Great White Taco build

No its not. But they work

 

@EatSleepTacos @geekhouse23 can I just replace the pulley on the tensioner and not the whole assembly? Anyone have a part number?

 

You can replace just the bearing, that’s what I did. Let me find the thread.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...arings-in-the-idler-tensioner-pulleys.480961/

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/5203-2NSL-Nachi-Double-Row-Angular-Contact-Bearing-Japan-/400111524118

 

It was pretty straight forward. Remove belt, unscrew pulley, hammer out old bearing and hammer new one in. Reinstall.

the pulley bolt is reverse thread so turn right to loosen it.

 

Ok great! Thanks!

 

lets hope i pass emissions!

 

Fuck. I have to do that too...

 

Tensioner, and 3x idlers. The damn routing of the belt was the "hardest". Took me 3 tries until i looked at a diagram. Lol

 

Oh I meant emissions lol

 

Fingers crossed...I always dread inspection day, in PA they scrutinize your vehicle.

What's up with the 1st gen next door?

 

Looks like it's getting an exhaust put on. Im not sure though.
So I passed the safety inspection. My emissions system isn't ready because i reset the ECU. Need to drive 40-50 more miles and then go back

Oh lol. Im only slightly worried because i replaced the cam gears for 3* retard ones. But no lights, and no sniffer test. Its based on the OBD system. So im pretty sure im good

 

Gotcha... and yeah the emissions readiness is a pain. Didn't realize that was a thing until taking my wife's WRX for inspection recently, have to do a good bit of driving to get them active on Subaru's.

 

On the way home, heard some grinding from my brakes. Ordered some slotted rotors and semi metallic pads from R1Concepts. $178 shipped isnt bad.

 

But they didnt ship for 2+ weeks. So I canceled and ordered some Hawk LTS pads on prime.

I think this is where my metal-metal grinding sound was coming from.

Anyone know why the passenger side pad would be that low?

 

Either a bad pad that wore down faster, or my more likely guess: stuck piston/dragging pad, that then wore it out faster. Notice a small drop in MPG over the last few months?

 

That was my guess as well.

 

Slight drop- but i dont drive that often. Only got 20k from these pads. Pushing that lower piston was a fight/slight pain. But its in now. Think I should replace the caliper?

This is driver side:

 

Shouldnt be a battle really, a little effort at most.