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

4 bolts and a screw.

Can't remember if the center dash console trim needs to be pulled or if there is enough room to slid the clock bezel out.

 

Fixed it for ya

 

Haha knew if I was wrong somebody would know!

I had enough room to remove the panel without removing the dash console trim, but it would probably be easier with it removed.

 

Thanks bro! I remember seeing that one a while back too, looks sick!

 

Yeah man, if I didn't love the blue so much I'd go with the mgm.

 

After I had my truck lifted, I noticed a vibration from 0-30mph. It turns out that it changed the pinion angle. What I did to troubleshoot/fix it was add a stack of washers above the carrier bearing bracket, effectively dropping the carrier bearing by about an inch. This caused the angle of the drive shaft to not be as great, and the vibration went away.



The best fix seemds to be to use angled shims under your leaf pack to get the pinion angle correct again instead of the washer route. Dropping the carrier bearing changes the angle of the first part of the drive line, which could create other issues.

 

How much did you pay for your shims and where did you get them? I need to pick up some

 

Call Dan at . They were like $20 for the two.

He's the one that sold me all of the stuff for my lift, so he knew what to recommend for my exact situation. The shims come in different degrees of angles. You need to figure out what degree you need to correct your specific situation. That requires a protractor or something similar. I was too lazy to do that, so we'll see if 3 degrees was enough for me.

 

Hm OK. That isn't bad at all. I might tackle that this weekend when I rotate my tires.

 

Yeah, after the first or second time of removing the pieces it's gets pretty easy haha

 

Well I took it off to install my ultragauge so I'm familiar. Also took it off to mount my parking brake bypass switch for my double din...

 

Thanks! learn something new everyday!! annnd seeing as I have no driveline vibes that's one less thing I gotta to buy for the truck!!!!

 

MGM first gen mmmmm

 

What happened to it?

 

I think i found a new favorite color for first gens

 

That doesn't come on first gens just fyi

 

Cool metallic silver is the best

 

Obliviously, but i think you get what im saying

 

Tell me about it.

According to my Nike Fuel Band, I masturbated for 4 miles looking at this truck.