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

I’d have to look at how long it’s been since I did the front end swap but my grille and headlight filler (lost one on a trail but found it the next year, lol) are the only pieces where the paint still looks new and fresh.

 

The bearing contact area is definitely a boundary constraint, but it’s not as rigid as you might think. Both the bending load (vehicle weight) and torsional load (torque) that are transferred through the axle are applied along its entire length. This is the main weakness in a semi-float axle. For example, when you bent your axle, the bend is along the center of the shaft right? It didn’t bend at a discrete location right next to the bearing. That’s due to the moment from the force on the tire centerline that occurs at some distance X from the bearing location.

If the bearing was a perfectly rigid constraint, the axle would need to be massively oversized between the wheel mounting flange and the bearing, but the rest of the axle would only transfer torque and you would never get a bent shaft. In that case, shear forces at the bearing would be crazy high and it would definitely be a stress riser.

 

No, that's not how it bent. It bent only at the very end.

https://youtu.be/eD1pK7EuJrs

Can't confirm for sure, but I think it was perfectly straight up until the bearing. Then you could see the tire wobbling in the mirror.

 

Just accidentally weighed my pig. Sitting at 4960 with my daily carry gear. Doesn’t include any camp gear.

 

Interesting, so it didn’t blow out the axle seal then? Seems like a leaking seal is one of the first symptoms of a bent axle, but if you could see your tire wobbling then that was probably a better indication lol

 

Still 1500 more than stock ha. More than I wanna weigh but that’s expected I guess with all the armor tires winch etc

 

No, seal was fine. However, I replaced them along with the bearings like 2 years prior to that happening, so they were pretty new.

 

My interior

 

Wow man!! Very nice!!

 

Thanks bro , Day and night.

 

Installed one of my Christmas gifts this afternoon. While I was adding the gauge/chargers, I went ahead and included some LEDs for my future salvage yard scrounged cup holder.

I shuffled a few things and deleted a W/H protector under the cover, but maybe could have left it stock. I was just worried about clearance under there for the connectors and the two screws. I added glued under the rectangular cover before installing the screws. I left enough extra wire so I can lift the shifter bezel and disconnect wires from the back side, so no need to remove the gauge.

I tapped the lighter socket for power, since so many of the ones sold plug in there anyway, I figured why not.

 

Time for an IS300 wheel and 4Runner column trim to match!

 

Wow.. nice

 

That looks dope AF

 

If you're under 5k you're doing pretty well.

 

Installed my Tundra brakes today, outside temperatures never got out of the 20's.
Also replaced the lugs with longer ones for more security.
So far so good.

 

I still need to get the 4runner column plastics for mine.

 

Majority of 96-00 base model 4Runners had them. Should be an easy find at a junkyard.

 

Yeah, I just need to go to one sometime.

 

What Toyota center section is used?
Found the answer, same year RAV4