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

You can get an Aisin from RockAuto.com for $20.

 

New headlights came out nicely.. Grille was a piece of shit and broke most of the rivets to subsequently replace with zipties lmao. Can anyone give me insight on if there's anyway to adjust the gap on top of the headlight? For some reason driver's side came out good but passenger was like slanted and I had to smack it a couple times for the headlight to sit flush like it is now. But now I notice more of a gap at the top.. on the driver's side I tightened the bolt towards the inner part first, but passenger side I did the 2 bolts on the side first. Does that even matter?

If I can't do much it's fine, I'm not ocd as u can tell it took a few days to even notice it lmao

 

They both have gaps either way and it's barely noticeable unless ur staring hard

 

Was gonna say, I wouldn't have noticed it if you hadn't mentioned it

 

New 4x4Innovation skid plate, Demello sliders and finally Harbor Freight highlift jack & DIY Rustoleum bedliner.....

 

Would u say leave it be then? I didn't even notice till I took pics haha. Just don't know if there's an easy fix. If not I am not gonna rip my grille off again until need be

 

I haven't messed with my headlights so I dunno...but if you have to take the grill off to fix it then I'd just leave it until next time you're in that far.

 

yeah this was a first for me, my old dodge was MUCH easier to do the headlights on. Had to remove the grille and then the actual headlight casing was off compared to the other side until I smacked it like I said. probs my fault lolol

 

Nice truck I like that skid plate

 

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@thegame maybe

 

I have my axle shafts pulled to reinstall my diff and noticed this. Normal? I wouldn't think so. The are compressed by the flange on the axle when installed, but I doubt that's enough to keep the outer race from rotating. I'm debating pulling them and using bearing retainer. Thoughts?

 

OEM is $55 rebuild kit is $13

 

yea it's happened the two times I started it today. so i'm hoping to track it down. It's a weird kind of whine though. Almost like a supercharger, but only really under like 3k rpm.

 

It has been two years since the last time I repainted my headlight fillers. I had the grill off for the timing belt/radiator job last weekend and these things are trashed again. I'm going to take @Madjik_Man's advice and try the Sherwin-Williams two-part clear this time AND cover it with 3M protective film. I'll post another pic when I've finished the job.


Pay no attention to my amazing Christmas gift to myself in the background.

 

I did, whatcha want to know

 

Do you have pics of how you mounted the orbital? And did you have to do any steering shaft mods/buy a new one?

 

Probably in my build thread somewhere... I did this year's ago...

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/erics-supercharged-shit-box.195730/

My orbital is mounted where the typical steering box goes on the driver frame. I did require new joints and a steering shaft.

 

That's not good. You could peen the inside of the sleave with a punch and add retaining compound to the outer race when you reinstall if you're trying to save some money.

 

We're you able to just buy a new steering shaft or have to get one custom made? And looking through your thread now tyty

 

Replaced plugs and wires. Didn’t need it, just did some preventative maintenance