Long Travel BS Thread

Won’t the starter pull more than 150a ?

 

Awesome. What did you do with the current ground in the engine bay? What did you do with those connections?

Honestly I'm not sure, but I sure hope not now Im nervous. I read on DezertRangers a lot of guys running a 150a and they were ok, but I didnt even think about it. I called toyota and they said the stock alternator pulls 80 amps on a 2003 tacoma.

 

CV boots are the worst fucking part of LT.

 

side note, SDHQ's site sucks and wont add boots to the cart.

 

Do any of your guys with trucks on 35s feel like you have no power steering while at idle and not moving ? Lol

 

fastest way to kill your rack is to steer it without moving. Just turn while rolling

 

Yeah it rarely happens but sometimes while parking I will notice it slightly lol

So it’s normal ?

 

mine feels normal

 

Can confirm.

 

Not when it's aired up. But when off-road yeah, and it gets worse the more you air down too. 10psi or under forget about trying to turn while not moving.

 

ditto.

 

Happens to me full aired up

 

Interesting.... Maybe find someone nearby with 35s and compare how easy it is to turn on the same surface? Maybe a rack swap is in your near future.

 

How would I know if it’s the rack or the pump? I have almost 200k on both lol

 

200k? probably getting close to replacement especially after pushing big tires for a while.

If i was a 2nd gen id be all over that tundra rack swap from Solo

 

Yeah I’m gonna run it till it goes. Only been pushing 35s for like 5k miles

 

I haven't had problems with mine yet, and I haven't ever had to trouble shoot a PS system. I'm sure someone with more wisdom can chime in or I'm sure if you Google around you can find ways to check to verify which is the cause of the issue. (If there is one to begin with)

 

You can check for play in the tie rods and play in the rack - since it would presumably slip all the time if it can slip under high high loads from turning with no forward or rearward motion, I wouldn't expect the gears to be skipping / missing if they don't when you have the truck up in the air. You can flush the power steering system and see if there's a filter like there is on the first gens that gets loaded with gunk and inhibits flow...

 

does yours make cracking and popping sounds sometimes? Mine does and i have 33s

 

Check your uniballs. I thought my rack was going bad, did all sorts of trouble shooting based on creaking, popping, and all sorts of awful noise. Finally I swapped out my lower uniballs and the noises were gone.