CV Axle Angles

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Yes everything is new, and they are OEM parts.

 

Yeah those are going to wear and sling grease in no time. Been there done that, only surefire way to avoid it is to lower your lift some to wear they don't rub. Or try those high angle axles that O'Reilleys and some other parts stores have started selling for our trucks.

 

I suspect that you're more on the 3" + end of that lift...

I also hope you kept the original CV axles. They are better than the after market ones, they just need to be rebooted.

I was interested in those match makes on the bottom bolt for the coilover... I mean I guess it's a way to see if they have moved over time.. but the thing which caught my eye, is that they are backward.
The bolt should go in from the CV side, and the nut is on the front. The bolt head has a smaller profile than the threaded end + nut.

 

here's a thread on the aftermarket high angle axles

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/extended-travel-high-articulation-cv-from-o’reillys.674398/

 

Your inner boots will blow out soon! Maybe you'll get a few hundred mile out of those.

 

That looks about how mine were when I was blowing through CV boots every few months, I lowered my lift to about 2", maybe a hair over, to get them to stop rubbing and leaking. With adjustable coilovers though its pretty easy to do.

 

Shock bolt goes like the picture in my truck. Because if the bolt has to come out the back, it can hit the CV boot and f it up. Ask me how I know this

 

Correct - the OP's are currently in danger of this.

 

No they aren't. The bolt is coming in from the front. So when you have to remove it, it will push back out the front. That way the head of the bolt can't catch the CV boot when you remove it and/or install it.

This is reverse of the way the factory does it.

 

Way too steep.

Lower your lift a good inch and you should be good.

 

mmmm You intentionally install those backward? that doesn't make sense- the bolt head is lower profile than the threaded end + nut. The idea is to keep the CV boot away from things that can tear it. How hard were you pushing the bolt out that you tore a boot removing it in the correct orientation?

 

On my Prerunner, it didn't matter -



On my 4Runner though, I found this was the way for it to work (being 4x4) -



No risk of the bolt hitting anything so it isn't a clearance issue. I just didn't want to run the bolt from the rear to front because I'd have to snake it in.

 

So, I see 5100s and silver coils. You say this is a ToyTec lift I'm assuming the coils are ToyTec 620 pound coils.

I think the ToyTec 2.5-3 inch lift comes with a spacer on top of the top hat (the top plate holding your coil on to the shock).

I would lose that spacer. Also, if you have the lift adjustment clip on the 5100s set at anything above the lowest clip setting, you should move the clip to the bottom setting.

 

The bolt sticking out when it is installed doesn't matter. Because the bolt and the CV always stay the same distance away from each other, relative to one another.

The problem is, when you are removing the bolt. If the bolt comes in from the back, when you remove the bolt, it has to pull out 2.5 inches. There isn't 2.5 inches between the CV and where the bolt is coming out. When you go to put the bolt back in, you run in to the same lack of space.

 

This.

 

I have mine in as per the FSM drawing, and I have never had an issue removing them, or having a bolt tear the boot when removing them. But I am not hammering them out or anything crazy like that. Do you have extended coilovers? I recall my friend with LT having a hard time getting those bolts in.

 

Yes, mine are extended coilovers. But the coilover isn't really the issue. The CV is close to where that bolt comes out. Closer than the length of that bolt. It can be done with the bolt coming in from the back, sure. I mean it's the way the factory did it in the first place. But the head of the bolt will hit the CV when you are pulling it out, and the CV will be in the way if you are putting the bolt in from the back.

It's a bigger issue on the 1st Gen Tacoma / 3rd Gen 4 Runner because there is less space to work with. But, between 1st, 2nd, 3rd Gen Tacomas and 3rd, 4th, and 5th Gen 4 Runners... I've reversed that bolt on over 20 different trucks I've lifted. No one has had a problem from it.