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

Those of you that have changed out the leafs, do ya'll use new hardware or just re-use the old stuff

 

I'd recommend just using new hardware. It's not that expensive and you'll be happy you did when something has to be cut off.

FWIW I had to cut both main eye bolts to remove them.

 

What would the bolt size and grade be.

For my shocks I plan to keep it as stock as possible in terms of Mount location. I'm just replacing the lower mounts due to a ubolt flip. I can't wait till this weekend to get it done. Then I'll have to realign the truck

 

Thanks Brent....thats what i was thinking......dude at toyota said i wouldnt need them.....pssshht

 

No idea what the bolt size is. But, I bought these greaseable ones. Or you can get these if you want cheaper.

 

Yea i should of bought new shackles but I didn't. But the stock bolts look good in terms of condition. No rust on them but eh never know. Shackles on the other hand don't look as good but still solid. Might get them later. Could go to vatozone or orielies for bolts and shackles if need be

 

shackles may be seized onto the bushing. alot of times it is.

 

When I did mine, I bought new main eye bolts but figured I would reuse the shackles. Main eye bolts slid right out. Shackles were seized. I managed to get one shackle out in a usable condition, but the other one came out bent, I wound up buying one new one. Hint: If your shackles are seized: Cut the end off of the bushing with a box knife, heat the mounting tube up with a torch, slide a piece of PVC pipe over the end of the shackle bolt onto the cut end of the bushing, then hit the PVC with a mallet. The whole thing will just pop right out. (Figured that out after I bent my shackle.)

 

Damn....so i need shackles too?

 

Just read this as i was typing....guess i need shackles too

 

It's possible. If I'd figured out the torch trick sooner I wouldn't have had to buy a new shackle, since I wouldn't have bent the shackle trying to pry it out. If you have a Toyota dealer nearby and you can stand having your truck out-of-commission for a couple of days (like me) then you can probably give it a whirl and just buy them if you need them. If not, buy them ahead of time and then sell them later if you don't end up needing them.

 

I reused all of my hardware. Trucks lived in So Cal it's entire life though.

 

i had to throw it in stove until everything was glowing and went at it with an air chisel for about 15mins. putting it back in i coated it in anti-sieze in the hopes i dont have to go through that again.

 

Picked up a tube bumper off craigslist. Was originally for a 3rd gen 4runnner but it bolted up okay. Not bad for $150

 

Not what I wanted to hear lmao

 

I literally just changed my leafs out yesterday. At the very least, get yourself new U-bolts and nuts. I got lucky and everything on my truck broke loose just fine. I was planning on using the OME stock length greaseable shackle set, but the ID of my bushings was too big. Ended up just reusing my stock shackle instead. I did go with a greaseable main eye bushing and bolt set. Hope that helps!

 

And the list grows....

 

That's a steal

 

You should do the blinker relocation mod and ditch that zip tie set-up.

 

I just had a guy why cut and weld a bracket to get rid of my zip ties.