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

They plug the holes and use them each year for access. $ dime for size reference


White plug showing on my daughters 2015 corolla

 

Completed My RetroFit Hid

 

I dig it

 

Anyone have a writeup for front wheel bearings?

 

@Timmah! has a decent video on it.

 

Got the truck on all fours after installing the new shocks. Still gotta put the skids back on though.




I was expecting to be sky high on 700lb springs but I’m not. Preload is backed way down though.

 

What shock and springs did you go with? And what front bumper is that?

 

ADS coilovers with eibach springs. Bumper is an addicted offroad.

 

I dig it...looks good

 

It's pretty straight forward I think. Trying to get the spindle to lay level is the hard part.

 

Right, My complaint about my experience with Krown was I think they didn't do all the places I thought they should have... Next time I'll read up on the brochure a bit closer. I'm not opposed to drilling access holes because it gives the krown product the access to areas which they wouldn't have normally and in theory protect things better, but when I had mine done, they didn't ask me if it was ok to drill any holes. Next time i'm over working on the my project I'll check to see if there were some there already that they may have used.

 

which places did they not do that you think they should have?

 

specifically areas which would be where salt accumulates (e.g. when I inspected things top of the frame rail seemed dry, the top of the gas tank, etc)

I'm not knocking the product, I'm knocking the application

 

Is it as simple as pressing the hub out of the bearing, and then the bearing out of the spindle, plus a couple seals?

I'll see if I can get anywhere with my 12 ton press and some heat.

 

Oh look, I found my post about this.

 

From what I have read most people are saying 20ton press minimum. Also, you may your pants as the hub bearing explodes out of the spindle.

 

Energys should last longer since theres more urethane to absorb impact whereas the thin sheet on whitelines gets stressed

 

If I remember correctly, yes. There is a snap ring keeping the bearing in. Hopefully the hub doesn't come out with the inner race still on it. That can be a bit annoying trying to cut off without damaging the hub.

 

Agreed

 

Do you have a write up on this? Or a link to a write or decent cideo on it? I have almost all the parts for mine and I'm getting ready to go this myself.

They turned out great on yours btw.