Shop Time w/T.W. Friends

Remember it is always the lowest paid person in the shop.

Many times it is the lot person with dreams of becoming a tech . Sadly I see this to often.

 

Goodnight everyone, sleep well

 

Morning all have a great day

 

Good morning everyone, have a great and blessed day.

 

Good morning everyone

Wednesday Tuesday gets you one day closer to the weekend. Remember, you heard it here first

Edit: Yeah, I’m living in a bubble…

 

Monday seemed real long if today is Tuesday .

 

Yep, if that was Monday, holy cow! Tuesday looks like a nightmare… I’m screwed before I even get started…

 

Every time I see Buss' land I just say to myself, wow that looks like an incredible place. How much land do you have and how long have you been there?

 

well...heres the alignment results after installing the bilsteins at 2.5...lol drove it 45 miles home at about 70 and it seemed to drive fine....but look at that caster! How would I remedy this?? Upper control arms?

 

My memory on this is Caster is the angle of suspension to hub center. Think of it like a motorcycle wheel - if the wheel is in front of the handlebars, good. If it’s behind the handlebars, not so good. I have no idea what the Tacoma’s value is, but I believe you want SOME positive camber present. Neutral or negative is bad as is excessive positive. So those might actually be acceptable.

 

Good afternoon guys. Hope it was a good day for you

 

I think you’ll be fine with that.

 

Had a guy in an old truck out front stall earlier. He came to walk up to the door and I met him and asked what he needed. All he needed was a jump so I took him cables out and we got to talking.

The truck was a 1958 Chevy Apache in turquoise with what looked to be the original Thriftmaster 6 cylinder. I got him going and told him whenever he was ready to send it down the road come knock on my door. The truck overall looked very original, she was a driver, not a show truck. Exactly like I'd like to have it. Looked pretty close to this...

 

Those were beautiful trucks

 

If you post that up as a new thread in the 1st gen section I'm sure some of the alignment gurus will chime in. There are some fellows (daily job guys) on the forum who are really sharp with alignment.

 

@Superdave1.0

 

If it drives straight and feels good, you will likely be ok with those numbers. Bumps on the highway might make it pull or feel unsettled.

Yes upper control arms will help a lot. They can allow more travel, will add caster, and overall improve suspension geometry after lifting. I recommend JBA or SPC UCA's.

 

Goodnight everyone, sleep well

 

The wildlife Wrenchmen, the wildlife...



Stood about 8 feet from the truck waiting for me to figure out how to make the camera work.



I was at the mailbox.