What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

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should clarify the rotors are only a couple months old. Any ideas to at least retract the caliper for the time being or should I just put the old pad back in that one? Shops are generally booked for weeks to months here in Maine

 

How much did this set you back? I'm afraid this is next for me. The non fouler I installed is holding so far

 

You should try replacing the calipers yourself. It’s not to hard, there is plenty of threads on bleeding the brakes. As long as you don’t let the master go dry, you’ll be good
And to fix your existing sticking caliper you would have to take it off to rebuild it and would have to bleed it also

 

for me missing that original post was yours, and another for you missing the responses to those posts, as yes, you probably could of saved yourself from a headache.

 

Yeah I’ll have to do some research. For some reason, the idea of bleeding or flushing fluids (brake fluid, trans fluid, etc) all scare and confuse the shit out of me. Good news is the shudder is reduced today by a lot. I also heard a clunk when I smashed on the brake so I wonder if I either unstuck a piston or the pads are seating themselves better in the calipers (they don’t slide all that freely so the old pads had a “happy spot” in the caliper). It also seems to be not dragging anymore, or if it is, only by 10% of what it was yesterday. Another thing could be just that I got some chemicals or shit on a rotor and it’s finally burning off. Idk I’ll just be happy it’s better than yesterday. The main concern for me was the dragging and the strain it would put on the engine/trans and the decrease in mpgs

 

I’ll see what changes over the course of the week, as I work tomorrow. If it keeps improving at least back to what it was like before the new pads, just with more bite, I’ll be happy and I can put in the orders/appointments I’d need. They passed the emergency stop test today when a dog ran across the road in a 50 mph neighborhood…

 

I purchased everything from Rock Auto, pipe assembly with the catalytic converter and resonator, and the upstream and downstream O2 sensors. Right at $500.

 

Still hot here in TX so took the opportunity to Fluid Film the undercarriage before the cold comes in another month or so. Still almost no signs of rust on the truck at all. Oddly, the only (minor) rust is on the hitch. Frame is still immaculate.

 

Well since it was a gorgeous day and the wife wanted some peace and quiet while she did some schoolwork, I decided to go for a drive. Was out for about an hour and found a country-esque two lane road. (Was super happy to have found this stretch of road in Central Cali since it got me out of the city!) Not only was it a wonderful drive, but I think I found a new honey hole as well!! However, there's some good news and some bad news... Good news is I hit the highest mpg avg I've ever gotten while driving my truck (20.4 avg mpg). The bad news... I noticed I have what sounds like some form of suspension squeak coming from my front pass side whenever I hit a bump. Guess I get to figure out what that is now

 

I didn't realize there was a difference in sway bars. I always thought the difference between the trims was in the shocks. Is the Off Road sway bar made of a softer metal?

 

Icon RXT leafs on option 2 & Bilstein 5160 shocks installed today. Took off 5100’s & 3rd gen leafs w/ 3 leaf AAL. Gained about 3/4” from the old set up, but imagine it will settle out a bit over time. At 24.25” now from center of wheel to fender. Limited driving around town after, but so far WAY smoother ride with the RXT’s!

 

Smaller diameter for more flex/twist

 

Picked up a set of 3rd Gen TRD OR suspension to swap my tired old set. It’s missing the nuts for the top of all the shocks though. Anyone know if the thread pitch is the same and I can reuse my current setup’s nuts?

 

I swapped mine and I can check an original 2008 nut on one of the studs on my 2022 mounted set tomorrow. In fact you can remove 1 nut and try it. Won't hurt anything to do that. They come off easy enough and don't require much torque to put back on. I would bet money they are identical nuts.

 

Option 2? Are they like adjustable like a 5100 strut?

 

I’m running out of gas & the gauge says I have gas… did you have that issue?

 

The trd sway bar is actually a lot smaller diameter. The sport one was substantially larger in diameter.

 

Absolutely. That was the issue my man.

 

The RXT leaf pack comes with an extra leaf that can be left out, swapped, or added to it so you get 3 different lift/weight options

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/icon-rxt-leaf-pack.505580/

 

Boring but necessary maintenance, oil change with Castrol synthetic. Next weekend my truck is getting new shoes, Maxxis Razr ATs.