Wyoming B.S. Thread

I don't know what you've got in there, but Energy Suspension makes a black SKU of their bushings as well as red, so it could be that.

$27 8.10101G Power Steering Rack Bushing For 1995-2000 Toyota Tacoma 4WD Only

8.10101G (black) vs 8.10101R (red)

 

I have the black ones but that looks like weathered rubber, kinda makes sense too considering he took it to a dealership, they won't touch anything they don't absolutely have to.

 

Do a video of how much the rack moves from side to side when your turn the steering wheel.

 

Yeah, I hear you. I always ask for the old parts (for spares), to try to minimize that.

 

I'm not sure I'd waste the effort wrestling the rack and pounding the bushings in your case unless I was changing the rack to a new one as well. I have very positive driving feel after changing the bushings but I had the rack all the way out and also changed ITREs and OTREs at the same time.

 

Had a killer saturday. Ive been kind of sick all week. Still am with a very froggy throat. But I was sick of not working out, went to the gym and nearly died as...well..sick. But was happy I can still do ring muscle ups..

Came home. At a lunch/breakfast. Then Devin and I drove to Livingston and south to Gardiner and into Yellowstone. Drove all the way to Cooke City. Was absolutely gorgeous today. No clouds or wind. Say countless Bison and Elk. Few antelope, a sheep, 4 coyotes, 3 foxes(one was hunting), and 3 moose. Was super fun. Almost no one was there. We could literally stop in the middle of the highway to take photos with no worries, felt like we had the place to ourselves almost.

Have some photos for later but man. After this insanely snowy(new Stillwater County Year record by almost a foot) and very cold(three new records last month) it was great to be out side in the mid 40s with the sun blasting.

 

It's been nice here lately. I spent the day wrenching outside, swapping the front diff out of the parts truck and into the 4 door. Felt good to be outside in nice weather.

 

Pretty sure mine moved way more than that before I swapped out the OEM bushings.

 

X2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMPTYClg4w0

 

Yeah, this is how mine was.

 

Sounds like a great day to do the park.

Sorry to hear about being sick. I am just getting over the worst 'cold' I've had in several years. It has been two full weeks and still not quite past it. Sucks.

 

You know you need a new rack anyways. I’d just replace it with the better bushings in the new rack.

 

Oh oops. AC just need a recharge? Heard the Walmart cans aren’t bad?

 

Nice! one step closer to 4wd. Im gonna wash the trucks today and tear the front off of Igor.

My throat is super froggy. But over all isn't too bad..but been a week now and not showing signs of getting better.

im guess you never checked the clutch did you?

 

That's quite a bit of movement for ideal conditions like slick floor and full tires.

 

You can jump it on with 12v to it's only wire that runs out the top. It should click and you should then be able to turn the whole compressor rotor instead of just the pulley.

 

here

 

Or if your too lazy for that even..

 

I did my pretrip today, no leaks, all the usual weird noises are there, and it doesn't leak in the cab anymore. Gonna go make some bump stop mounts today

 

Haha, long week? We're bailing on Thursday, either way I never feel like I'm quite prepared but can't be worse off than Death Valley for preparedness I guess. I'll pack up tonight and run over some bumps and such to see how close to bump stops I am haha