1st Gen Suspension Install

It will not

 

thanks for confirming @JDMcQ
Was hoping it would be that simple...but guess not!

 

FYI ... credit @turbodb in another thread....In case you want to buy OEM forward leaf spring bolts/nuts/washers ahead of time:

bolt: 90080-10135 - $4.03
washer: 90201-14005 - $1.59
nut: 90179-14039 - $1.60

 

All,

I have a few questions for the OP and others here who have done the OME install. I've got my back end almost completely finished up and am currently working on the front.

Back:
- Any recommendations of where to get the brake line extension kits? Do I need to get them Tacoma specific or can I just get something from autozone if they have the correct size?
- I got the exhaust hanger and it appears as though it's leaving the rubber in a bit of tension (see below). Did anyone else use the hanger, have the same issues?

Front:
- On the passenger side I am having an issue getting the bolt out that holds the UCA. I got it part of the way out, but it appears to be hitting some sort of a sensor, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to disconnect it. I tried going at it from the bottom by removing the windshield washer fluid tank, but it appears that the bolts holding this bracket as short and the bracket is possibly tack welded to the frame? Has anyone run into this issue before?

Thanks in advance for the help!

 

Hey, thanks for the writeup! very helpful. I was wondering where you bought the bolts for the front of the leaf springs?

Thanks!

 

Either Lowe's Home Depot, or McMaster Carr.

 

The sensor you are looking at is the airbag sensor and if it is struck hard enough it will send a signal to your airbags to go off. Unlike on the driver's side, the passenger side airbag sensor is held in by two nuts with studs in the cab rather than a bolt and a tapped hole. You will need to get a 10mm socket in there and a ratchet (I don't care how you get it in,) and remove the two nuts. The studs will stay in place and you just pull the sensor off of the truck. The two nuts are located on the two sides of the airbag sensor itself, one toward the front and back. You can see it in the picture.