1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Having never installed UCAs before though, it was way easier than I thought. The long uca bolt isn't really an issue on our trucks like I thought it would be. He was telling me with 2nd/3rd gens its more of a pain in the ass

 

You just gotta bend the Apron a lil right?

 

It’s a pain in the stock orientation


Yours likely were already flipped

 

I just had to unbolt a couple sensors that were in the way but otherwise it slid right out

 

Bolt head toward front of truck? That's how mine were, not sure if that's flipped or not

 

Because of your second statement lol though I don't need new UCA bushings.

I bet your UBJ popped out easily though; you had aftermarket UCAs so they couldn't have had more than what 60k miles on them?

 

About 70k, ball joints were probably fine but one of them had a torn boot and figured I'd just replace them for good measure

 

Didn't even have to do that

 

Yours has been removed already

 

Someone did it already then. You have to massage the body to fit the bolts. Or cut the bolts and install new ones bolt head facing firewall

 

Yes. Definitely yes.

 

The guy that installed my SPCs the first time 5 years ago probably did it

 

Meanwhile...

OOF

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CLz7vTeHixf/?igshid=1m2wjjvir6w5o

 

Why TF would Toyota install them that way lol. The other way is so much easier

 

Ouch

 

Wut

Control arms then body

 

Safety so if the bolt came loose it can’t fall out

 

I guess they just assumed they would never need to come off

 

Why would I give him shit. He actually DID his UCAs, unlike someone else who's afraid to fight with the long but tiny bolt...

 

Apparently mine were already flipped so it was easier than it should have been lol