What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Whoa. Did she order them, or make them herself. Change the girl to brunette, and I'm in for two. Tell her to name her price.

 

Hey, brother, I think I've asked you this before. Where is a good place to trail ride, that wont give me pinstripes? Went up to Ocala a few weeks ago, and it was a mess up there. Got to ride a bit at Big Oaks ranch, but it was pretty vanilla.

 

Had a couple butthole puckering moments but got the ECGS bushing installed this morning. Considering my previous "mechanic" portfolio included basically nothing but oil changes and brake jobs I'm pretty happy about it.

Couldn't get the removal tool behind the old bearing at first. Tried tapping and in the process damaged several of the "rollers" in the needle bearing... so at that point I knew I had to figure it out since there was no going back. Managed to get it back in there with a couple good taps. Pretty amazing feeling when you first start seeing it move. Realized after I got it out that in smacking it in I destroyed the rear lip of the needle bearing. Spent a good five minutes magnet fishing... hopefully didn't miss anything but from looking at the damage and the shards it seems I got everything.

Had a heck of a time getting the new bushing to start flush (and that was after leaving it in the freezer for two days and spending on the official ECGS install tool). I found that my initial trouble was in trying to hit the end of the tool to start it... instead I switched to very light taps around the edge of the tool to get it started, and then transitioned to hitting the end of the tool once it was straight and snug.

Whew! Time for a beer and then start trying to get everything put back together...

 

Pardon my ignorance, what's this mod about?

 

Check your local classifieds, I see them often in my area for less than half of MSRP value used. Like you said they’re nice but for the amount of space you loose vs what the system offers I don’t see the point. Could be usefull for hunters I suppose, keep your gear in the drawers and kill on the deck.

my boss made his own version of this idea except his drawers were maybe 6” tall. He just used it for tools and stuff instead of them being loose in the box. He was a contractor and his version still let him use his box as a regular box because he was only loosing about 7-8” of depth. That was two work trucks ago though he he’s never made another one, everything is just loose in his cab now lol.

drawers are a cool idea for like a minute.

 

My mgm did that when it was new and shiny, now it’s just scratches and mud

 

Depends on who you ask... lol. Some say it's pointless.

Basically when you lift the truck two or more inches you MIGHT get a particular type of vibration that this mod can fix. Some say you may never get the vibration, and therefore you shouldn't do this mod until after lifting. Some say you might as well just preemptively do this mod at the same time as the lift since you're doing half the work to get to it anyway. Then there are a handful of folks around here I've seen say it's all snake oil / placebo and there's no point in doing it all. So there's that.

I intended to do it at the same time as my lift, but I'm still waiting on my lift kit ordered a couple months ago. I had some time off work this week and decided to tackle this.

Here's a video that does a really good job showing the differences between the removed needle bearing and replacement bushing:

https://youtu.be/WJ4_7G12Esw?start=429

 

Test fitting shenanigans and paint to come

 

Pretty common nowadays. When I took my 2020 in for its 16k service - same thing. Nothing new - and literally *EVERY* salesperson asked if I wanted to *SELL* my Tacoma for 10k over price I bought it.

 

Haha that is one of the 3 shop dogs.. If only they had thumbs they would be made to earn their keep!! Thanks for the compliment. Love the look and feel of the new lift. Highly recommend, if considering getting an upgrade on suspension.

 

Thank you sir. Now I know.

 

wow, a piece of scrap wood as a guide.

 

I’m debating on the sport vs pros. Don’t need the max

 

I agree! I went with the smaller ones..

https://www.tacomods.com/shop/2020-2021-reduced-diameter-knobs-for-8-inch-touchscreen

 

Welcome!

 

How long did it take you once you unpacked it?

 

You have a pic? How much difference is there from the stock?

 

Dropped $85 in it this AM. What an F'd up way to start the day.