What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

I refuse to comment on this for fear of jinxing my nearly 2 year stretch since having to replace a torn axle.

really though, what worked is lowering the front lift until they no longer rubbed at all. Simple but requires sacrificing glorious front lift height. Painful, I know

 

This "mod" is so worth it. And, it was nice to be one of the last to get in on the "cheaper" stuff, having done it now, I'd easily pay double or triple for how much nicer it is in the cab. Really, it's night and day and totally worth it.

Here are my main recommendations:

1. Take your time. Slower is faster. Do it right.
2. Make sure to get good coverage on the floor. Be sure to remove the rug entirely. And pressure wash it while you have it out.
3. Definitely take out the rear seats and get really good coverage on the back wall.
4. The roof is super important. It means taking out the headliner which is a PITA, but you get a lot of improvement by doing it.

The CV rebooting wasn't all that hard at all. I was surprised how easy it was, actually. I can do them in an hour now (after doing four).

https://adventuretaco.com/guide/how-to-rebooting-a-tacoma-cv-axle/

 

Thanks! I've done the 4 doors so far but haven't tackled the floor and roof yet. Maybe i can find some time to finally install it.

 

rear frame painted. whiteline lca bushings and kings are on

 

I have a dynamat extreme kit already, that someone gave to me. So I’ll likely get the dynaliner to match and go that route. I also plan on removing the carpet and putting a vinyl flooring in. But thank you for the tips. I’ll likely combine this with my dual case install so that I can get the fitting correctly as well.

 

Simple drawer system with additional storage areas towards the cab for items I don't use regularly. Plan is to expand the cabinetry to create some more storage. I just recently insulated the roof section which helped with reducing interior shell temps.

 

Haven't done shit to it lately because its too hot, but the dash clock started randomly working again the other day, so I'll put that in the win column.



*Rest of the OME kit is riding in the bed of the truck

 

Boring old junk cut off, fresh new fun stuff prepped to go back on.

 

Shift knob came in. So it’s installed. The plugs should be here tomorrow along with clutch pedal shit. And a wiper arm cap.

 

Finally relocating the stupid trailer tail converter box

 

Dan, your advice never falls on deaf ears. I even have some of your walk-throughs bookmarked.

With that being said, it's my cv axle seal that needs replacing; specifically my passenger side.

As for rebooting; I have 3 OEM cv axles that need a reboot. But that won't happen until I have time next year (moving in a week).

My 4R runs O'Reilly EXT cv axles, and would require to find out what kind of aftermarket boot would fit as they already tore up. Funny thing is, they tore months ago (over 5k miles) and they haven't leaked yet -

 

A gotcha; reading too fast. Funny thing - my seals leaked for a while, and I too procrastinated fixing them (though, I think it's not too hard). At any rate, I cleaned them - they were pretty disgusting - and haven't had any trouble, or leaking, since. ( My Front Diff is Leaking (…and Fixing It) )

Anyway, you may give it a shot - just pull the axles, and then clean off the rubber surfaces of the seal that's right there with easy accessibility. Might solve all your issues.

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Things started to show up… still lots more to go…

 

Yeah after this get together tomorrow, I'm going to utilize the lift at my work (for the last time) to pull my cv axles and replace the seals.

Hoping it's easy pulling these axles off as they don't exactly have a lip -

 

Wait what? Marlin crawler is actually shipping products?!

 

Only reason I ever use to go to redhook was when we'd go to Hawks or M's games to prefunk

Just dealt with this on my GX. I tried the pry method, the brute force method (find a lip, set pry bar in parallel with CV and beat with hammer) and couldn't get it. Finally used this tool with a slide hammer...

MR CARTOOL CV Axle Removal Tool CV Joint Slide Hammer Adapter-Front Wheel Drive Axle Pulley Attachment (63mm/18mm)

https://www.amazon.com/MR-CARTOOL-R...+tool&qid=1630037552&sprefix=cv+&sr=8-12&th=1

It worked wonders...

 

Things that are in stock yes. Now that fact I have trail gear dual adaptors plates and not
a MC box on the way is a whole different reason

 

Very nice buck, and still in velvet. you going to have this bad boy mounted or not.

 

Is the cv shaft rubbing the coilover?

Does it work with skids on still?

 

common issue with those cvs and 2.5" coilovers from what ive seen.