007 TACO PRO ....

This is my list to start


Edit I had a list on the 1st page

Truck Inspection MVI
R & L Tie Rod end DONE
High Pressure line DONE
Upper R Ball Joint DONE
Upper L Ball Joint DONE
Sterring Rack DONE
Sterring Shaft GOOD
Cv axel seals HAVE
Cv axels. DONE
Hand brake cable X2 ON ORDER
Rear Brakes HAVE
Rear Axel seals HAVE
Pinion Seal HAVE
Windshield
Spark Plugs HAVE
Oil And filter
Diff Oil
Tail Gate HAVE NEEDS FIXING AND PAINTING
Reinstall lift
Front fender liners
Exhaust
Idler pulleys on motor
Abs sensors ON ORDER
Brake light
Engine light
Fix head lights
Check tail lights
Rear flex lines x2
Brake line nuts
Roll of brake line
O rings x2
Lug nuts
Wheel studs front and rear

 

Working on the 07 today rear brakes

F f f f f f on those lug nuts had to heat the f out of every one and use a cheater bar to get them off. This is due to the rust on the shoulder of the nut. What a STUPID design Toyota. Drivers side brakes 100 pictures just for reference if anyone else need to k ow how it all goes back together, or me in two weeks

I use needle nose vice grips for the hold down spring cups. Clamp them on press in slight twist and magic they are off. I do this with the news ones to put them back on. I was shocked that everyone does not do this

And I am sorry for calling your design stupid Toyota

 

The toy dealer said I needed a new hand brake cable as this one was seized and broken. I took the hand brake cable off the arm and pushed on the hand brake it moves but not that much. Must need a adjustment took the trim around the gear shifter off just pops out to show the adjuster. Took the cable out and poked it back through the floor of the cab and moved it freely. Further inspection down on the business end showed it was sized in the aluminum bracket on the backing plate and was snapped off. I did find $0.05 cad under the console worth $0.02 USA

 

It’s 5:40am Sunday morning just Finishing cleaning up from the last $hit storm that rolled in. Cry poop and eat.


NEW FRAME PICTURES

 

Passager side was no different heat heat and heat cheater bar and snap of studs..

Question what is the stud size for the front and rear. ??? Is this a Toyota only item ?

 

God damn that does not look like fun hahaha

 

It gets worse

 

Honestly, at this point I don't doubt it I'm surprised the wheel bearings still turn

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005...Wheel+stud&dpPl=1&dpID=51qBi97dnQL&ref=plSrch

 

Thanks after yesterday I have a LIST of parts I need to order

 

That was quick!!!

that suck! A quick job cheking brakes and change always turn to shit with rust...

 

In preparation for a real MVI (not like the one Toyota did) and for piece of mind I need to address a list of items that include.

Abs light
Hand brake light
Quality of brakes


I decided that I was going to go through the brakes to make sure they were working properly. As you have seen the wheels probably have not been off this truck for a long time. I have bought all new rear brakes shoes, drums, hardware kit, wheel cylinders, and side axel seals.

If you looked at the pictures you have seen that the brakes were a mess.

Off with the shoes, the hand brake hold down to the backing plate was broken. This was one of the major things wrong with the hand brake. This was a part I did not purchase.

I took the leap while I had the brakes shoes off and decided to removed the side axel as I knew one was leaking so I want to replace the two of them

To do this I needed to remove the hard line from the wheel cylinder and disconnect the abs sensor.

The old hard brake lines were original and ran along the axel to the flex line these were not replaced during the frame rebuild.

I heated up the line nut and got it free but it was not turning on the line so I Made short work of twisting the line off. Ok no problem took the line nut with about two inches of line and squat the line to put in the flex line so it would stop dripping. First picture

Freed up the line nut (opposite end) and it would not come out of the flex line. Ffs

So out come the vice grips

 

https://youtu.be/AEAIMWncYis

Never seen anything like this before

It’s just to show how free the line nut is but won’t back off, must be stripped

This is one of those things i spent two hours on and the part should be like 20 $ and I am going to replace the flex lines anyways

 

Scorpions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Not the sware word I used at all try again

 

So with works vice grips clamping the line for the next little while I moved on to the 4 nuts that hold the side axel in

Heat heat and cheater bar they came off. Was not realy sure wat to do next as all the research I did said it will just slide out. Nop big clump of fing rust

Hammer and cole chisel driven between the axel housing flange and the abs holder



Note see the size of my hammer

 

Nothing about this looks like fun.

 

Changing my opinion on the Hiliti impact gun. I will not be buying anymore of those after today’s performance. Will take your advice and Milwaukee brand, don’t they also make beer ? So it got to be good !

 

The struggle is real .....