NW WA Meet / BS Thread

35s are on!

 

I can see several points of potential choppin

 

it’s the ones you can’t see that really suck

 

Yep. I’m rubbing the cab mount at full lock and I’ve had a cmc already. Probably that and fender flares will need to be cut a bit.

 

How cheap do I have to make a tundra 10.5 rear axle before someone will buy it off me? I even have rotors/pads and laser cut parts to make it a sua conversion.

 

Probably cheap to the point you begin asking yourself, wtf did I buy this in the first place.

 

oh I asked myself that 6 months ago when I realized the companies that make custom housings wouldn’t mix and match them with someone else’s hubs.

 

Yeah I find that frustrating also.

 

TC LCA set are pretty much sold.


Sliders and UCAS are still available.

 

how cheap is it

 

500 with cyro rotors and trd pads..... thats basically getting a rear end for like $100....lol

 

id be tempted if i didnt claim Bobs TC LCA

 

While changing my oil yesterday I noticed some oil on my passenger side LCA dripping from the boot between the steering rack and tie rod. And my power steering fluid is low. Pretty sure my PS rack is leaking, I didn't see any lines that were dripping.

How shitty is the job of replacing the rack?

 

Mine has a little leak too, and I watched a video on YouTube on swapping it, and as I recall there were several "oh fuck that nonsense" involved. Maybe a "oh that's some bullshit" too

 

Exactly. Seems like a messy pain in the ass.

 

The last time I pulled the stock rack it was a pain because I left the outlets attached so you have to slide it super far to the passenger side to get the tie rods out of the crossmember. But I was also just changing bushings so hence why I didn’t pull them. With replacement all you need to do is drop the sway bar and than pull the outlets then it should be much easier.

 

It's really not that bad. Bit annoying but there's plenty of worse jobs. Getting the steering shaft off can be a pain.

Get new bolts (and nuts) for mounting. Then just cut the old ones out and it makes it a bit simpler

 

They suck if you’re battling rusting bolts. mine leaks and requires occasional oil…not going to deal with it until it grenades. Once it does, I’ll replace it with a tundra rack

 

I put about 3oz of Lucas steering fluid stop leak into the reservoir to bring it up just shy of the "cold full" mark. I'm going to keep an eye on it to see how fast I'm losing juice. If the rack need replaced I will most likely go OEM (but I like the Tundra idea).

 

They have a big bastard of a pumpkin thats for sure. My buddy runs one since it came in a truck he bought, and that thing dragged on everything in Moab lol