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

HAHAHA good luck with that.

 

lol

dont jinx me..... im gonna try real hard

 

Protruding fasteners on a skid plate are poor design. Counter sunk socket head screws are not much better. Folks have tried and failed at mounting skids since Tacoma day one. The stock mount points for a front skid are barley strong enough to support the weight of the skid alone. They are OK for the mall, not the crawl.

OEM rear mount, from the factory lightly tack welded in place and consisting of just a strip of not even 1/8" sheet metal, with holes in it for that matter.


Recessed mount. The wimpy week ass OEM weld nut strip was replaced with with 1/4" plate spanning and filling the U channel portion of the cross member with heavy flange nuts welded behind. Of course the ridiculously flimsy front mount was replaced with a real cross member. This has been standard procedure for IFS Tacos long before this forum came about. An additional benefit is the skid can be located right up against the cross member providing even more ground clearance than the stock skid foil.

 

New rear shocks, KYB MonoMax, somehow they fixed the "bro lean" Next is the fronts.

 

He's an engineer, nuf said

 

Just fine for now. I really don't think I'm going to have any issues out of it. I'll probably put a bend in it eventually but you'll do the same to every other skid on the market. The only way to really hurt that shit would be full weight of the truck landing down on a hard object.

 

Soo I was just changing my transmission fluid and unfortunately I don't have a very accurate torque wrench. When I was putting my drain pan bolt back in I threaded it by hand almost all the way and now its just spinning and I can't even get the bolt out.. I've tried pulling on it while turning and that doesn't seem to be working.. Any suggestions?

 

Maybe try grabbing it with a pair of channel locks or vise-grips if the threads are fubar not like you can hurt them any more. Try twisting and pulling at the same time if you think the threads are fubar which it sounds like they are.

 

I don't have vise grips but I just tried for like 10minutes with channels. I'll try with a bigger pair of channels I guess.. What happens when I get the bolt out?

Thanks

 

Hmm really doesn't seem like the bolt is coming out I've been pullin pretty damn hard while turning.. So I guess my big question is can I put like RTV or fipg around the bolt until I can get a new pan or something??

 

So true. I broke my drivers side skid mount 1st time I hit it. Very poorly made.

 

Choice is to get a new pan, weld a but on the back side, or use an insert. For a tranny pan I would just go with a new pan since it would be a good time to either clean or replace the filter. In the meantime you might be able to use fipg. I don't know it it would work though, that's above my pay grade

What make?

 

Shouldn't need a new pan. Just need to get the bolt out and drill and tap it to put a heli-coil in.

 

I like the idea of welding the nut from the inside of pan.. Considering I just used 60% of my fipg when putting the pan back on after changing the filter I'll just wait to see if leaks with fipg over the bolt. If it does then I'll have to drill a small hole in the pan to drain it and re weld the hole and the bolt.

Thanks for the idea.

 

You used way to much if you used almost 2/3 of a tube. A thin bead all the way around is all you need

 

I tried as hard as I could to pull/turn it. I even had a gasket scraper pried between the pan and the bolt while pulling down/turning with channels. Don't really know what else I could do? I guess hopefully the fipg will hold because I already smoothered the bolt with it lol..

 

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No you don't need a new pan but I don't trust inserts and pans are fairly cheap around 60 if I remember correctly.

The rat product guy or an engineering student, from what I remember. Not all but in my experience many engineers think they know everything yet it's the guys that build the shit that have to did all their problems.

 

when i was in the oil field for a summer working..the mechanics and welders there..loath engineers with a passion. Cause no matter what happens..they ALWAYS have to go through EVERYTHING that is made up there or sent to them to work or whatever..and fix it haha

Very cliche thing..but..still very true in a lot of ways..