Nathan's Long Travel Build

My transmission started making a funny noise, and I might have to start looking for a new one. I'll see what the fluid looks like, but I think its starting to go.
I hope I get to replace ALL the parts on my truck
It might be a good thing that I haven't ordered my gears yet. We'll see how this turns out

 

gears are cheap....but the installation

 

Pfff if you don't do it yourself

 

that seems odd. Our trannys are bomb proof

 

Solid Pinion Spacer!!

 

Whats it doing Nathan ??

If only it were true...

Just say "NO" to crush sleeves ??

 

It has a whine when I'm driving forward, that increases in pitch with my speed and not rpm. It only does it when I'm on the gas and when I let off, I can hear the gears chirping or kind of buzzing as I let off.
I tried to take some video to get the sound but it didn't come out clearly. I'll take some later when I get on pavement for better sound.

 

This ^^^^ x100000000000000000000.000009

 

I'm assuming its an automatic, it might be the carrier bearing if it sounds like its under your seat, or worse, could be axle &/or pinion bearings possibly, but yeah sound from vid would speak volumes..

Haha, Hi Cory !!...

 

I'm a 5-speed. I'll get a vid up by the end of the day

 

Oh !! in that case I'm betting input shaft bearing, cheap to replace but a real mutha fucka to install (main shaft has to come out IIRC

 

Ok, my gopro can't record sound. POS.
So someone else said input shaft bearing as well. And to check my motor mounts to see if they're twisted. I'm getting it checked out tomorrow, so I'll see what they say.

 

Got my best mod yet.
King color-matched lugnuts





Ok, they're not actually "color-matched", they just happened to be really close.

 

Where did u get them? ^^

 

Local toyota dealership ordered them in for me. I don't remember what brand they were though. I can find out if you like.

 

thanks for the offer ^ but don't want to copy you

 

Haha no worries, I guess you could probably get them pretty much anywhere if you so desired

 

Now for the good stuff.
Turns out my front and rear gear ratios might be different
I wasn't 100% sure when I bought my rear axle, so yeah.
I did the spin the wheels and count the flange rotations, but I guess I could have been off. My mechanic and I took it out for a drive to listen for the mystery noise, and he threw it in 4wd on the pavement and it bogged down and lost power. So he said the ratios might be different, which explains why the 4wd doesn't disengage for a while.
Anyway, I never noticed before, since I only ever used my 4wd in sand and loose gravel. So I'm going to regear like I planned and see what happens. Hopefully the 4wd issue is resolved and the noise goes away.

 

by far the nicest truck i have seen on tacoma world so far. keep up the mods, your giving me good ideas for mine!

 

Subbed, Nathan ur truck is awesome man. i like the plate bumper u made with the recovery points. it makes it 10x easier staring with the frame an working ur way up putting everything on. head over to my build an see what u think.