Ontario BS Thread

@cwisema do not use one of these! I almost lost a finger on one of these fucking things...
use the weight of the truck to take the tension off. Easy and WAY safer!

 

I was gonna suggest your input

Fretting finger or strumming finger?

 

mine was $1000 plus shipping to Calgary, but I had to replace entire lower mount due to uniball bearing falling apart and bolt damaging the lower shock. I stopped buying uniball equipped parts after that, too much hassle and maintenance.

@cwisema if you bring shocks to me I can swap the coils, have old school China spring compressor that we used on many different shocks. The key is to lube the threads with grease.

 

Well, it's going to @tacoma16 / @Norilsk and they can either use it as is or convert it to screw style (which is probably wise)

 

Sorry Norilsk, not trying to put a monkey wrench in you plans just a warning.
I know there is a lot more experience on hear that i will ever have. but let me just say this. Pay a shop and get you springs swapped over. I almost lost my life to a Chinese spring compressor guys. It ended up in the garbage i did not even use any steel from it for other things.
hear is what i got and i cant believe they still sell it
when i told them what happened they said i had had it for too long and there is no warantee. It was the first time i was using it to swap over coils.

BestEquip 3 Ton Capacity Auto Strut Coil Spring Compressor Tool 6600LB Strut Compressor with 4 Snap Joints Air Hydraulic Tool for Car Repairing and Strut Spring Removing (3 Ton Capacity)

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07D2VDT5Q?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

I think i talked about this before but I rally mean it if my head was another inch closer to the coil.... anyway what ever you guys do please be careful

 

Thanks everyone, for the suggestions and advice. I may try to replace the shocks and ball joints this weekend.

Thanks for the offer @Norilsk . I think I'll try the method of leaving them in the truck and using the truck's weight to decompress them first. If that doesn't go so well, I might take you up on your offer.

 

So check the lowers again. Got it. lol maybe I’ll be able to get two seasons out of my uniballs….

 

We replaced them last year, should probably change them in the Fall again...

 

Of course it had to be the fretting hand… always the fretting hand FFS!

 

In other news, that’s like $10 K more than we got for the trade…

https://www.mardenmotors.com/vehicles/2013/toyota/tundra/guelph/on/65712134/?sale_class=used

 

I’ll double check em just in case.

 

I saw that. I knew it was yours but the last post I saw about it was that you decided not to sell

 

Yeah the compressor is rated for 1000 lb according to the Amz listing. Stock 3rd gen springs are 717 lb/in. If you're compressing one to fit on a Bilstein 5100 on the 5th circlip setting, for example, you can easily exceed 1000 lb

 

Melissa decided to trade on a Rav4 and had an appointment set up pretty fast.
Sad to see it local, but pretty sure it’ll be there a long time at that price.

 

You sold it?

 

Melissa traded it on a 25 Rav4 Limited.

 

That's a 180!

 

Selling two universal 2.5" catalytic converters, bought them off rock auto last year, too late to return them.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/two-universal-2-5-catalytic-converters.855167/

 

Recochem coolant on sale for $15 a jug at Princess. Sale ending today: https://www.princessauto.com/en/asian-pink-50-50-antifreeze-coolant/product/PA0009285362

Good brewed-in-Canada replacement for Toyota SLLC if you need a jug for trail spare.

 

I don't know how I feel about Asian pink