What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

Might be some left in GB: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-tacoma-05-15-open-gb-2.682520/#post-24056531

 

Thanks. Just pm’d him

 

that is a very nice bumper i like it

 

I had a really bad creak coming from my front end every time the suspension flexed. Sounded like metal on metal. Turned out it was the polyurethane bushings on my SPC's. Sprayed a liberal amount of Teflon lube on them and it worked like a charm. Here's a link if you wanna give it a try.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/DuPont-Tef...m5c547n1Cj3fDvgDTb0ErZHzd1y2KTc4aAgyUEALw_wcB

 

It’s been sittin there.. lookin at me.
Well I got about 1200 miles till oil change but trans drain and fill this weekend if I got time!

 

Replaced the EVAP canister and charcoal filter. Eliminated 5 trouble codes.

 

Installed a pair of 7 in off road lights and a zombie dash switch.

 

Nothing special tonight:

- cabin air filter replaced

- glovebox cleaned out and reorganized

- vacuumed out the truck a bit

- cleaned all the windows and resealedthe windshield with Adam's glass sealant

 

Put 1,800 miles on it on a solo trip touching 5 states in 3 days. Truck took it like a champ!

 

Installed @ARCHIVE 's high clearance cross tube.
Eric makes some awesome products.

 

I reconfigured the straps on the spare and changed the color. Also modified the Fabtech spare tire carrier hold down to make the bunny ears removable as I didn't like them sticking out. Basically I cut off the ears, welded in a 3/4" socket to the screw and welded in a 3/4" adapter to the bunny ears. Then went out for a swim.

 

a cheap harbor freight rubber/plastic dead blow hammer was my saving tool when I tried to pop my axle out during my lift install. Didnt feel bad smacking that thing with it since its softer than metal and it worked it loose. I tried the punch in the center of the axle as well and I didnt like what it was doing.

 

Do yourself a favor and swap out the overfill hex plug for a second drain plug.

 

Nice thank you I'll give it a try

 

Ya i have some sort of rubber mallet i was using. When i first noticed it wasn't budging i sprayed everything with PB Blaster and kept hitting and hitting and hitting. Maybe over time the PB Blaster finally worked and loosened things up but EVENTUALLY it just popped off. I was going to do the passenger side wheel bearing in the same day but decided against it due to being frustrated and tired, ha ha.

On a side note, there's no harm with the axle being pushed inward as i stated right? Like the inner axle seal to backside of the wheel bearing assembly came apart, but from what i gather it looks like it just sits inside and the axle nut keeps it snug... like its designed to move around when everything is untightened?

 

Ordered this a month ago and finally arrived this week. Looks good and seems more solid than the stock. Great for the beach. Price seems a little steep but found a couple code so made it a more reasonable price.

 

Changed the oil and while waiting for it to drain from the fumoto valve, put in new depo headlights and re-derped the grill surround.



Don't judge my work area, it was 105 while I was doing this in the garage Friday



Such a huge difference it's not even funny



Front end definitely looks "cleaner".

 

Dang oak tree

 

Stop!

 

I swapped my front main seal today and it was easier than I expected. The only difficult part was keeping it from spinning while I torqued it down. If I were to redo it, I would loctite and ugga dugga it on.

I removed the fan and shroud and it gave me so much room to work. It was easy too. Two bolts for the shroud and 4 for the fan and I lifted them out together.

That gave me enough room to get an impact on the bolt and it backed it right out. The pulley came right off too, I didn’t need a puller.

Getting the seal out took a little finesse but it came out and to put the new one in I pushed it in my hand as much as I could and then tapped it in with a 35mm socket and a hammer.

Used my homemade tool to torque the pulley to 180 ft lbs and man, that was difficult. You can see why the tool bent. Back together and runs fine. Time will tell if the leak starts again.