UTAH (and Surrounding Areas) BS Thread

Do I just get the boot or the whole axle?

 

It doesn't seem like the boot is torn, from what I can see the grease is leaking from the metal ban/seal.

 

Just tighten the clamp maybe? I don't see any evidence of damage to the boot or axle.

 

I'm doing a meetup here probably a week from saturday hopefully for my rocky mountain tacomas page if we want to add on to that?

 

Looking to do a last minute setup change before a roadtrip, anyone have a line on basic bed bars? Especially if they fit over a tonneau cover like the voodoo/maxmod ones.

 

I didn't know you can tighten the clamp. I will look into that.

 

Some are adjustable and some aren't. Looking closer, it looks like yours aren't.

 

Shit....ok, cool. I guess I will check out Napa and see how much their shit cost.

 

Mine had a torn boot and had been that way for awhile from the previous owner. Rebooting isn't for the faint of heart, and replacing the whole axle doesn't cost much more.

At Napa it should be like $70 for a reman, $100 for a new one. I know a guy that can put it in for like $90 if you want.

 

WAIT hang on @BOMBS, I just heard Cruiser Outfitters has aftermarket clamps that can probably fix that weep. Let me check with my brother-in-law who works there.

 

Cool. Thanks. Let me know what's up.

 

Which guy is your BiL? I am over there far too often for not having an LC.

 

You are right about Napa:

Dealer: $467.22

Napa: $64.99(Remanufactured)
$55.60(Core Return)
$114(New)

 

Ha, sounds like you need to asked for some kind of frequent shopper punch card or something! Bryce, aka The Man.

 

Oh shoot, yeah, Bryce is on point!

 

Ok @BOMBS here's the word - so Cruiser Outfitters stocks the ones for, well, Cruisers, which are too big for Tacomas but you can get a smaller one. What it is is a marine hose clamp with rolled / rounded edges so it doesn't cut the boot.

According to C.O. and confirmed by ih8mud threads, these are the ones the Cruiser guys swear by: https://www.mcmaster.com/catalog/125/333. They use part 5574K25, which is too big for a Taco - just put a string around yours to figure out the diameter and order the clamp in that size range, looks like 5574K23 according to this post.

They also said you can do it without having to take the CV or anything off the truck if you can carefully get a good pair of dikes in there to cut out the original clamp.

 

Sweet man! Thanks for the info.

 

Just to be sure and we're both on the same page, the blue arrow in the the picture is pointing to the clamp that I need to replace because grease is leaking from there.

 

I have the same size and I have like 3 or 4” of space. I’ll see if I can find my alignment info.

I didn’t do the CMC myself, so not much insight I can offer there. I just told them to take as much as possible.

 

Cool. I'd called Firestone in West Jordan and they said they are booked 2 weeks out and they are the only Firestone left in the Valley/Utah that remains open for business.