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

Clean looking finish

 

I had the same issue with my barracuda. Had to do a lein sale at my dad's friends shop but actually the car just stayed at my dad's house. Once it was over I was the legal owner and they mailed me the title.

 

I have the first 2 on hand and the 3rd memorized.

 

so...


how are you tighten the bolts? or is it locked in place? What happens if you bend a bolt?

 

So what is it with this guy that wants to unsticky everything?

 

This is something I really need to get around to doing. I can't believe I haven't tweaked mine yet.

Is this the common point of failure? I always thought it was bending them.

 

Who?

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...official-write-up.537400/page-8#post-18001148

 

How do these joints usually fail? I figured the ball worked itself loose and popped out. Mine sheared the shaft. The ball was still up inside. I don't know how failure of the LBJ shaft itself can be predicted except maybe by age or xray, but take a look at this cross section:



Don't end up like this dude (me)...

 

Is the ball sloppy inside causing more stress on the stud?

 

Ifs problems.

 

Interesting idea. It's a little hard to tell since it sheared flush with the ball so not much to grab on to, but, no, the ball seems pretty firmly stuck in the casting.

 

Installing this today not cuz I need but cuz I want it

 

Such as the ball joint geometry is off due to lift?

 

Such as having ball joint failure. I've replaced hundreds of these and the trueth is 80% of the time ball joint failure is due to neglectful care of the truck. 15% is lifting it and running tires past it's capacity. And the last 5% is people slamming cheap parts on their lifter over size tire rigs. Guys please stop buying cheap parts. Your ifs suspentisu will live longer even with bigger tires . Or just solid axle swap .

 

It’s been a while since I’ve seen the ball joint debate on here.

Are we getting it started?

 

No...this is an IFS vs SAS debate. Had some rock crawlers checking out my rig 2 weeks ago. Told them my plans and they said i should save my money and keep her as is. Rides better and very capable. One tons and 40s still sound appealing. Necessary? Prob not

 

Oooh, be more fun too, specially in the snow.

 

I got tired of the auto so this is gonna happen soon. Got the engine with it for a fair price

 

Currently in the process of getting an OEM pair warrantied. Installed right before RT and after that trip they had a slight amount of play and now 7500 miles later, if that, I do not trust the one. Not sure if there was a bad batch or what.

I have yet to ride in a solid axle vehicle that rides decent on bumpy roads, probably my biggest reason for not having interest in SAS.