JTB'S "STKN4LO" Build Thread.

Well a little update on the truck. And ill update the OP here soon.

Went out and got to use the truck for the first time in a while. Also did some maintenance and new stuff recently. Im trying to buy my first house in the next two months so things have been a little slow on the truck overall as she is just hanging out in my brother in laws garage.

Did a new steering rack and moog outer tie rod ends, got a fresh alignment and had the tires balanced and rotated.. I've been chasing a small vibration ever since I got these wheels and I think I have a bent one. I did the rack because my power steering was intermittent and the rack had a small leak. It fixed the ilhard spots but the steering is still pretty stiff. My pump now whines quite a bit when I'm in real tight spots in 4wd. So that's next. Truck is driving the best it has ever drove since I bought it though so we are making progress for sure!

Anyways got out on 2 trips recently and used her for what I built her for and it did great. Can't beat this Arizona scenery in the springtime! Anyways on to the cool stuff!

 

And a few more. The last one is my nephew who loves being in the outdoors and love riding along on adventures.

 

Woah, kind of forgot to update this thing for a while.

In July the truck got a custom High clearance rear bumper. The rear portion of the frame was also boxed at this time.

In august the truck got treated to a new OEM Toyota clutch and throw out bearing.

September it got new wheels and tires.

In end of november the truck got treated to a fully rebuilt rear driveshaft including the cv portion.

New OEM lower ball joints, driver side cv axle and driver side diff seal. I also cleaned the steering u joints. No more leaks, and drives great!

I forgot i had this going for a little while. Bought my first house in September.. So its been hectic. Truck is up to 123k miles too!
New photos to come soon!

 

Loving the build so far!​

You and @CedarPark are nearly twins!

 

DAmn, our trucks do look alike

 

It's wheeling season here in AZ, and I've been trying to get out and enjoy it as much as possible. Got out on some trips with a few of the gnarlier AZ guys, and we had a blast.... Stay tuned for a few cool pictures and even some carnage pics... overall a great time playing in the desert.

 

Photo drop. Photos are in no particular order time wise..

 

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I had a passenger side cv break off in my diff, and I rolled off a waterfall and cracked the taillight. No biggie, i have spare diffs to swap tubes and stub shafts from until i can drill and tap the broke axle and pull it out of there.
Fellow az member had a pair of OEM taillights. She will be as good as new in the next few days.