Colorado B.S. Thread

I had read the whole thread about the drive line measurements, bought an angle measurement tool and took down all my measurements from the front drive shaft, rear drive shaft and the rear diff angle, seems as though im not within the 3 degree limit and why im hoping that installing the shims will get me within range to kill the take off shudder. Im not 100% sure which i have, (drive line vibe or axle wrap) because its a slight vibration, I can usually only feel it through the pedal, sometimes it shakes the truck but not bad by any means. I do not have the TSB leaf

Im happy with the truck, and just dealing with the vibe till i can install the shims, Its kinda an easy job im just lazy

 

Yeah 2 piece drivelines make it harder because there are 3 joints to deal with. Sounds like your on the right track, if it def feels more like vibration I would go with the shims first too

 

Sorry to keep posting about this but if the shims don't work then what? new leaf pack? stabilizing the leaf pack or just dealing with it. Which im totally fine dealing with it unless its going to cause abnormal wear to the truck.

 

Thanks man

As far as the replacing the needle baring in thr front diff its kind of a pita i did it when i blew up my front end and i have axle seals for drivers and pass if you want them that will save u about 60 bucks there the best way to do it is drop the whole front axle and do it on thr ground

 

Take it to BDM and get a full custom. He will make it sound the way you want. Neighbor here with Tundy had his done there. Sounds good.

 

What lift do you have?

I like your truck!

 

Mike give me your phone case before you leave.

 

6 inch pipe? Maybe the tips but not the whole thing. He rerouted mine with new muffler cat back for $300 out the door.

 

Thanks man!!! I put on a toytec 5100 kit with toytec / eibach coilovers in the front. 5100's and a AAL in the rear. Rides great.

Post up some pics of yours when you get some time. All the guys in this thread are super nice and helpful!!!

 

Lift the truck and dump it out The middle of the back o the truck pointing down. Talk to Chris he knows what's up. Looks bad ass.

 

I vote tint!!

 

tint, then 12 inch bulletproof lift on 42's and a monster sticker on the driver side door braahhhh

 

or getting in

 

bwhahahahaha!

Seriously Sean, you're going to need a lift for da wifey. Get a rope ladder to throw down to her!

 

So you have the 2 inch aals in the back with the 5100s? I wouldn't think that would give you axle wrap like a block would but maybe because it's an aal and not a complete leaf pack?? Let me know when you decide to put your shims in and maybe we can do both trucks and see what happens.

I also looked at the cb tonight and thinking about what that other guy said about flipping the bracket. The bracket itself has arrows pointing toward the front of the truck so I wouldn't think flipping those to the back would work. I read somewhere that on a tacoma if you lift the truck you need to drop the CB and if you lower the truck you need to raise the CB. According to what I read, if you flip the CB bracket (upside down basically) it will raise the height of the CB for use with a lowered truck. I would think if that dude raised his truck that flipping the bracket would make it worse. IDK...

I know I have the vibe and the shudder with and without the CB drop although I believe the vibe is less harsh with the CB drop than without. Toytec told me sometimes adding both the CB drop and the shims will put the driveline out of whack in an over correction type of manner and to just try one then the other first. Problem is I don't have the tools to lift my truck. My jacks and stands work great for the car but not so much for the truck so if you have the means I'm more than willing to do some experimenting with my setup.

I need to get some pics of the truck I don't really have any.