Oregon and Washington BS thread

Merely having dents and brush scratches on your truck would probably raise police eyebrows there

 

I've got enough from a few weekends ago. Let's go to Mercer and screw with em!

 

Good point! Let me see if there are any trails on MI...lol

Better yet we should have our next meet and greet at their doorsteps

 

Well I aaam looking for my golden goose so I can have unlimited mods

 

Next Meet 'n Greet: http://www.bennettsbistro.com/

 

I'll look for a sugar mama

 

I wouldn't replace the old axle. Put new grease in and reclamp.

 

So i actually spent some time having fun on grimmjeeper.com/gears and performed a couple tests.

I inputted my stock information on one side:

A340F tranny,
Tacoma Transfer Case,
4.10 gears
265/70r16 tires.

TEST 1.: Tested RPM levels at 60 MPH. Used 4.10 gears for stock tire size as well as my current tire size with 33s to compare how my truck currently drives. Then i tested current possibilities with 35" & 37" tires at a 4.88 gear ratio.

4:10
STOCK = 1917 rpm
33" tires (current) = 1794, 177 rpm decrease
4:88
With 35" tires at 60 mph = 1996, 79 rpm increase.
With 37" tires at 60 mph = 1881, 29 rpm decrease

TEST 2: Tested MPH levels at 2000 RPM. Used 4.10 gears for stock tire size as well as my current tire size with 33s to compare how my truck currently drives. Then i tested current possibilities with 35" & 37" tires at a 4.88 gear ratio.

4:10
STOCK = 63 mph
33" tires (current) = 67
4:88
35" tires = 60 mph
37" tires = 64 mph



Now from the data - it seems as tho 4:88 gears with a 37" diameter tire would put my truck back closest to stock over my current conditions. Considering im currently running with a 177 rpm decrease over stock, with 37s and 4:88 i would only have a 29 rmp decrease which would have more power than i currently have. I performed these tests due to the controversy over gear choice with 4:88s and 37s.



Any thoughts ??

 

My speedometer is off by about 5% (it reads a little faster than I'm really going) with 37's and 4.88's. It feels like stock. Do it!

 

Has anyone got the Spiral cable recall done from last year recently?

 

1ST GENS??

anyone of you have a spare speed sensor??

 

Will the ones off my stock spindles work?

 

No. I need one off a 3.4. Tranny

 

Not yet. I keep ignoring those emails

 

Had mine done at last oil change, couple of months ago.

 

Seems like I'm one of the lucky few who aren't covered. Toyota checkef my vin n says I'm not covered.

 

well quick update. i did need to have the key in the on position. i could hear the pump going when i was pumping the brakes to bleed them, so that was for sure my problem the first time around.

did have kinda a hard time compressing the pistons for the front(should have looked closer at a write up i found on t4r.org) because i took the pads out before fully compressing the pistons.


only major problem is that on my front driverside brakes, the lower inside piston just wouldnt budge. i only need about 1/16th inch more for the new pads to slide in. spent over 1 hour just trying to compress that 1 piston. all the other pistons on that brake compressed all the way in no problem. so im guessing that, that particular piston just has a bunch of shit/rust? and cant go all the way in.

gonna take it to tire factory on saturday and just have them finish it. kinda sucks cus im all done minus that 1 pad.

also, i left both of the old pads in on that brake. im thinking its bad to have 1 new/1old pad on a brake?

 

Forest Grove now has a bikini barista stand. Oddly enough, I've developed a taste for coffee in the last week. Perfect pit stop on the way home from TSF!

 

It went in a couple weeks ago. Caused a big stir in the community

 

That's what I heard. It is Forest Grove after all.