What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

pics

 

Don't have any pics the lady was going crazy and the cops told me to leave

 

How did it happen ^^?

 

I was turning at an intersection and she was going straight and Ididn't see her because she didn't have her lights on

 

got my new cvs from cvj, anyone know if oem differs this much?







When sitting the new ones are about an inch shorter then my originals. They can pull out or push in, is this normal?

Basically I'm wondering if they sent OEM and if they are correct for tacomas.

 

yes you any kind of wax the UVs break down the clear on the headlights wax helps protect them. just use whatever you have lying around you use on the truck

 

Who got the fault? Sux, hows the truck?

 

I went with the LTS when I did Pads and rotors last fall. No complaints here. Not much different than whatever was on there before, except no more warped rotors.

 

So it was at night?
I see many idiots lately at night driving with no lights on there so stupid

 

Those don't look at all like OEM. Even the crappy aftermarket CVs I've seen look more like OEM. Could they be for the pre-taco?

Here's one of my OEM (minus the dust seal) next to a GSP brand axle.



The push/pull you mentioned is normal, it's just dislocated when pulled like that. Obviously not supposed to work that way though haha

 

Those are not pre taco cv's the hub side had a more sa type end since that gen ifs had similar spindles/hubs to the sa. Whatever they are they look weak, never seen that kind of a neck down in the middle of a cv like that.

 

CVJ's should be OEM. Give them a call.

 

Valve adjustment today

 

I thought they looked weird when I got them but this is the first time I've pulled them so I wasn't sure, until I pulled them and immediately could tell they were different. I figured I had dislocated it or something.

At first I thought they were thinner, I don't have my calipers at home so had to use the tape, looked to be only 1/16 smaller, diameter of the CVJ is about 1-1/4 and tapers to about 15/16 where as my OEM is an inch.

Thats what they say and the reason I spent the extra $ for them rather then napa/oreilys. I doubt they are in tomorrow, and I need these in ASAP. I'm going on a trip next week, which is why I went with them cause I didn't have time to go to pick n pull, re build and install. I understand mistakes are made, hope they make it right.

 

Oh and Mr. .45 you need to get back to work blackdawg aint gonna be happy with you wasting time on me

 

Oh sweet thanks for the insight man.

 

Did you follow the FSM instructions? Need any special tools?

 

Yes. Here is the 5VZ

http://www.yotatech.com/f128/5vz-fe-3rz-fe-2rz-fe-valve-adjustment-tech-226997/

 

So I put this picture up awhile ago and someone suggested to breathe my rear diff. There is also a thump kind of noise coming from back there when I accelerate some times. It almost sounds like a metal tie down is hitting the plastic tailgate (because thats what I thought it was haha). Could that be from my diff?