Colorado B.S. Thread

Well, after massaging, rubber mallet-ing, yelling and shaking, it came out... but now I can’t get it back in.

Throwing in the towel. If y’all never hear from me again, pray to the spring compressor gods that you don’t get murdered by them.

 

Umm... get rid of that block of wood and go right to the lower ball joint.

Might make it easier. Otherwise grab another set of hands to help for 2sec to get it aligned

 

Loosen your lower control arm cam bolts and it will go right in without that weird jack setup you have going on.

 

I don’t have time to mess with getting an alignment again before my trip. The weird jack setup was trying to compress the spring against the truck weight while my body weight was pushing down on the steering knuckle/LCA. I am NOT removing the LBJ due to paranoia of having ANOTHER thing go wrong before my trip in a few days and I have to run around looking for parts.

I got the spring compressor to work well enough for one side. Moving onto the other.

 

Never will I take a third gen up pikes peak holy let’s go places that sucked . Venting .......

 

Was up there last week,
Pikes peak road race is end of the month

 

Oh, come one! Somebody made it through that drift.....

 

Figured I would let everyone know you can get a Smittybilt CO2 set up for an amazing price. $264 is a steal also, 4 wheel parts has them in stock and they price match don't tell them i sent you their way.

https://www.quadratec.com/products/...tEDylGpoKTWHZDMPEgjGzLBYPnVSZx70aAsHuEALw_wcB

 

Well, I'm not dead and the truck is back together. I HATE THOSE SPRING COMPRESSORS.

Tightens unevenly, pinches the socket so you can't get it off. Loosen it a little, switch sides. Repeat 5,000,000 times. Realize that the pieces that hold onto the coil are too thick and have smashed and broken the plastic cover for the OME shock. F-it. remove broken plastic. Oh great, it slid around a little bit so now the shock is off-center. Push. Push harder. Push really hard and slip top hat on. S***. Not enough thread exposed. Tighten up more. Pinch socket again. Repeat. Get it together. Realize that the shock body rotated and now you can't get it into the truck without rotating against the 600lb coil. Can't do it by hand. Wrap a strap around it, twist it tight with a 19mm box wrench. Rotate too far. Go back (to far). F-it. Shove it in and tap the bolt back in with a screwdriver inserted in the other end to keep things aligned.

Repeat on other side. Lose 6 hours of your life. Drive home, still hear noises (likely because the top hats were bored out from a missing washer) and immediately start browsing the threads to figure out which brand of coilovers to buy.

 

Based on the width of the tracks, a side by side. Much lighter than me

 

Did you get it figured out? I could throw some tips your way if needed.

 

Too bad you have a 1st Gen- If it was a 2nd or 3rd Gen. I have a set of fronts TRD OR (Shocks and OEM Coils) ready for a new home.

 

??? constant shifting and lack of power? 33's or 35's ? Auto or Manual? There is a solution.

 

same story for me but when my wife said, "I think some bigger tires would look good, and maybe a lift too" I could have sworn I heard the angels choir go off. Picked up a lift kit from @Toytec Lifts there over the weekend, hard to say no to the discounts they were running. All you can do is hug them, say I love you, and then go hide before they can take it back!

 

I had a 2nd Gen Tacoma and a 1st and 3rd Gen 4rnr. Nature took the Tacoma to parts heaven after two massive hail storms. I sold the 4Runrs. and they were gutless. So far I would say my 3rd Gen Tacoma (AT) runs circles around my 2nd Gen Tacoma (6sd MT). Yes I had to re-gear (via Brian) and I added the Tune. Now has plenty of power, shifts great, pulls the camper fine, and gets way better (4 mpg city and 6mpg highway) than my 2nd Gen did. If there was an option for Turbo, SC, or Diesel for this truck it would outsell the F150 hands down - but obviously there are not those options, yet. Had two Silverado Z71's -they both shit the bed just after warranty went out - never again for Chevy. Never a Ford or Dodge fan and not interest in Nissan. Guess I'm almost out of options.

 

Need a Boy Toy?

I could make myself available if it means living there.