5100 install help and ?'s

The black spring seat slides against a snap ring. Slide it away and use either spring pliers or a flathead to pull the snap ring wider and place it in your slot of choice.

 

http://youtu.be/hBpLKyaG9BE

 

Thanks!!!

 

sweet got them adjusted thanks now i just need to put them in haha had them for like 6 months just havent had the time between work and softball

 

2-3 hours for your first time. Chock wheels, jack stands, good jack, maybe 2nd set of eyes, some basic tools and a torque wrench.

 

Added my AAL, this is the method I used: lift vehicle and place of stands high enough to take all play out of the suspension, c-clamp leaf pack, lift diff up to hold it up while you loosen bottom strut and remove bolt, loosen u-bolts and remove the nuts, take off bump stop and remove nut that holds leaf pack together. Once that is completed you can lower the rear diff, this gives you access to the leaf pack bolt, remove and replace with longer bolt insert AAL between overload leaf and leaf pack. Make sure all lines up and the bolts goes thru each leaf, after doing so put the nut back on and screw in all the way down. If you do not have enough room to place the new bolt in(such in my case) I used a tie down to bring the leaf pack up like this:


After doing so raise diff up to bring pack all together and release the tie down and remove it before you completely tighten the pack together or else it'll be stuck in between leaves. Replace bump stop and u-bolts(be sure to center the u-bolt plate name tighten evenly. Remove c-clamps and replace rear strut and bolt. Tighten to spec. I am not a professional mechanic, only a guy doing this myself so I don't give the dealership $1000 just to install my 5100s, Eibachs and AALs. I am not liable for your mistakes, this is just my adventure and way I achieved my install and lift.

 

sweet man looks good cant wait to get mine in what size aal did you put in and what did you set your 5100s at

 

I have the billies at 2.5 and AAL in the rear. Definitely helps to have air tools. Too me a while for the front assembly cause I was stubborn and removed the Uca with a mallet and pry bar haha.

Rear AAL was easy but I could have cut my time in half had I had another set of hands.

Do yourself a favor, buy a case of beer, call some buddies, and make a day of it

 

I put a 1.5 inch AAL, that's what head strong had suggested without getting a longer strut and minimizing the chance for vibrations. So far so good.

 

Great suggestion... Only problem... I did all of it at work. So no drinking but I got paid to lift my taco. Cha-ching

 

what do you have the front set at

 

.85 up front with Eibach coils.

 

did you have to buy new Ubolts for the aal

 

any pics

 

No there was plenty of thread left on the U-Bolts.

 

Unless you're buying new upgraded UCAs, the suggestion from Headstrong was either .0 or .85 with new coils. I have mine at .85" with Eibach coils.

After speaking with Headstrong Off-road, they explained why not to set the Bilsteins above .85", answer being you may reach a limitation on the ability to properly align your wheels. So if you want to set your Bilsteins up higher than .85", you may need to purchase new UCAs and upgraded Coils.

 

If you researched you would have read that you need to do a lot of trimming to run 32"+ tires with only a 2" lift.Taller bump stops wont save your fender flairs

 

265/75/16 are classified as 32" (even though they are actually 31.7" or something like that) and i have ran them stock suspension no rub, and while 285's are 33" they are actually a bit shorter and do require trimming even with a lift, while 255/85/16 are actually 1/2" or so taller than 285's but the 255's can also be ran on stock suspension with little to no rubbing issues, from what ive seen around here.

 

Best tire calc on the web happens to be here on TW.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/tirecalc.php