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

If you need the alignment try taking it to another place for the time being. That's what I did when they said my ITRE were bad

 

If there's play in the rack it might not hold an alignment (from my experience)

 

@BYJOSHCOOK trying to take advantage of the lifetime alignments at firestone, currently unemployed so don't have the cash to spend on another alignment, unfortunately.

@Wulf that's what they claim.

If I pull the driver's tre boot back, should I expect oil to drain out? Never worked on a steering rack before. I've found a lot of info saying up/down movement at the tre/rack is caused by a poorly designed rack guide that was updated in 01.See this tw thread and (in case this can help anyone else)

 

My truck isnt east coast rusty but it isn't clean either andine just fell off.

 

Gotcha. You could try Tires Plus as they should take the lifetime alignments from Firestone as well.

 

Oh yes it is... you just don't have a lot of experience adulting yet.

 

Nothing should come out if you move the boots covering your inner tie rods. Those boots are there to keep contaminants out (water, dust etc).

If oil comes out of those boots, you've got big problems.

 

You keep posting the picture of the frame on that shit box like it means something. That like saying hey check out my new pants girl as you take them off and have skid marks in your underwear

 

Looks better than most on here

 

That confirms I need a new rack then, there's a small amount of oil coming from the driver's side. Thanks.

Is now a good time to start an oem vs aftermarket debate? Considering the napa reman, already have their reman CVs.

 

My frame still looks like new and I don't have $2k in back fees and bedsides flapping in the wind.

 

Lmfao

Lets do this!

 

You’re talking steering rack still right?


Most will say oem

I know Atleast one will say autozone cause “lifetime warranty”.

 

Cause changing steering racks is a fun use of one's free time

 

I think that vatozone mentality only logically applies to CV axles lol. Steering racks aren't so easy to swap out on a whim

 

Hey, don’t be giving me sass.

 

My thinking

 

I'd never give you sass haha, well at least not here

 

ok

 

Sooo this showed up today

@BartMaster1234 - this is what you get from coreswest when ordering the yukon gears. Master kit was included at no additional cost.