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

In the bearing?

 

Yeah it was inside the old bearing caked in grease which is why I didn't see it. I only found one though.

 

Guess I probably shouldn’t have used them again. I dunno wtf, mess with it tomorrow maybe.

 

I think you're supposed to, my new carrier bearing didn't come with it. Did you read through the 'how to' thread sticked at the top of the 1st gen forum on how to do the swap?

 

Just checked the FSM. According to the propeller shaft diagram there's only two washers. The thick one and one thin one. The thin one goes before the flange and the thick one goes after the flange.

 

Okay this is starting to be a clusterfuck. I thought there were only two washers and as I was ready to put the flange back on, the SECOND thin washer falls off from the flange. Now there's two thin washers and one thick washer.

 

Well I'm confused, maybe some of that is from broken pieces if the old bearings?

 

Your guess is as good as mine. The FSM diagram says there's two 'spacers' but I have three.

 

Think I have it figured out. My guess would be the thin washers go one each side of the carrier bearing, but you can't put one behind the bearing because it won't slide onto the shaft. You actually have to stack two thin washers on top of the bearing, followed by the flange, followed by the thick washer and stake nut.

Weird but it makes sense looking at how it came off and how the FSM only talks about one spacer behind the flange. Don't know why Toyota didn't just use a single washer.

@JKO1998

 

Non oem here

 

You torque it to 134 ft/lb to seat it properly on the shaft, and loosen the nut again and tighten it to 54 ft/lb. The 134 ft/lb is just to make sure it seats properly.

 

nice monte lol

 

Rebuilt my UCAs today (@Bentrodder did all of the work, really). Got an alignment afterwards. Much better ride.

 

Basically ordered a full rear end refresh so j have less shitty ride quality for my next trip. So I have some CS018R leafs coming, all four shocks are being rebuilt and revalved, got new shackles, new main eye bushings, bought brackets to make a new shock crossmember and to mount the shocks to the axle. Just need a ubolt flip and I'm good but since Allpro went tits up I'm unsure with which one to get.

 

eric used to sell a kit. few others do too.

why did you get another set of those leafs?

 

Cause they're cheap and I'm on a time constraint as usual. These are actually the softer model of the ones I had before, but they always worked well for me, what didn't work was the stupid bilsteins. The leafs always had more travel than I could take advantage of with my lack of weight and shock location. Now I carry a decent amount for a trip and I have the opportunity to build the shock xmember the way I want it. Should play pretty nicely.

 

Yessir, did it the week after I got back haha. It is very well supported now. Doesn't move much anymore as the engine can't really move haha.

 

Did that as well haha ace had a good size roll for framing rebar, I owe you a bag of zipties tho haha.

 

still one of the best things i carry: https://www.cableorganizer.com/cable-tie-kit/