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

Just put some newspaper on your head so you can jump through something in excitement. Just don't do what I did, have your gf/wife hold a hoola hoop and jump through it. She'll have you jumping through hoops all day

 

Interesting trail, might add this to my list.

@nj636 any recommendations on pulling an exploded 2nd gen bearing?

@Reh5108 replaced his right before RT as well IIRC.

Speaking of LBJ's, found this on my pre trip check:



Also cleaned my MAF for the first time in a couple years



And cut the boots off my 5125's after hearing the stories of them collecting dust and shit. A bunch of dirt came out the passenger side one.

 

And it has begun....

No coming back now lol

Just checked mine I have zero play, downside is my passenger wheel bearing is starting to show signs it needs replacement. Shoulda done that when I had the spindles off. Looks like those will be addressed in the near future.

 

Must be a 49er fan.

 

How many miles and months do you have on them?

 

I installed in december maybe 6-8k on em if that. I will be diligent though n just Make note to keep checking

 

Put some blue springy things up front.

 

Holy pre-load Batman!

 

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Mines about the same. Rides great

 

What spring rate do you have?

 

Around $150 each from Low Range. Just the bare axles.

Seeing as you’re an 04, you’ll likely run into what @Squeaky Penguin and I ran into regarding the bearings: It turns out that the shafts are really made for the 95-00 Tacomas, NOT all 1st Gens as advertised. You can still run the shafts on the 01-04 trucks but you have to run a wheel bearing from a 95-00. Works just fine that way.

I’m calling LROR back today to confirm that this works and to have them fix the description on their website. If you want to go this route, my build thread has the part numbers for the axles and the bearings.

 

You guys have any up close pics of your preload (why does that sound gay...)?

When I installed my Kings 7ish months ago, my preload was lower than that but rode stiff as a brick, so I lowered it some to about 19 threads showing I think...I'll have to double check. Rides much better now. It may have just been that they hadn't quite broken in yet though, I dunno....but that does look like a lot of preload to me, too

 

Started here:

Igor-30.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr
RearLift.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr

went to here after bigger tires:

IgorsBumps-26.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr
SCS Wheels-2.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr

 

oh man yeah mine has a lot more thread than that showing, lol. At least twice that. But still doesn't look to be as much as the previous posted photo but it's kind of hard to tell from the angle that he posted.

 

Does anyone have a recommendation for rotors? Or just use the auto parts store special?

 

I had ordered special ones from Amazon but they ended up sending me 2nd gen Tacoma rotors...didn't fit with my calipers so I ran down to the local Pep Boys a few blocks from my house and just got the basic Wagners that they had there. They work great as far as I can tell, think they were $65 for the pair.

Amazon just refunded me for the entire kit they sold me so I got the brake pads for free, which was cool.

 

I run power stop rotors and pads, haven’t had a problem and they stop good. The kit they sent was pretty nice too. Really complete

 

Finally placed an order for the OME suspension kit from Wheeler's... Was gonna do LBJs at the same time, but I'd like to hear what happens with those of you who have issues with the oem parts first I think

 

I had my LBJs replaced a little over a year ago through my local Toyota dealership via a warranty I got with my truck when I bought it...they were OEM replacements but not through Camelback (the dealership had them in stock, I presume). I've been beating on them nearly every weekend since then and they've held up great. I'm starting to wonder if maybe Camelback had a bad batch or shipment come in....

 

I've had good luck with duralast rotors and pads in the past. Haven't done them on the Tacoma but I'm about to. Closest to a tacoma was a 98 blazer held up niclni for that