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

plasti dip

 

Well check your brake fluid res if it's low it could be your brakes. If the fluid has a terrible smell it's your axle seal. The seals are usually really good. If it's leaking I would bet you have a bad wheel bearing or a stuck breather. But in my experience a stuck breather makes the pinion leak.

 

I just figured most of you know more about this stuff then me and had maybe seen it before.

I still have the same about of brake fluid.

Thank you.

 

I wonder if people associate the size of the bolts with being "junk". The bolts are a mm or 2 smaller in diameter vs. the original. I can't see how that would mater. The hardened bolts really only need to with stand shearing forces. Those bolts are many times stronger than they need to be.

Do you know how many times I wished these were just a standard bolt? These hardened fuckers laugh at sawzall blades. They just round the teeth right off, hence the need for thin disk cutting wheels for the fastest method to cut them out.

 

Here is the link, it takes a little while to load but it has all the FSMs. Just right click each link and click save target as and save it where ever you want to save it.
http://web.archive.org/web/20110102225436/http://www.ncttora.com/FSM/

 

As an FYI if you need a new wheel bearing. It will save you a couple hundred bucks or so to remove the shaft and bring it to a machine shop have them install the new bearing. I would call your local Toyota dealer and ask them where they have their bearings done.(it won't be in house). I brought my shaft to my local shop it cost about $300 all said and done.

It's actually super easy to do an axle shaft in these trucks. The hardest part is the brake cylinder if your brake line is seized. So if your comfortable with trying rear brakes you can change the axle shaft. The shaft only has 4 studs and even if you shear one off its super easy. Pound it out and through bolt it with a m10x1.5x40 bolt from the local autozone and your good to go.

 

My closest "local" shop is about 2 1/2 hours away. I'm just gonna take it to a local shop and have them look at it.

 

Whiteline's have been working good for 20K miles with a lot of wheeling. FWIW, they do squeak, as will all poly bushings.

And yes, aftermarket Cam bolts are all junk, stick with OEM.

If you can fab a press tool, the rest of the job isn't too complicated.

Here's what I came up with when I did the job a month or so ago.

 

Thats kinda what i figured thanks mike...

Thanks Brent I'll let you know...

Thanks Zane, & another member sent one & yeah its great to be back...

wut ????...

Look at backing plate, may be an axle seal....

 

Help out a brother, I've had no issue with aftermarket cam bolts.

Please elaborate on why they are all junk.

I've got something like 300,000 miles on them between 4 different 1st gen. Tacoma's. I will admit that I'm more of a trail runner/road runner vs. an aggressive wheeler.

 

See I tried that link earlier (couple days ago) & it took me to some site wanting me to down load some document converter to pdf I already have adobe so i dunno whats up, dont want some BS download i dont need..

 

i sent you another email should be a google drive link to download it. im sorry. i thought i attached the file to the email i first sent you lol. but i sent you another one with the link to download it.

 

Cool, & no worries I'll check my mail, thanks again dude....

 

no problem bud, always glad to help out

 

Ok now cloud wants your permission for me to access I guess ....haha fuckin' innerwebz..

 

ok try again please. sorry about that lol

 

All it needed was a little paint , couldn't pass up this deal for $100

 

Guess it's not to be Dallas... I get nothing, I mean I see it there but the link/share is dead when i click on it...

 

Hell no , thats a good find...

 

wish you could get deals like that here. 1st gen tacomas are so rare here that there isnt a single one listed on classifieds for sale in the whole province atm.