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

I 2nd this.

If you truly want budget get some springs from a junkyard and start experimenting with them. I cut down two leaves from stock Tacoma springs and added them to the factory springs and that got me through for awhile. It still wasn't near enough for the weight I carry in the rear though so I went Alcans.

 

We've definitely seen some odd shit happening on the passenger side of these trucks.

There are so many possibilities from that description. Start simple.

Verify the 5 zirk/u-joint fittings on the rear drive shaft have fresh grease in them. While your under there, inspect the drive shaft carrier bearing. Move the shaft in the bearing up and down by hand. Verify the rubber seal isn't torn. There should be movement, maybe more than you expect, but any more than a 1/4" might indicate a worn out bearing.

A dry u-joint and a worn carrier bearing can make that noise you are hearing,

 

@03TuRD ... the junk yard option is real.

I got the middle leaf out of a leaf pack off a 5 lug Tacoma. And added it to my leaf pack, with a Wheelers Offroad add a leaf on the bottom. That leaf packed handled the load in my truck better than the AllPro Expo pack I'm running now.

 

You guys need to date skinner chicks.

 

That’s what I’m running minus the AAL
makes a great budget pack

 

For the record... @foxrcing07 is where I got the idea to run it like that.

Credit where credit is due.

 

Who's running coilovers with 700# coils?

Any advise on where to start with my preload settings? I'm thinking around 8 threads... but if I can avoid pulling them and re-installing them a half dozen times, that woukd be great.

 

that guy sounds like a cheapass

 

Mine was doing that rumrumrum thing last spring, it felt like right under my seat. Turned out to be a bad pass rear wheel bearing and the oscillation was a bent rear axle.
I would have, did, swear it was in the front but I was wrong. You shouldn't be able to feel any in/out movement, or a very few thousandths

 

The local spring shop added two leaves to mine for @ $400. I put all the shit in it that I was going to haul around and told them where I wanted it to ride and they fixt it

 

Well today started great. Replaced the battery, terminals and alternator (sending the original out for a rebuild).

Then as I pull the SC off to rebuild it and paint it this happens... maybe that diesel swap is going to happen sooner than I thought. I pulled the sc off and this was left behind on the intake. Not sure how to move forward with this.

Advice?

 

A shop that welds heads might be able to fix that up. They'll have to weld it back on and then machine it flat.

@Speedytech7 Seen anything like this?

 

oh nooo thats like the worst thing ever... it could be repaired im sure...


they can repair cylinder heads.. this shouldnt be very hard for a machine shop that knows how..

 

I have the weld experience just not the machine, go figure.

Seriously though, I lifted it off the intake and audibly gasped. There was a fair amount of corrosion built up around that stud. Seemed strange to me.

ALSO one of the bolts in the intake was stripped out....

 

Yeah we fixed similar on cummins all the time. Grind it out, weld it up, machine it flat, send it

 

Bro, I have the same shocks and went the cheap route and added a leaf. Gave nearly 2" of lift, I keep a couple sand bags in the bed to soften up the ride. Not a terribly difficult job, get a couple good C Clamps and you'll be good to go.

 

raptor lights

 

3D printing new grill badge!!

 

Maiden voyage with the RTT

 

new cv axles and a couple cans of brake/parts cleaner