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

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by SlimDigg, Feb 7, 2011.

  1. Mar 25, 2018 at 6:54 PM
    turnerk1

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    Yes, there are two different clocksprings. One for cruise control and one for without. The number of pins in the connector is different. I bet a cc clockspring would work in a non cc application but not the other way around.
     
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  2. Mar 25, 2018 at 7:00 PM
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    I was thinking about buying a K&N sock to try and do some kind of filtering but the way I see it is your going to have either covered in sand either way. I don’t know if I’m going to buy it yet but he said try it out so we’ll see how it goes.
     
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  3. Mar 25, 2018 at 7:07 PM
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    Put the daystars in the dakars today as well as the aal. Also since we were takinng apart the leafs we did some math since two other trucks in our group have dakars. I think we are all wishing we spent the money on Alcans, but life is a learning process, amd the truck still performs well. I knew my icons in the back were the limiting factor, but also another reason we did the shocks, cause new ones will be purchased tomorrow. As you can see one is just there for looks 2610CD9C-861F-4955-80EB-F18C86A4716A.jpg2A6D108F-FB1B-425F-BF27-A116D5529222.jpgF40468B8-8632-46D4-84F1-6DC28C31B8EA.jpg9DF7B426-2942-45D3-8274-420FE5C559B5.jpg0AA9CDC2-C482-4386-A059-CDE3C86AF5DD.jpg
     
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  4. Mar 25, 2018 at 7:12 PM
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    I've done a mod or two
    Glad to see you were able to get that bushing out. What's the rear shock situation now?
     
  5. Mar 25, 2018 at 7:29 PM
    Dalandser

    Dalandser ¡Me Gustan Las Tacos-mas!

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    Thank you man! I'm thinking of figuring out a way to make an anti theft ignition kill switch since someone gave me a good deal on another switch to sell with my cruise control stuff and I'll keep the switch in my truck.
     
  6. Mar 25, 2018 at 7:32 PM
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    Does anyone know what this tool is called?

    I tried to rent one from autozone and they wanted like 200$ to rent it. I believe I had the right one but gosh dang...

    I know I get it all back but still made me nervous. Trying to double check myself.
     
  7. Mar 25, 2018 at 7:33 PM
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    Yeah we just torched the leaf to heat it up a bit and hammered the sucker right out. Shoulda done it last time...passenger side shock is shot, i can compress it by hand. Made it easy to put back on, but its out of nitrogen or some shit, seal is busted somewhere but no oil leak as far as i can notice...i have no clue when I did it. But playing in the mud last week, or in the snow in big bear 3 weeks ago is my guess. I am going to call Icon see if its under warranty, theyre pretty new. I kinda beat em up the last year. Not sure if I will stick w Icon
     
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  8. Mar 25, 2018 at 7:34 PM
    Dalandser

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    Is that a ball joint press?
     
  9. Mar 25, 2018 at 7:35 PM
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    That’s what I thought, screen shots not the best.

    Freakin 200$ holy sheet
     
  10. Mar 25, 2018 at 7:37 PM
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    It is the same way here too, the ones I have came off of 4Runners.

    You can find them on
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  11. Mar 25, 2018 at 7:40 PM
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    they refund it 100% when you return it. They just charge you the cost of the tool in case you don't bring it back.
     
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    Ball joint press?
     
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  13. Mar 25, 2018 at 7:44 PM
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    Yea I know, still shocked me enough I didn’t get it tonight.
    Oriellys is 120$ so I guess I’ll go get it and the 4WD kit.

    Trying to tackle the steering rack bushings tomorrow night. Should go pretty smooth if shit isn’t rusted...
     
  14. Mar 25, 2018 at 7:44 PM
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    How much more travel do your leafs have compared to the Icons if you don't mind me asking. Icon is one of the few that even makes a stock location shock for these trucks so I'm wondering how they stack up against the most common lift leafs. Do they bottom out before you hit the bump stop, do they stop downtravel early?
     
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  15. Mar 25, 2018 at 8:07 PM
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    Do yourself and a favor and just buy this 21 piece ball joint press and own it outright - I've found myself using it for other things besides pressing ball joints. I've used it for things like driving axle seals.

    Those AutoZone rental kits don't usually include the right size die - I found myself using several adapters to fit the Tacoma UBJ. What a pain in the ass it is to replace those things, seriously.

    I mean why buy an expensive seal driver kit when you can use tools you already have - I did the rear main seal when I did my 4WD swap and I went out to Home Depot and bought a 2" toilet flange, LOL.
     
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  16. Mar 25, 2018 at 8:10 PM
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    Probably should, most likely won’t for now.

    Thanks for the link though.
     
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  17. Mar 25, 2018 at 8:11 PM
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    Never try to do ball joints with the steering knuckles off the truck though... hooooolllyyy shit. If you followed my 4WD posts on this thread back in December it took me three days to press them out. I was about to buy a hydraulic press.
     
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  18. Mar 25, 2018 at 8:14 PM
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    Hydro press is next on my shopping list for my garage though haha. Thing makes quick work of lots of jobs I've been happily ghetto rigging. But yesterday it shortened some tough jobs we took on on @Digiratus's truck.
     
  19. Mar 25, 2018 at 8:14 PM
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    Oh I remember, helped me get through Florida haha.

    Not doing Ball joints right now lucky.
    (I almost shortened that to bj but you dirty minded ****ers woulda took it the wrong way)
     
  20. Mar 25, 2018 at 8:16 PM
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    FLBAdrian A Pretty Sizeable Onion

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    Thank you guys! I’ll take it off and give it a try when I get back home. I’m also running these so I should be good. D28531AB-9E7F-4815-9E92-3D76DC05C6DA.jpg
     

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