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

wd-40 dry lube now. I like it cause I can spray it.

 

Youtube time. Thank you. Didnt know it was that easy

Might give that a go to see if it works....i roll thru mud and water alot....im sure they are shot...but less than a year?? That blows

 

I do to. Ive been trying to be better about washing things off after each trip. Even if its just the suspension and not the whole truck and then hitting it with some dry lube. Race suspension is made for performance, not longevity.

 

Good point

 

Well that did the job

 

A buddy of mine always poured sweet tea on em... It seemed to work, but I don't recommend it.

Every time I run through puddles or mud some joints squeak for a week. On mine it comes from the rear leaf springs. The more I drive it the faster it goes away... I chased it for a year before I found the suite spot.

I've been using PBR blasters multi-purpose lube. It bubbles a lil bit which seems to help it creep in.
Don't use WD-40, it's water based. Wd-40s main use is removing sticker schmeg.

Use anything that is not water based.

Also... If you use a spray... Use care not to get it on your brakes!

 

its a bandaid.

Best thing is to keep them clean. Use a pressure washer after you've wheeled and clean those out good. Mine are much quieter than if Im spraying lube on them all the time.

Cheap easy part to replace though. And they get dunked a lot in mud/water/shit so its to be expected.

 

No sweet tea! Lol

Yeait was a 5 min fix...its back....did a nasty mud trail last week....its driving me nuts...time to replace

 

just go power wash them. Then keep them clean. Once the teflon liner is gone or bad though you're screwed.

 

My can of WD-40 lives by my utility room sink, not in the garage, because the only thing I use it for is cleaning my hands. Spray it on, rub it around, then wash with soap and water. Takes grease and oil off great.

 

Yea they are fucked. I cleaned them after the trip....still...o'well

 

FYI Tri Flow makes a spray can lube version with a small plastic hose, that's what I use to lubricate my bearings on my Kings. Just stick the hose in the eyelet and spray away, works well.

You can get it at the auto parts store too, at least you should be able to. I always get mine at the hardware store.

 

That timing belt looks great compaired to what mine looked like when I took it off.

 

Sweet jesus, I should look at mine one of these days. Only have 75k but it's the original belt

 

Good for pulling oil stains out of concrete too. Awful as lubrication

 

WD-40 makes a dry lube
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/wd...UyMvFd0gDl4SpgNqrmeBMpvB6giv9aYBoCH6gQAvD_BwE

 

I've used that stuff when I didn't feel like paying the extra few bucks for Tri Flow, it works just the same as far as I could tell. WD40 does make a wide variety of lubricants besides the one we all tend to think of when we hear WD40

 

essentially its the same thing as tri flow and I can buy a pack of 12 cans on Amazon for pretty cheap.

 

I bought a jug of degreaser that was made by WD40 to try and pull the oil stains out of our driveway that our neighbor's Civic bled all over the place last week...and it didn't do squat, I was pissed lol. So regular WD40 works well?

I even rubbed a bunch of cat litter all over the stains with the degreaser but it didn't do a thing

 

Yeah man, WD-40 let it sit for a bit, rinse with the hose. If that doesn't get it all (will probably get most of it, but could be a light stain still) hit it with some oven cleaner.