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

I just did my brakes a month ago. Man my rotors were toast! I don't think my dad ever changed them. So they had 340k on them. Warped and major groove. Was a bitch to open the calipers up enough to fit new pads along with a new rotor. Haha. Hope it all works out for ya.

 

Little bit of a squeeze to run some utv trails with my buddies on their quads..



Some new body art..why did I not get a wrap around bumper not that I really care about my box but still

 

Installed new CBI rear bumper this weekend.
Very good quality, and only 2 weeks from ordering to being on my doorstep

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After:

 

Cleaned it

 

Looks good. Your lights will ship out this week

 

Sweet, thanks man. Just in time, ordered a satoshi (grille craft), Toyota emblem, and a lower driver side headlight filler yesterday.

 

Awesome man

 

Let's see...This weekend I did a lot.

- rebuilt a set of King coil overs
- welded on limt straps for a buddy
- welded on spindle gussets for buddy
- self aligned frankenstein
- installed kings on Igor. Rides SOOO much better
- took of sway bar on Igor.

 

So for sure I need to replace my lower ball joints... anything else I should do while I'm in there? Perhaps the uppers? Tie rod? I am still I'm the monkey-see-monkey-do phase as a mechanic...

 

You have to remove the OTRE to take off the LBJ anyways..could do that. But if they are okay just leave it otherwise you could screw up your toe on your alignment.

Don't forget to rent a Pitman puller, the larger one from the parts store.

If the uppers are fine, id leave them be.

 

What does he need a pitman puller for?

 

Finally wired my ARB compressor. Seems to work great with my locker but I think I'm leaking some air. I'll have to trouble shoot that soon. Also wires in all of my ottratw switches but forgot to take a final picture, so these will have to do.

 

Nice switch panel

 

Did the map /dome light mod just now so when you open and close the door the map light goes on and off with the dome light . Works awesome . I ordered three Xenon map/dome light bulbs for it on Amazon , They will be here in a few days

 

Took it camping over the weekend. Rolled over 250k. But must have blown the rear shocks on these roads as the rear was riding like a pogo stick on the way back.

 

great looking trail , Sweet

 

I thought about this same question for quite a while...I think he means to get the tie rod out of the knuckle? I just beat on the knuckle til they fall out.

 

multi quote is out of order, bah.
Yes, it removes the tie rod easier than beating it with a hammer, which I have also done. I bought the pitman arm puller from HF for about $10.00 and have used it several times with no problems. Really doesn't take much torque to pop them out.

 

I always use a puller on those. So easy and 'less violent'. Using a BFH, you can hit (and break) something you're not supposed to

 

I'm definitely getting the puller. Easy to borrow from the parts store, so I see no reason not to the uppers definitely look fine, and I think the tie rods look ok too. Guess I'll just go ahead and replace both lowers while I'm at it. They are at 92k miles probably stock, so just gonna replace both.