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

A little, but I have yet to drive with it in there yet. There are also currently many other smells like seam sealer and paint so hard to tell yet.

This is what I did. Put CV grease in a grease gun cartridge and used a needle adapter.

 

I would add more grease. The make a greasing needle you can slide under the boot at the shaft. http://www.autozone.com/grease-and-...eedle&fromString=search&isIgnoreVehicle=false Pump about 10 pumps of a moly based grease in it.

 

You beat me to it!

 

Got my fresh spindles back from the machine shop.

Fresh oem shields, seals, bearings and ball joints.

 

So yesterday I noticed cracks in the windshield. About 6 inches passenger side of center, large and spreading.
I called a place I had used for tint before and got a great quote, under 150.

So I took care of it and also had them tint the front windows.

I was shocked at the low price of the replacement glass. I asked him why it was so inexpensive, and he said
1) They are a glass supplier. All day while waiting I saw no less then a half dozen pickups/work trucks for auto glass places outside.
2) Its a common windshield. Since it is for our Tacos and 4Runners.

Wow. Who doesnt like this!

So leave the tape on for a day, dont wash for a few days, and dont open the windows for 4 days.



Bottom missing, so 185.07, 6.81 tax, 191.88 total.

Oh, and I called Farmers, their glass coverage
1) costs about 150 a year to cover my 3 vehicles
2) still has a 100 deductable
So, totally not worth it.

 

Damn I need a new windshield and that's a great price. Might take a trip to Houston sometime.

 

Did one of your shield cost more than the other? My dealer and I were dumb founded as to why one shield cost $25 more than the other.

 

Scary thing is this was just driving on the road before it went on the lift. I guess it was a good thing that it broke like it did, imagine if it did that while you were driving it.

 

What brand of glass?

 

Just guessing you could've SAS or long travel for that much $$$ in OEM

 

My new wind sheild from the parts store was $105 i think with the glue. Pretty cheap really. Did the install myself.

 

How hard is it to take the windshield out?

 

Nope, both ran about $40 a piece I believe. Also @Blackdawg I think since you had yours done at Toyota they were able to source a new C clip from stock, but my machine shop needed me to grab them too since the original gets bent basically inside out when the shits getting pressed out. Was kind of PITA needing to run to Toyota to get it but it also cost me $70 less going through the machine shop. Still spendy though lol

 

Replaced total chaos uniballs and bushings.
Had to remove a wire harness to get the thru-bolt all the way out. Thank god for girlfriend fingers.



Also somehow managed to remove and reinstall the uniball snap rings using a screwdriver after my POS autozone snapring-pliers broke immediately.



If anyone in San Diego needs to replace their total chaos uniballs I have the press tool. You're welcome to borrow it if you bring me a 6pack.

 

Thank god you got a pic

 

A lot of those parts I would have still been required to buy. A Toyota front axle at this point might as well be looked at as a core if going SAS.

 

PUURRTY

 

Please learn to use the multi-quote function.