1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

caved and scheduled an appointment for a rotate/rebalance for the Ford tomorrow.

The front end is in OK shape as far as I can tell and it drives great 99 pct of the time... but I hit a bridge joist at 80 yesterday and got the death wobble.

front tires are kind of fucked up from lack of rotations and the bad old shocks, hopefully it's just that and I can get by with the rotation/rebalance til I finish moving. I have another set of tires in storage

 

The cruiser has occassionally started doing this when turning left above 65mph. I'm starting to think I should get all the new bushings pressed in now.

 

hey, I'm having a similar problem, it is very likely to happen if I hit a bridge joist or pothole while turning left above 60 MPH.

New track bar bushing/ball joint, new bilstein steering stabilizer, ball joints seemed tight when I checked with the 4 foot pry bar. Tie rod ends are meh in my opinion but the shop said they were fine.

 

I never got the chance to test drive a 4.0 6 speed or is it 5speed

They 3.4 has a 5 speed or auto

The v8s were only automatics

 

I honestly was finding more 4.0 and 3.4 tundras vs 4.7

I found 2 4.0 manuals that I never got to test drive

 

I'm due for TREs and panhard bushings, so I'll start there. But the radius arms likely need bushings too and I need to install my new lower links for the rear.

 

they come in 4x4? p sure ur right the 4.0 was 6 speed.

 

4.0 2nd gens have 6 speed manuals, 5 speeds for the 2.7l

 

Shit idk... maybe

My neighbor has a 4.0 auto 2wd

Definitely better than a 3.4 auto

 

still doing some research to learn more on them. might replace the slug with one when the need for more cab space comes years down the road. the v8s require timing belt changes just like the v6s correct?

 

Yes not it's not that big of a deal honestly

Did one on my mom's 4.7 landcruiser and it wasn't bad

 

I don't think the UR V8s do but the UZ V8s will, they're easy. I'd rather have timing belts these days, they maintain time better, less noisy, and make working on the front of the engine easier.

 

thats reassuring, thanks for the knowledge. Do the 1st gen tundras have different lbj design to avoid the 6 lug flaws?

 

nope haha, just as bad if not worse

 

Anyone gonna try this crawl box?
https://www.northwestfab.com/toyota-eco-crawler-.html

 

womp womp

 

About that, their identical

Till 2004 than the bolts got sized up to m10 and the ball joint got made bigger

To me 100% of the lbj problems are user error, either over-torquing of the bolts, using cheap parts, or never checking for play till they fail

There's 2 different bolts 1st gen tacomas and 3rd gen 4 runners came with, along with 2 different part numbers that got 2 different torque specs... Those who get or have the newer bolts and use the older spec have problems with them stretching/failing

The 315k mile ball joints on my tundra have no play

 

until you hit a curb doing donuts at Papa Johns

 

Honestly... That's the story of every vehicle I get, no problems at time of purchase 2 months later "why's my wheel feel soo weird"

-new upper/lower control arms, upper/lower ball joints, inner and outer tie rods, rack bushings later it returns to feeling right

 

yeah i have no gripes about them, id definitely agree they dont just explode without warning. Looks like ill be considering a swapped dblcb 1st gen or 1st gen tundra when the time comes. Car market is dooky rn and ive got plans for the slug. thanks again for the info guys!