NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Ok since nobody piped up, how the hell did you move the 1000# rocks?

 

vacuum dredge underneath them a bit down river, grab a big ass pry bar and start pushing. It’s actually fairly easy to move huge rocks. I had A 300lb rock cradled in my arms that i was shuffling around

 

O wow

 

The customer service I’ve gotten from ECGS is absolutely insane. They got ahold of Randy’s pulled some strings and I’m getting my diff back tonight fixed before they close. I don’t know anyone that can turn warranty work around that fast, let alone being on the East Coast.

 

that’s good to hear you’re being taken care of. That’s a huge plus for them since they are making it right in such a short amount of time

 

It was done at 11:30. On my way to get it. That’s freaky fast.

 

Back on the road again

 

Time to get on that bumper situation now

 

Just happened to be cruising by their hood on the way to and from work tomorrow. I might stop by and say hi.

 

Now you got me all riled up and thinking about it again.

 

Not gonna lie, I check your status daily in preparation for my upcoming same situation

 

Shit they still gotta get the cover wagon back down there to pick yours up so it’s probably 3 months out.

 

I bet you could do this with one hand tied behind your back now.. Maybe even one handed and blindfolded.

 

When did you guys order?

Completely different vendor, but they ordered a new 4' wide barn door style Protech tool box with sliding drawer kit for my servic truck at work when I started back in April. It just showed up yesterday... Best part was when we went to put the drawer kit in the toolbox, it's 1.5" too wide and won't fit inside the box.

At the same time they ordered a brand new Miller 325 EFI welder/GenSet and it just got here 2wks ago.

 

I think he was late March, I was mid April. He said 18 weeks, and he's been pretty accurate. I also ordered my suspension mid April and that was supposed to be 5 weeks and I finally got a shipping notification for the fronts yesterday, who fuckin knows when the rears will ship. Not as bad a wait as Bert, but still ridiculous

 

Speak of the devil. My 13yr old shop monkey and I have it down Pat. On tear down we share the wrenchs back and forth while it drains. Then I stab the diff and hand start the nuts and he follows me with the little impact and torque wrench. While he fills the diff with lube I screw in the brakes and bleed them. Pretty well oil machine.

 

Anyone know of a preassembled axle/bearing/backing plate? Dorman sells them for 4runners/GX and sequoias but not Tacoma’s (wtf). Don’t want to mess with a press, so these seem like a good way to save time and money.

 

Uhh, which year t4r/gx do they sell those for? Your truck is an off-road model I'm guessing? So you've got the newer 8.whatever rear end?

 

Yeah I have the 8.75” rear end, so I don’t think the 4Runner/gx axles would work.

03-17 4Runner/gx and 07-14 FJ.

01-04 sequoia

 

Well suck me. Replacing the rear axle bearings was a royal cock sucker.