Official Tennessee Thread

That's good, but I don't think it will last. If you don't get the alignment squared away you're going to be getting new tires sooner than later.

 

I've been meaning to align mine since October

 

Just because of you, I went to Firestone today and got the SD aligned. Lifetime alignment was $230 OTD w/$20 coupon on their website.

 

I have the lifetime alignment on all my vehicles, one of the 1st things I do when I 1st buy them, I have them checked and aligned every 5K when oil change and rotates are done...
But I have not on my Taco yet...But I will when I have it checked...

 

Alignment?

 

I did check my alignment last night. I DIY though because 2 different shops here f'd up doing alignment in past. (f'd so much they should not be allowed near the machine at all)

Camber good enough. Depends how much I want to trust harbor freight digital angle gage.
Caster was whatever.
Toe was out, toe-out, on both sides. By a lot. I adjusted to a slight total toe-in and it's driving fine this morning. Front tire didn't squeal around curve on exit ramp like it had before. Lol.
I'll rotate tires again later to see if maybe there is a tire flaw causing a pull or not.
Will also fine tune caster later. I want to move tires forward to get more clearance at body mounts.

 

Is there a specific name for the hard plastic holsters that lock in the pew and have release button you tap index finger to draw?

Not a fan of friction/compression fit style but it's all I can find so far to fit this model.

 

SERPA was the first one, but there are others out now too. If that is what you really want, search for "Level 3 retention" holsters. You'll find something that'll fit your need.

 

any thoughts on this strange brake behavior...
Sometimes when I'm parking and shift from D-R or R-D, it feels like driver front brake sticks for a second or 2 after I've released the pedal. Otherwise while driving the brakes feel normal. I'm not getting any extra heat anywhere. Got them all really hot bedding in new pads and nothing seemed unusual during that process. It's just the slow moving with change in direction like when adjusting in a parking spot and only sometimes. Been happening for a while now. Not changing for better or worse over time and hasn't affected driving.

Was thinking about getting new front flex hoses to rule that out since truck has 150k miles on it anyway.
I assume if it was issue with pedal or master cylinder, it wouldn't be just 1 brake feeling odd. Right?

These parts I've changed so far didn't get rid of it but were needed anyway.
New pads (F&R) and rotors (F only). Old ones were worn out but nothing looked unusual to me. New pads/rotors are Hawk, don't know what the old ones were.
New OEM front calipers including springs and slide pins. Old driver side had a piston that didn't move smoothly and all dust boots around pistons were ripped. I had thought the sticky piston was my issue but then truck felt same even after the new caliper install.

 

Whatca working on?? lol

If you were 200 miles closer, I would say come over, I'd like to take a look at Live Data in ABS to see if anything going on there...
Make sure you don't have a wheel speed (ABS) sensor acting up (glitching) or the ABS module doing some kind of test...

 

It's a Tundra. The way it is sporadic, I doubt it an ABS test.

 

OK thanks, I would still look at live data...

 

I think I forgot to mention this, but make sure your wheel bearing (hub) it tight and does not have any roughness when spinning the wheel, you can feel for it by holding the coil spring, also see if you hear any noise while driving, you would get more noise when veering right then straight and even less veering left...