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

Haha, monte stealing the light!

Jim, I like that....looks sharp!

 

Lol, the clanking aint that bad...however, the other day after doing the steering column weld mod, I was bombing over a speedbump to see if I corrected the slop and the clanking scared the shit out of me!!! Lol

 

I was driving my Dads once and one fell off. Made a pinging metallic noise...i was just like..Holy shit what just broke on my Dads fancy tacoma...scared the shit out of me haha

 

Same happened to mine, I didn't know what it was for a few days lol. I hear nothing in mine, might be all the other noises though

 

Hey m3bassman could you post up a pic of your arb set up under the hood there, please?

 

Naw. Still have to remove the spindles so they can be put in a press. Just alleviates the need to press the bearings off the hub flange to re-use it.

Hub flange is 4350235170

Bearing is 9036954002

There's a whole assortment of other parts in there including the ABS ring, oil seals, etc. Got them at Camelback:
http://parts.camelbacktoyota.com/pa...cleid=78972&diagram=8510205&diagramCallOut=11

 

That's super slick. Maybe like a tinted black so you can keep the brushed metal look like this?

 

Man, I woukd freak too......your dads truck is beautiful

 

Don't know about an update for the ECM, but you could give a "performance" chip a try. I got one and while its not gonna make you a supercharged engine, it does seem to help make the idle muuuuuccchhhh smoother and more efficient especially when the engine fan kicks on at start.

 

Thanks for sharing. Man that looks good. I'll have to figure out a mount, not the handiest with metal. Looks like pretty thin metal so I'm guessing I could bend on the straight edge of my work bench.

 

X2 PB blaster your rear shackle bolts for a day or two before the install. Also recommend installing the extended brake line before the install. This way you can easily remove shocks and leaves on both sides, and drop the whole axle for a much easier install. This way you don't have to do that scary shit with a bottle of scissor jack.

Then, load your bed up and drive 1,000 miles. At least, that's what I did.

 

All of this. Definitely want to install brake line first. I've found dropping the axle on short stands keeps it from shifting as much, or at least as unpredictably.

 

Yea my first though was..shit something broke in the motor..lol

 

I did mine out of some 10ga. I bought from Lowe's. Made a simple press brake using a couple pieces of 1x2 hardwood, quick clamps and the garage floor. Bent it then drilled some holes for the screws and painted it.

 

Got the new bedsides on!

 

Nice man! how are you liking it so far?

 

Picked up a spare bedside for free!

 

Not actually today, but recently. Replaced axle bearing and seals.




Sorry for the giant picture, posting from my phone.