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

My guys telling me the LBJ was fine but it’s actually the bottom bolt that broke off of the knuckle.

 

if your current LBJ doesn't have any play in it at the ball, then i'd keep running it and return the NAPA ones asap.
Just get some new OEM bolts & torque to 59 ft-lbs with some blue loc-tite on them.

 

And install them with blue threadlocker (the one that doesn't take heat to remove) and a torque wrench to proper torque.

 

Just edited my post to include that haha
Beat me to it

 

yes, and yes. The LBJ bolts are stretch bolts (iirc) and aren’t meant to be reused. Or if you wheel a lot just keep the NAPA ones as spares since you got them 20% off and they have a warranty.

 

That's what I said. Your bolts failed. There are 4 that hold the LBJ to the spindle. A couple fell out and then bam.

 

the truck is clocking 175k+ and I think the ball joints aren’t even original, they probably came with the lift. Anyway, lifetime warranty gives me peace of mind because companies wouldn’t offer that on trashy products

 

we’ll take it apart and look at it... possibly just get the new bolts and return it keep those ball joints

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/jbtacoma-1st-gen-stress-reliever.387402/page-7#post-14371104

I brought it home on my daily Tacoma it went on my offroad Tacoma pictures in the above link

 

Badass Build ....

 

Thanks its a work in progress

 

It don't matter what you say if someone wants the non-oem they are going to get them no matter what, all they need is one person to say that's what I use and everyone else is just wrong.
They are too many people that will defend what they use no matter what they see or hear.
I give up

 

Moog and OEM are still neck and neck in my comparison. Haven't beat on the truck much since but if moogs last a year and have a lifetime that's the option I'll go with without a doubt. Doesn't make sense to pay for OEM every year when Moog hold up well enough.

Red doesn't require heat. I have no issues removing mine.

 

Yea I'm with the methodology: buy what you can afford.
my 555 ones have been fine for me and I romp on it pretty good, so until I have some kind of catastrophic failure or they wear out super quick, I have no reason to step up to OEM.

I would only do OEM bolts though. They're cheap and I wouldn't trust any aftermarket bolts for something that critical in the front suspension.
Unless it was something I sourced from fastenal or somewhere where I knew the grade and quality of the hardware.

 

Well, glad we got that outta the way guys. Appears there were no casualties. AAAAANNNNNND moving on....

 

No my opinions more better

 

At least one of the biggest proponents of non-oem parts is still banned. Otherwise it would have lasted a few more pages.

 

3 days, have you earned the rank of master debater yet?