(SOLD) CanisLupus 2011 Tacoma Build

Yeah, it could be the leafs for all I know...I just did a quick shake of the rear the first time I heard the squeaks but couldn't really tell.

And Luke, yeah I already have surface rust on them unfortunately, but I'm going to do my frame and suspension treatment here soon with rust reformer, primer, and paint, as well as fluid film so I might try painting them up also.

I will try and splooge some grease at the ends of the leafs to see if it will help.

Matt

 

My morning did not go as planned...

Woke up after shift and attempted to go home. Put the truck in drive...no dice. Would not move. Tried taking the parking brake on and off, shifting the truck in drive, reverse, neutral, turning the truck on and off...nothing.

I initially thought I had pulled or done something to one of my parking brake cables when I was washing my truck and frame yesterday.

Luckily, my (fire) truck chauffeur is a mechanic and I asked him to come take a look. We noticed just my driver side rear tire was not moving when the truck "skipped" trying to move. Jacked the truck up, took the tire off, and banged on the rear drum with a rubber mallet.

A couple hits with that and it seemed to free up. Put everything back together, and voila, it worked. We think maybe water got in there from washing my truck and it froze overnight (got fairly cold last night) even though I washed my truck around 1500 and it was pretty nice outside.

Anyway, that was my excitement for the day...

Matt

 

Did you even have the brake set?

Never set your parking brake below 50* ...at least thats what i do

Might also want to pull your drums and see of there are any clips or springs broken or displaced that may be causing a problem

 

Yeah I typically set my parking brake everytime I park, and it was set overnight after I washed my truck.

I don't know if the actual drum brake was froze up or if just the parking brake on the driver side was. Whatever it was, it is working now (just went outside and checked a couple minutes ago) but I will keep an eye on it...

I've set my parking brake during the winter all the time but I think maybe water from washing the truck got in there and froze up.

Matt

 

I hope thats all it was

 

What an awesome build thread!

 

Thanks! I try to keep it nice.

Matt

 

Pelfrey should be here the third week of November maybe, will have to swap the winch and check the mounts for damage then.

Still gonna try and get my frame treatment done before winter really hits but I'm not sure if I'll have time before the weather stops cooperating. This may also be an issue for painting the Pelfrey. Hopefully will still have a couple days of decently warm weather when the bumper comes in.

I'm also thinking of emptying a lot of my truck out, as well as the contents of the Pelican cases. It is getting kind of annoying as a DD with all this extra weight. I'm hoping some weight savings with all my recovery gear and extra supplies (will still keep essentials obviously) as well as the aluminum Pelfrey may make a difference.

Lastly, I think I will try and mount my Pelicans with u-bolts attached to the roof rack and drilled through the cases with neoprene washers and nyloc nuts, then just lock the cases themselves with padlocks instead of the cable gun locks, which are driving me crazy as the locking mechanism does not work well at all.

Matt

 

Removed all contents of my Pelican's (kept the cases on the rack), a bunch of "unnecessary" tools from my toolbag, as well as some other stuff from the cab. I think I probably took out about 75 pounds of stuff, so hopefully with that, and my new aluminum Pelfrey, I will notice a little bit of a difference with braking and handling. I think it was a good thing to keep some of the stuff I don't need on a DD off the roof to keep the weight towards the COG, especially with no swaybar.

Right now, I have all my extra tools and recovery gear in a locker in my garage so I can just throw them in if I go out somewhere.

Matt

 

Determined I won't have the time or patience to sand, rust reform, prime, paint, and fluid film before this winter, so I ended up just fluid filming all frame and suspension parts. We will have to see how long the fluid film protects so I can make a determination for what I need/want to do next year.

Even if it lasts 3 months, I will be happy, since it was something like $10 a can and I got two cans. Super easy to apply too.

Matt

 

Also created a little solution to secure my CB antenna when I need to go in a parking garage or something.

Used a bungee cord hooked to a bedrail tie down, then up to a paracord prussik on the antenna. I set the prussik length and tiedown point so that the antenna is barely under any tension just in case something slips.





Matt

 

I did something similar when I had an antenna there but instead used 550 cord with a loop around it to slip over the antenna.

 

Prussik is fairly quick to get on there so I think this will be just fine for the few times I will have to secure it.

Matt

 

Gonna post up pictures of my fluid film treatment and also the new mounting solution for the Pelicans tonight or tomorrow for anyone interested.

Super happy with how the Pelican mounts turned out. Going to be much better than using ratchet straps and cable gun locks. It was such a process just to open up the cases before. Details to follow...

Matt

 

Fluid film treatment pictures - Got all suspension parts (went easy on the coilovers and rear shocks, did not apply on UCA's) as well as the entire frame, crossmembers, slider legs, and the rear axle. I didn't put the fluid film on the skids either since I'm going to drop them and re-paint them after the winter most likely.







New Pelican case mounts. Used U-bolts with neoprene washers, large stainless washers, and the load equalizing washers and nuts that came with the U-bolts. I will probably trim the U-bolts down and put caps on the ends here soon, but I was rushing to just get them on before I had to go to the firehouse last night.

I am going to use padlocks to lock the actual cases now instead of the god awful cable gun locks and ratchet straps I was using. Very happy how it will not be such a PITA to just open the cases anymore. They are super solid with four mounts per box as well.

I swapped out the cable gun locks on the Maxtrax to a shorter style so I didn't have to wrap twice around the crossbars on the Bajarack like I did before. I may also swap out the ratchet strap to a long bungee cord on the Maxtrax since the ratchet mechanism sticks up above the Bajarack fairing a good inch or two right now.





Matt

 

With fluid film you will want to remove and re apply every so often cause with will hold dirt and dust. But it does do its job agains water/ corrosion. We use it on our 60s and reapply it after every wash to hinges and water entrapment areas.

 

Please come do mine!

I really need to do that :|

 

Mine does that once in a while, you don't need to remove the tire. Just bang on the drum with a hammer and it will come free in a few whacks.

 

I need to do the fluid film application. So many projects and my enough time.