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

Hope this helps. looks like 110. 72 for the tie rod.

 

You’re talking different units.

 

does it say 80 and 53? Are the first numbers part references? If so I stand corrected.

 

@fortiz619 was stating torque values in "ft" aka ft-lbf on the diagram.
The values you are stating are N-m.

Assuming you have the correct parts diagram (I did not verify this), this should clear it up for both of you:

 

Thanks for clearing that up, you are correct.

 

Looks like the bJ castle nut is torqued to 80 ftlb and the two bolts that attach to the spindle are torqued to 116ftlb, , tie Rod is correct at 53ftlb , I’m gonna have to loosen it up and retorque my bj castle nut since i torqued it to 105ftlb

 

Soooooo much this. I have a bunch of coworkers that have them and they all think that KO2's are the best tire out there. They obviously only care about looks and don't put much thought into performance. Bothers the fuck out of me.

 

I HAVE A 2002 TACOMA WAS 2WD I CONVERTED TO 4WD W AUTO LOCKING FRONT , IM HAVING PROBLEMS MY BEARING ARE LOOSE FOR SOME REASON

 

Polished my exhaust pipe, That's not a euphemism! This phosphoric acid takes rust off of stainless steel with very little effort and won't strip the chromium in the steel like other acids. After I get the whole exhaust + muffler done, I'll clear coat it with VHT - though I have been warned it smells bad. @GQ7227

 

Spindle Bearing?

Do you know what year the 4WD components came from? Meaning what year of truck was the donor parts from?

@Blackdawg
@Speedytech7
@drr
@Uphillshunter

Who else has done a conversion and or hammered the "S" out of the 1st gen taco front end...

 

I'm gonna need more details, to be much help here. Front end wheel bearings go bad occasionally but they make lots of noise leading up to it and you can usually feel it. They're replace only, no repair to be done to the bearing unless it's a 5 lug.

 

Finally got tundra brakes installed.

 

Or he swapped to 4wd spindles will no CV axles yet.

 

That's totally possible, ouch, hope if that's the case he didn't drive far

 

If you have not put cvs in you want to do that before your wheels fall off, if your bearings are bad... replace them

 

Walbros are garbage. They are LOUD and their QC is shit. Both of the walbros I had had issues. Switched to deatchwerks and no issues

Walbro is garbage.

 

Trans w transfer case from 99 Tacoma w j- shift and front diff , rest of parts new , I think ones of the bearing spacers maybe was pressed in wrong side looks like rounded side faces out to cv shaft , hope that is my problem

 

Modified my inside door handle to prevent breakage in cold weather: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/ever-break-your-inside-door-handle-i-may-know-why.659244/

Did a drain and fill (2nd one this month) on my 3.4L w/auto trans.

Adjusted the position of the drivers side window crank. It was right where my left knee wanted to be. Best technique for removing the retainer clip. See-saw a shop towel. Pops them right off.

 

Great trick, works super easy and fast with elastic strips like your underwear waist band. I keep one in the toolbox and it always garners a question.

 

That's a cool tip!