1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

My brother-in-law has been pestering me to fix my dam bumper for at least 5 years. Is it really that easy? I've never had the valence off.

 

From the factory -



My supervisor watching me...



245k miles and the pan had never been removed -

 

Found a bigger big brake setup for 1st gens....


Lexus GX460 brakes supposedly fit. 17” wheel min

 

I just remember that was some hard shit to remove. I figured since it was so hard to remove, and it wasn't leaking at 228,000 miles, that I would use it again.

 

It was; I used a plastic putty knife to cut into the thick portions while using brake cleaner and a scotch pad to finish it off nice and smooth.

I went with a gasket made for our transmissions vs the FIPG tube stuff.

At least @Area51Runner can do it the right way the first time around unlike me....

 

16" wheels, so it's a 98 or 99. Uh oh, look out all that old stored up LC info must be coming back to me
You already read up on the hydraulic system for selectable ride height stuff(factory lift/lower system)?

 

Or are those 17s? I could be wrong there

 

Mine's not factory. And it's still leaking a little. Looks like from the front and where the actuator mounts.

 

Interesting he's already got the side steps/running boards and rear mud flaps removed? He an offroader?

 

They're designed to pull and be supported at their outer ends. Still just thick wall tube rammed and rosette welded into a piece of cast iron. A good smack loads em wrong and they crumple pretty easy for their bulk.

 

Oh yeah, that looks way overdone.

Here was the leak I spotted before opening it all up; no gasket maker seeping out at all -

 

I just think of the GM 14 bolt I had under my old 78 Chevy stepside that I beat the shit out off wheeling in rocks and such. Even made a skid plate for the diff and plated the stock diff cover in 1/4" plate.

 

Lol, yep, definitely NOT factory

 

Comparison to tundra brakes..

 

the corporate 14-bolt is a lighter duty 1 ton than these heavy Dana axles were talking about. That kind of plays to their advantage. Section is way way way beefy for how small the axle is in comparison too.

 

Utah Guy

 

I’m trying to figure out how the rotors fit.. they’re physically shallower

 

This was a fun truck. 454, SM465, NP205, GM14 bolt in the rear with a Detroit, Dana 60 front with a lunch box locker. Worked great.

 

That's nice and everything. but the tundra breaks already feel like ass with any of the master cylinder options available to 1st Gen Tacomas. We need a master cylinder that's viable for these big brakes for this to be really helpful

 

I feel like a new master cylinder would be a must if you slapped those on a 1st gen.