1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Rhino line the 4R and put a dorkle on it...hmmm

 

Starting a family and pursuing the American dream is no excuse

 

Exactly

If I were still single I would apply to that in a heartbeat

Living in the desert would suck but that job sounds awesome.

 

Not like I have room to talk. I finally create a new steam account and I use it for cheesy 8bit single player games

 

Maybe I should then. Hell at this point only the cab of my truck would be original.

 

The Moab dust is now a structural piece of the Tacoma

 

You should talk to @Empty_Lord, he bought a brand new frame for his truck because he’s mentally insane.

 

Nope, won’t

 

James might be right, there may be a spring holding retention under that mech.

 

I have. Quite the endeavor but I too see a frame swap in my future. Which would still be cheaper than a “new” truck.

Honestly, the worst part of all this, are the bolts shearing.

 

I guess I didn’t see his post


Definitely a spring under it

 

Only bolts I've sheared off were exhaust bolts.

 

Shearing off an LBJ bolt during install isn't very fun, do not recommend

 

How did you manage to do that?

 

Zane swore up and down I’d break the exhaust studs in my 300zx. Never broke a single one.

 

No idea, it was a brand new bolt too. I have a theory it was because I didn't attach the dust boot that the 01 - 04s have, which effectively shortens 2 of the bolts where the rings are that hold the boot on. So without that boot, that bolt was too long and snapped when torquing down. Or it was just a bad bolt.

I got another bolt, added the dust boot on and torqued and all was well. Getting the broken half of the first one out of the spindle wasn't fun though

 

I sheared off plenty on you old red truck

 

I saw one for sale in the marketplace. If he still has it this summer, I’ll make the cross country trip. I was planning a trip to the west coast anyway.