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

I bought the all red 2001 Tacoma! Red door handles, bumpers, etc... I am going to change the rear bumper to chrome. The door handles to black/chrome the fender flares to black and chrome out the front grill,bumper,etc.. Will trade the radiant red parts

 

Welcome to TW. And I know your not gonna chrome all that shit

 

Added hi lift mounts to my bed rack -

 

Somebody would gladly trade you the red parts for their chrome parts!

 

Chrome haters

 

OEMs MSRP for $500, Camelback sells for $360. So if the Lotus are better, not much of a stretch on the wallet from OEM.

 

Standing next to your truck in the Colorado sun...

 

Yeah, my outers are fine. Inners, right at the band clamp, are where they tear. Can tell it is due to the angle. If I hadn't already invested in a new OEM CV axle and several boot kits, I'd probably have gotten the Lotus ones. Forgot about them.

 

While we're on the CV topic, what tools are essential for changing one out on the trail?

 

Exactly why I got rid of all my chrome lol.

 

Haha really the only chrome thing on my truck is the grille and badges.

Pry bar/pickle fork, big socket of a particular size...other smaller sockets, rubber hammer.

I forget the details. Fail

 

Here: http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/technical-chat/21192-how-change-cv-axle-01-04-add-tacoma.html


Lol...so close.

 

Greased the drive shaft. I've researched this before but how many zerks are on the drive shaft?

I found 5 zerks
-1 on front U Joint
-2 on middle U Joints (after CB)
-1 on rear U joint
-1 on drive shaft near rear U Joint

Did I miss any. By the way I have the 2 piece drive shaft

 

You forgot the front drive shaft

JK sounds like you got them all as long as you got the slip joint.

 

Missed one. There is one between those 2 in the middle. May have to rotate the shaft to see it. It greases the actual cv part between the joints.

 

sweet thanks.

 

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's where my passenger side ripped. My driver side probably just needs the clamp tightened, but it's lost so much grease that I might as well just replace it and reman my oem cv's for backups.

As much as I hate to say it, I'm probably just going to pay a shop to install new cv's and inner seals. It's hard to get a chance to do it myself when I have no clue how long my weekends ever are. I really just need a second vehicle!

 

Meh, I'd do the same. But if I was stuck out on a trail somewhere I think it'd be nice to have the right stuff to change one.

 

Mine uses a 35mm socket. Not sure why some use a 36mm unless it is a non-OEM thing.

 

Yeah, definitely.

The first half of this year will probably be all about maintenance and tools for me.

First on my list will have to be to try and grease my u-joints again or replace whatever is causing the annoying squealing sound. It gets worse the more I drive...