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

Paint has held up fantastically. Better than I hoped. Of course, plenty of rock rash has thrashed the wheels since I did this, but even at those points, the paint isn't chipping off beyond the actual rash.

 

Easily one of the best mods you can do besides the DD mod. Congrats!

+1 to potential stub shaft. I blew mine this way, double locked shock loading trying to get up a steep hill/wall with several bumps in it.

Did the pop sounds like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw0ExgyJGpA

Removal and replacement:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-01-build-thread.290011/page-67#post-18624496

If it is the stub shaft, and it breaks clean like mine did your best method for removing it is from the drivers side (pull the cv) and pop it towards passenger side with a long punch.

 

You can make a couple little extensions out of some 1" angle. I've made a few sets for various folks, and they work well. I don't have a picture of them installed, but I'm sure I wasn't the first to use this design, so hopefully someone else has a pic (Mike @Digiratus ?). Essentially, one of the two holes on the bracket gets bolted to the existing hole where the cable attaches, and then the cable attaches to the other hole of the bracket, with the bracket tab providing leverage. That's a weird explanation, but it's pretty simple once you get it in place.

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Thanks guys! That looks simple enough.

 

Awesome, thanks for the link!

 

I made some out of 3/16 angle iron that i just milled the top off of a portion on...

 

$30 Noico 80 mil 10 sqft car Sound deadening mat, Butyl Automotive Sound Deadener, Audio Noise Insulation and dampening

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KZ5X7KO

Used this on mine worked great

 

Those are new spindles? Or some cleaned up originals?

 

Everything on the table is new, including the hubs.

The knuckles are off a 2004 Taco.

 

Yes. Very easily this can happen and 90% of the time is why I have to replace bearings at work after someone DIYs them

 

New Falken Wildpeaks, mounted up a Lightforce bar and Baja Designs fogs, and found a nicer OEM grille for the 95. Also did a bunch of touch up on the paint behind the bumper while it was off. Waiting on a winch still. Might start dabbing up a rear bumper next.

 

How tight does that have to be? I've always just impacted mine and never had a problem

 

Anything over 300 ft lbs tears bearings up pretty quick. The torque sets the preload. Too much preload you get issues

 

Took the transfer case apart today to try and determine what was happening with that noise. Bearing for that 4WD output shaft seems fine. Spins freely with no visual issues.

Noise (additional video below) is definitely from the chain, just not sure if its expected or not (especially with no oil in the case). Chain is not loose and does not appear to have excessive play. At this point, going to replace the Type T Oil seals as well as the smaller oil seals and just go with it.

Clean inside





NOISE (Chain?)
https://vimeo.com/681589302

Now that I'm looking at it more, I wonder if it could be this bearing (inboard) - havent drilled down that far yet.

 

Not my daily for the last 2 years but still enjoy driving it, 120k

 

x2

 

hm that sounds like a bearing failing to me. Could be the more inboard bearings.

 

Great. So now I get to really take it apart. Will drill down further. Thx for the feedback.

 

how about more pics of the outside. 120k miles aint nothing. The piston rings most likely haven't been broken in yet.

 

Had this noise pop up last night... wheel bearing #2 down
https://youtu.be/Cod7HBqJDmI

 

Should I breaker bar it loose and retighten to correct specs?