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

NILGAI?

 

Cow elk

 

Damn athlete eating

 

Already? I'm anxiously awaiting September!

 

Finished installing a winch battery disconnect (Blue Sea Systems 3000), having all the right tools makes installation easy.

 

Private land cow tags, started August 2nd, I think there’s 7 or 8 tags between all my buddys/family

 

I'm following this one, seems pretty easy so far. I just ordered the wrong bearing so now thats on hold (I'll continue the TB and WP in the mean time) I just ordered this bearing as its an NSK, the same dimensions and it won't take a month to get here

https://www.ebay.com/itm/252979138307

 

Alright a little lost on this noise im hearing now, sounds exactly like a wheel bearing going out, need to check the rears today
But is it possible for a front wheel bearing to be going out if theres absolutely zero play with the truck jacked up, and wheels spin like a top

 

My experiences with other bearings is that if it spins too easily, it could just as well be shot. The blade arbor on my table saw is a prime example. It spins for what seems like forever once it's going, so I actually need to rehab its bearings.

 

Get an IR temp gun and take it for a drive. Compare the temp of the spindle afterwards.

 

More progress today, got the 3 seals replaced and the WP surface cleaned. Now gonna clean up some of the hardware and get a few of the studs that came out back in before I start buttoning everything back up



Also valve covers are definitely gonna be sooner than I thought. It’s pretty gross up in there

 

New carrier. Xtra cab problems.
Half way there. Super easy with an impact.
Now, where did i put those torque specs.

 

Omg wtf. How did you guys torque this solo?!!
I don't have a strong enough vice lol

 

I left it on the truck all the times I’ve done it

 

Left mine on the truck, too. Used an impact to tighten then backed off to *edit* 54 ft/lbs or whatever it is. Would have to double check.

Never removed the driveshaft though

 

...lol ok. I'm putting it back to torque. Impact seated it pretty good I think. Gutentight

 

54. But yeah. Guess I went a little too far haha.

 

A lot of the writeups and videos show it by removing the driveshaft so I imagine it's pretty common

 

Yeah. It was super easy till that step. I would have been cursing trying to get the rear separated from the front at the carrier under the truck. Well, not next time knowing it'll save me some time.

Thanks for the advise everyone. Super easy torqing it on the truck. Just need to stake it and torque it all down

 

Bent axle sucks. When I happens to me again, I'll probably try chromoly axles. Or maybe pull a @drr and get a complete LC rear setup.