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

I should have known that you'd disagree with me. AGAIN.

 

i mean, the allpro relocation plates work just fine. They are beef. have two options. Hell of a lot cheaper than getting a new leaf and taking apart your pack.

Have had them for years. No issues, I don't see how they would cause issues and be sketch It's a solid piece of steel haha

 

It won't, keep in mind the wheel "swings" as the leaf goes up and down. You'll rub.

 

Dude thanks for the alert on that. That was the case. I just got off the phone with Tyler. They’re making me new ones!

 

There are two things I don't like about relocation plates (+stacked with shims)

1. Stacking. Take it to an extreme and you're basically putting a block lift under your leafs, which I think we all don't really love the idea of.
2. Leverage and stress. Now, sure you're only moving the leaf pack 3/4" or 1" in some direction, but that means you're no longer centering it on the perch. That's going to put weird stresses on the perch, and means your ubolts aren't going to be bolted around the center pin as they should be - putting "undesigned" stress on the leaf pack as well.

So, maybe "sketch" isn't as sketchy as running 3 bolts on your LBJ, but it's not ideal either.

 

No problem. Glad it got worked out

 

Blutooth leaf springs are the best fix and the future

 

To fix the axle being pushed back?

I like what Turbo Dan did, get a new eye spring made

 

I like the idea of the revised top leaf to fix the axle location, especially since I'm already running a shim underneath the leaf springs now.

Was this something Alcan was able to get out to you pretty quick? I need to get in touch with them anyway regarding the u-bolts not being the right size.

I'm not in much of a hurry anyway, definitely in no hurry to disassemble my leaf springs again lol. But definitely want to get it taken care of before the next off-pavement trip

 

I saw on a Pirate thread that some people just drill a new hole on their axle for the pin to seat in. Not sure I'd want to go that route though

 

Eeeeh

 

Doesn’t seem to happen to everyone though, mine are fine

 

The weird thing is that it seems to happen for some and not others. Maybe it's a later 1st gen issue vs early 1st gen, I'm not sure. My Expos nearly had me rubbing the front of the wheel well. They could probably argue that we're all running larger than stock tires, and they wouldn't be wrong lol.

 

Carried about 1050 pounds of river rock. Is that a safe load? Lol

 

Probably not haha

 

base layer mostly down. only have 1 gal so not full coverage but that's ok since truck already has many layers of dip already. Just needed it to be "mostly" covered

 

Only if you have stock brakes and were going 80 on the freeway.

 

Ask them about it when you get in touch with them about the U-bolts.
I'm curious what they have to say about the centering issue.

@turbodb If you don't mind me asking, how much was it for Alcan to make you a new main leaf? Or did they cover the cost?

 

I believe mine are centered just fine on my 04. Honestly haven't really paid attention but nothing rubs in the rear.

 

What color you doing?