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

We'll see...I only did one side today gonna do the other tomorrow. Test drive around the neighborhood today and the alignment felt normal but we'll see after tomorrow

Also only the 2 bolts on the inside go through the spindle, the 2 bolts on the outside closest to the wheel dont go through, there's no hole at the top for them to.

The 2 washers were OEM, my last LBJs were done at the dealership. At least they are on my 04

 

Cool - yeah, that's going to bug me now. I only recall a single washer per but definitely could be wrong. Feel like jacking up the front and taking a look.... hmmm... nawwwww

 

I dunno if the 2 washers really make a difference but I have heard that some people use two different length bolts, all my bolts are the same length but those washers on the outer 2 make those a bit shorter...so maybe that's how they shortened them rather than using shorter bolts? I dunno

 

you have the dust covers as well?

 

Yeah, but I ripped the one today lol. The dealer where I bought the new OEM LBJ this afternoon didn't have any in stock so I just taped it together with gaff tape, should hold up

 

The only 2 that are all the way thru are the ones on the inside closest to the diff, the ones closest to the wheel dont go thru...no holes on the top of the spindle for them to go through like the other 2 bolts have

Unless the 2wd spindles are different in that regard than the 4x4 ones

 

OCD trigger for me

 

Haha I know I know but it's just a dust cover, most people don't even run them lol

 

I don't know about 2 washers being OEM. Using 2 washers double stacked on one bolt doesn't make any sense, no benefit & in most cases actually weaker. Is one washer captive on the bolt & the second washer loose?

My truck came stock with the flange bolts. Flange bolts are better IMO.

 

The trucks that got the rubber rock guard (being referred to as a dust shield in today's thread) originally came with bolts with washers and no flanges. The washer allows the bolt to be torqued without binding/twisting the rubber rock shield.

The bolts with flanges come with LBJ for earlier year trucks that had no rubber shield. Also a different part number for the LBJ.

 

That makes sense but double stacking 2 washers doesn't. If that second washer is OEM I'm assuming it was for use with that rock guard?

 

Does anyone have pictures of how their UltraGauges are mounted? I’d like to put it front and center on the steering column but I’m not sure how it would fare.

 

Additionally: in regards to the actuator on an ADD truck. Are the actual axle tubes different between electronically actuated ADD and vacuum actuated ADD?

I’ve got a 4Runner differential with the vacuum actuator and I was wondering if the electronic actuator is a direct swap or if I would have to swap the tubes.

 

I was thinking of you when I was writing that post. I was almost tempted to type “besides @zero4” because I still remember exactly how yours is mounted, haha.

 

Haha. This is the thread from 2010.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/my-ultragauge-install-1st-gen-warning-lots-of-photos.113026/

 

The double stack is a fix. My guess is that the the threads in the spindle are fubar so the bolt cannot thread in all the way.

 

I see. I hope it's not a permanent "fix". Stacking washers is bad practice & especially for something critical like the LBJs for our trucks not a good idea. I know @eon_blue likes to wheel his truck hard sometimes so I hope he doesn't leave it like that.

 

It's been like that since the truck had 24k miles on it when I bought it bone stock. The last set of OEM LBJs were installed at Toyota at 33k. I don't think it's a fix, I think there are 2 different part numbers were looking at here.

I would have to verify but the one thing coming to mind is how some people get bolts with their assemblies that are 2 different lengths. Others come with all 4 the same length (what mine came like). The 2 washers effectively shortens 2 of the bolts, at least that's the only sense I can make of it.

Its put together the same way the Toyota service dept put them together on both the last 2 sets of OEM LBJs I had so I'm not gonna fret over it

 

Your bolts came with double washers on them? Stacking washers of the same type is not normal and in some industries prohibited. There's no reason for it other than for taking up slack as a work around. Stacked washers can act as a spring & be unreliable. Washers aren't normally hardened, not sure if the captive ones on Toyota bolts are, I never checked. But ok, I still don't believe that stacked washers is stock.

These are the different LBJ bolts. No double washers.