What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

take a good photo of thesprings straight on and text it to me.. the springs didnt look twisted when you were here.

hell if you feel like making a trip bring it saturday and i'll put it on the alignment rack

 

yep. Crab walking. So your rear axle is tweaked so the passenger side is further back than the driver side. As in, its not perpendicular to the frame which makes the rear "steer". So you compensate by turning.

 

That’s a good point, if the throttle plate is worn enough it could be getting air bypass. Wouldn’t think that’s enough to cause his high idle but maybe it’s that bad.

 

his rear axle should be good. its not the one that was in the wreck. frame still might be tweaked.

 

yeah thats what I mean. the frame is crooked so the axle isn't perpendicular to the frame.

 

twisted leafs might be an issue too.. i cant measure the frame. but i can toss it on the alignment rack and at least get numbers to give him

 

yeah or fucked up center pins as I found out

 

yea. oh well. he's coming saturday. it'll be on the rack. hopefully give some insight

 

Excellent as always. Thanks!

 

The axle housing is the same distance to the front spring hanger bolt on each side. I also measured from the frame to the tire sidewall and it's only 1/8" farther to the driver's side now, rather than the 1" that it was before I did the work.

 

In my case it ended up being worn out butterfly return springs. I guess the spring couldn’t overcome the force of air being drawn through intake tube. I only would get a high idle issue after the gas pedal had been used — idle was great at initial startup every time. I will admit though there is also some wear from butterfly contacting TB as well (270k miles)…. Maxbore upon motor rebuild.

 

Sounds like his best bet is to have maxbore go through and R&R the whole TB, given all these potential causes. To @Digiratus ‘s point though, he’ll need to have a known good IAC for maxbore to test it and ensure functionality.

 

I cut it in half with a razor blade. Then plugged it in to the new piece. Easy fast and has been working for years

 

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

 

put ipad mini holder, only gonna leave ther for trail days

 

What fridge are you running?

 

cdf-11 dometic

 

yeah, but if the frame is tweaked a bit that distance can be the same still if the frame isn't square. The driver side could be curved in at some point basically.

Or like Dan said the leaf springs are fucked up, which is possible too.

 

Wheel bearings today… ECGS bushing install and axle seals too if all goes well, if not, tear things back down on Monday.

 

Speaking of, I heard that early 90s Isuzu pickups and Amigos used to swap front bumpers from the same era 4Runners with little modifications. So.. could a TJM bumper built for an Amigo be put on my Tacoma if I fabricated some brackets, or are the dimensions off?
Wondering if it’s worth the trip to go measure