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

Something broke on the way to work this morning. I'm guessing it was a CV. It started with a light clicking noise, thought it was a rock stuck in a tire or something like that. Then as I pulled into the parking lot I heard a pop and grinding noise. At first glance everything underneath looks normal... I didn't have time to inspect further yet. Hopefully it was just a CV or something easy.

 

then whats this mean?

 

Well ya know, I do not know.

Mine didn’t come with one of those.

 

I got one off ebay for $146 as well and it was legit OEM

I put grease on the metal part where the bearing slides onto the shaft but you don't need to put it inside the rubber

 

What was the torque again? 120ish, backed off to 70ish? Cant find that post again

 

It’s like 123 and then 51 or something I’ll find it.

 

134 to seat it, 51 to hold it.

 

Floods or spots for a rear bumper? I want to add them to the bumper i will be getting soon. Ill wire them to the reverse lights as well as a switch that i think ill mount in the bed of the truck.

 

I wish anything else on the driveshafts was half as easy as this. No gear puller needed. Less time required than breaking loose/removing the two flanges on either end of this section.

I guess I’d rate this as not worth those 3x OEM prices you guys paid based on ease of replacement. I’d be (now) more likely to pay gold prices for each of the UJoints... not sure how replacing UJoint is so stuck in my mind & not that complicated/difficult. It seems something I’ve done on at least 3 vehicles in the past 25 years. :|

 

I got my truck back and the A/C blows cold as fuck now

 

I'd assume floods would work the best so you can illuminate everything at night

 

Yea, I'm with you on that one. If it's easy to replace, and it's not a safety or performance issue, I go cheep.

 

Floods. It's not like you are going to out run them.

 

I'm the best backwards driver yo!

I would go with floods. I actually switched my white floods out to Ambers

 

What'd you have done and how much did it cost ya? I've got a major leak somewhere

 

Double Cardon UJoints - 2
Hans - 0
Countlesss hours reading why I shouldn’t touch it, 1 “hold my beer moment” to take a hammer & press to it just because I can.
24 hours wasted

But hey, I managed to install 6 (of 8) new outside ring clips (the last are 2 RCHs shy of fitting in) and not completely jack the thing up.



New strategy - pumped it full of grease, check every couple days and keep an eye out for a replacement.

New center support bearing and the UJoints at the rear diff & transfer case. Front driveshaft UJoints can go eff themselves!

 

I think most folks just don't want you to put the extra load on your reverse circuit. But you could use a relay and have the reverse lights as a trigger for it safely.

 

I can throw a relay in

I honestly cant see an issue

 

Does anyone remember who rigged up a 90's land cruiser grille on a 1st gen grille? All I remember is a red truck.

 

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