Kansas City Tacoma Crew - 816/913

what a couple ugga duggas isnt torquing lol

 

Fair.

 

Yeah, but 45 ft/lb isn't very much. But I see why it's risky.

Just lube that baby up and stuff it in there.

EDIT: Here's the chart I am basing my assumption on.
http://edge.rit.edu/edge/P14471/public/Bolt Torque Guide.pdf

 

once i get new spindles in and get them welded up ill be tearing the truck down after winter to try and get it fixed but knowing my luck something else will be also broken lol

 

I'm going to have to get a daily driver so that I can start taking my truck apart all the time like the cool kids.

 

when winter isnt here i dont mind taking it apart and messing with it but since its getting colder i would like to keep it drivable for snow lol

 

Just line it up and smack it with a deadblow a couple times. That's how you do leaf spring bushings.

 

Same. I tend to draw the line at things that require really specialized tools or are unlikely for me to get right they very first time...like resurfacing a head.

 

Keep in mind that all this LCA bushing talk completely depends on the often frozen alignment cams actually letting go and not requiring torch/death wheel/sawzall to remove the
arm in the first place.

Ask me how I know.

 

It's awful fun, but not as much sometimes.....

 

Me and a friend are gonna be replacing the bushings on his 1st gen this Sunday. Not looking forward to it

 

Or setting backlash and pinion angle in a diff. I came very very close to attempting that on my fist jeep. I'm so glad that I didn't.

 

I did that once with a friend. It wasn't terrible, but he'd done it before and had the right tools. That axle hasn't blown up yet that I know of...

 

I helped my dad replace the bushing in his 96 Mazada B4000.

Rented the a press at Autozone and stuck the bushings in the freezer before hand and it went a lot smoother than we both thought it would have....

 

@ResearchMonkee where you at?!

I had to run a check to the bank and decided I would come looking for ya

 

Yeah, I've done the freezer thing as well as using CO2 to cool the bearing. I've even froze a bearing and heated the bearing housing in the microwave wrapped in a damp paper towel. It was a trying time.

 

Didn't he say something about a long weekend and camping?

 

by the time you two are done with that truck it'll be brand new. And then it'll be time to do yours.

 

AWWWW I haven't been following along to closely this week... But that would make sense.