying the trucks and trying things and pushing the limits of the OEM parts till something gives. Happens all the time. As you said, they weren't designed to run bigger tires and a lift much less bash around all the time. Its people that do that and then go..."Damn, my big tires have really put the strain on the steering rack, holy fuck! OEM is 500 bucks! Fuck that, i'll get a parts store reman!...2500 miles later, the rack is shot. Guess i'll go back to OEM..racks lasts for years to come yay!"

Im not saying your radiator choice is bad. In fact I think it is good. Looks to be a quality piece and if it works out for you might even get one myself.

But the fact that you automatically assume that OEM parts are not high quality and that its stupid to read "should have gone OEM" just goes to show that you are NOT one of those people that has pushed the truck. Judging from your current status of your build up of your truck you have run it most as a stock truck its life. Parts store part will handle commuting just fine.

But they do NOT hold up to thing that myself and other put the trucks through. Ever. Its been tried time and time again and there is a lot of evidence and reason as to why you see people say..go OEM for ______ Part.


Perhaps if you get into the offroad area more "hardcore" persay, you will learn this first hand yourself.

Or you won't. I have no idea what your intentions with your truck are and I am NOT trying to make you spend your money on parts you don't want to.

But don't go saying stuff that you have no experience in....TW's biggest down fall is mis spread information, you don't need to contribute to that.

A better answer would be "if you aren't doing anything with it too hard offroad, just go to the local parts store. But if you plan on pushing the truck, OEM could be your only good option"..granted that totally depends on the situation.

That's all

Looking forward to the radiator install.

 

Yes that's likely a u joint.

Didn't you just do your u joints?

 

I’m almost positive my transmission isn’t gonna internal nuke itself, I just don’t know what’s it is

 

The very back one

 

That's the scary part. The mystery.

I thought someone was fucking with me and put a zip tie on my front driveshaft when I heard that ticking.

 

Well..time to check the others!

Dirty pool has a good article on the double cardin joint..try and find it for you.

 

I had someone do that to me... Almost had a heart attack pulling out school.

Well aren’t you a hand

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/double-cardan-joint.273119/page-3#post-12199669

 

Ermmmmk, so is he saying it’s rebuildable? Maybe I should just do solid drive line

 

I think part of what causes the consternation here is actually somewhat supported by what you're saying - you're right that we do things with our trucks that they weren't designed for - and thus, the OEM parts weren't designed for those things.

However, to then say that non-OEM is better (as a general rule) is not the next logical step. Because all those non-OEM parts (from the parts store) were also made for a stock Tacoma, driven primarily on-road.

Once you start doing what we're doing with our trucks, you have to look at

• parts store as what it is - it's a cheaper version of OEM. This is partly due to brand name, but also partly due to quality, usually - essentially, due to an unknown standard of quality.
• Then there's OEM - also not always the best, but usually up to a known standard.
• Then, there's the higher end specialty stuff - bumpers, suspension, etc. that we all buy from vendors who specialize in that stuff because it is proven better than OEM for the stuff we do. If some vendor had an LBJ that was proven better for instance, people would be all over it.

It's important to recognize those nuances, vs. just saying "non-OEM" is better.

 

Much better way of saying what i was trying too

 

I drink the OEM koolaid. My motorcycles, boats, cars, trucks etc all get OEM parts. My motorcycles and boats even get OEM fluids/filters. I acknowledge that I may be "wasting" money and that there may be "better" options out there, but I feel more confident knowing that the parts (and fluids) that I run were designed to work with my machines. I would much rather have this confidence than a couple dollars in my pocket...

 

Picked up some scrap steel and bored a welder going to try to make a bed rack similar to turbodb's. doubt I'll use it though since I'm trying to remember how to weld right. But if it works going to do some strength tests first.

 

Again... not trying to argue here... but.

I never ever said aftermarket, as a general rule, is better than OEM... in fact, I specifically said that I realize "OEM parts are best choice in some cases."

BUT... I will not agree with the widely held notion, on this site, that OEM parts have some kind of black magic voodoo or something.

 

I don't see what the argument here is. You agree in some cases oem is best. I'm pretty sure most on here recommend oem because of bad experiences with aftermarket parts. I've replaced door handles with aftermarket and they didn't last a year. I'd consider myself a fool if I kept trying aftermarket and replacing them every 6 months when the oem lasted 12 years.

 

I think there's been pretty good agreement that that radiator could be a good one - better than OEM. I think the discussion tonight was spurred on by this (bold mine):

... before that (and after), no one had said that the radiator was bad (in fact, a lot of folks seemed interested in it for themselves). But even if you didn't mean it this way, that sentence can be pretty interpreted as suggesting that OEM generally isn't great.