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

just ordered a similar one off Amazon

 

ahhh, interesting, didnt think of that

 

That's an awesome canopy, who makes it??

 

super hard to find, they were made for the Toyota pickups to resemble the 84-89 4runners. got it for $120 on marketplace

 

Yeah I thought looked like those. Sounds like you got a damn good deal!

 

It passes the 15 foot test, but if you get any closer you notice a lot of blemishes. Had to caulk a fair bit and it still had one leak that I have to adress, but for the price i can't complain! It's heaaavvvvyyy tho

 

Honestly the look makes up for all of that in my opinion hahah

 

Anybody got a PN for the front oil seal on the transfer case?


We developed a couple leaks on our recent trip to Colorado. I'm currently working on the passenger side dif seal. Luckily I had one on hand

 

Passenger side dif seal is in and back together. Here's to hoping it seals

 

how to you determine depth when installing the passenger side diff seal?
I’m about to install one.

 

Just did mine a couple days ago;
For front drive shaft:

$10 90311-41012 Type-T Transfer Case Oil Seal

90311-41012 - Front Output shaft seal <- this is probably the one leaking
90312-23001 - Companion Flange seal <- while you're in there
90179-22016 - Companion Flange stake nut

Rear output shaft seal is

$18 90311-41007 Toyota Genuine Type T Oil Seal for Transfer Extension Housing

90311-41007

 

Got it thanks!
What is the companion flange seal / stake nut

 

I'm sure you could reuse the nut, but since you stake it I think its best practice to replace.

Main output shaft seal:

Companion flange seal:


Credits to Timmys video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YuY6rv1hkE

Same exact process for either front or rear output shaft.

 

Good question, I'm guessing not as far as I put mine because it's still leaking. I was thinking it went too far before I put things back together and I'm pretty sure that's what's up now.
I could see a line around the inside of the dif where everything was shinny and clean behind where the old seal was and that might help to Judge how far

 

ok, I’ll look for that

 

I see a bunch of 3D-printed seal drivers on etsy and ebay. I bet the models are available online if you know someone who's into printing or machining.

 

I considered using the CV axle to push it in.
I took the truck to get a burger and it's leaking less now too so maybe it just needed to seat itself a bit. We'll see what happens

 

FSM for Tacoma specifies correct depth.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/cv-axle-seal.427102

Timmy has a video that shows how he uses the end of a caliper to measure the depth like the picture in the thread above, but the repair in the video is on a 3GT4R.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mh1BK5--KrU

 

Best way is to get it started and flush then use the CV to push it in.