What have you done to your ride lately?
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Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
The REALLY big impact? LOL
balakay
BabyMax
Dont think theres quite room for that one. Though I bet it would have no problem busting the crankshaft pulley bolt loose.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Tear in splash shield, larger than fastener, but not larger than ML bottle cap, bush fix, redneck style.
Passenger side brake line has been doing good, no chafing on the line.
Had to add a 2nd cable tie to the drivers side brake line, there was sign of a little chafing on the line.
Replace air filter housing, swap bolts over to plug drain holes, the tabs become brittle over time and break.
PSU Taco85
Well-Known Member
Finally got my leaf springs finished up after I acquired the right bushings. If anyone is interested, the trail gear rear spring bushings will fit the OEM toyota springs as well as the Dakars even though it says on their page they only fit TG springs.
The greasable bolt is quite a bit beefier than the OEM front hanger bolt
Honed the holes out a bit to accept the larger bolt
Shouldn't have to worry about squeaky rubber bushings again
New ubolt flip and axle shims
Back on the ground and ready to roll, just need to clean up the axle housing a bit from the diff oil that I spilled months ago filling it up
The greasable bolt is quite a bit beefier than the OEM front hanger bolt
Honed the holes out a bit to accept the larger bolt
Shouldn't have to worry about squeaky rubber bushings again
New ubolt flip and axle shims
Back on the ground and ready to roll, just need to clean up the axle housing a bit from the diff oil that I spilled months ago filling it up
Well I have to tell on myself. I knew I needed to do an oil change; but not this badly. The 4Runner rolled over 311k miles yesterday coming home from Houston. I would have sworn I did an oil change in December; guess I did not.
Yeah - will kick my own ass over this later.
Yeah - will kick my own ass over this later.
bakerla
Man, Myth, Legend
Ha. At least you didn't let 5.5 qts of Royal Purple run straight thru the engine and onto the pavement.
Yeah - my miles got away from me during the holidays.
Okay - that would suck.
Ha. At least you didn't let 5.5 qts of Royal Purple run straight thru the engine and onto the pavement.
Okay - that would suck.
AlienXtx
Nignog
Ha. At least you didn't let 5.5 qts of Royal Purple run straight thru the engine and onto the pavement.
Expensive engine flush......
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Fun part is the cleanup.
AlienXtx
Nignog
The fun part is hopping in the work truck and driving back to the parts store and buying another 5quarts......not
PSU Taco85
Well-Known Member
Fixed my e-locker, so the crappy 8" rear end will live on for a few more years I hope Not sure what the issue was, maybe the motor had skipped a gear or something but it wouldn't unlock before no matter how much I tried to lock and unlock it. All is good now so I guess that's all that matters . I pulled it apart and cleaned the housing a bit then re-installed.
Here's a test to show how much the spur gear rotates when it's actuated, looks like around 180 degrees.
For shits and grins I tested my spare one, and it rotates about the same
Where it mounts to the 3rd member was full of gunk and starting to corrode a bit, took some persuasion to get it removed, so I re-coated the area where it butts up against the 3rd member with anti-seize
Re-installed the factory "guard" that comes on it
Then finally took the time to mount the e-locker armor I've had sitting around for about 8 years
While I was out in the shop I finally decided to fix up the Ford steering for good, ditched the old stabilizer in favor for a dual mounted king bling
PMF fab kit is pretty nice, the packaging and powder coating finish was also very good
Say goodbye to the stock 17 year old leaking stabilizer, don't think it was really doing much anyway
This should help dampen out any of the road bumps, the steering feedback seemed to have gotten a bit worse once I went to 35's so hopefully I can take it for a test drive and I'm sure there will be a noticeable difference
Not sure what the issue was, maybe the motor had skipped a gear or something but it wouldn't unlock before no matter how much I tried to lock and unlock it. All is good now so I guess that's all that matters . I pulled it apart and cleaned the housing a bit then re-installed.Here's a test to show how much the spur gear rotates when it's actuated, looks like around 180 degrees.
Where it mounts to the 3rd member was full of gunk and starting to corrode a bit, took some persuasion to get it removed, so I re-coated the area where it butts up against the 3rd member with anti-seize
Re-installed the factory "guard" that comes on it
Then finally took the time to mount the e-locker armor I've had sitting around for about 8 years
While I was out in the shop I finally decided to fix up the Ford steering for good, ditched the old stabilizer in favor for a dual mounted king bling
PMF fab kit is pretty nice, the packaging and powder coating finish was also very good
Say goodbye to the stock 17 year old leaking stabilizer, don't think it was really doing much anyway
This should help dampen out any of the road bumps, the steering feedback seemed to have gotten a bit worse once I went to 35's so hopefully I can take it for a test drive and I'm sure there will be a noticeable difference
From the pics you posted of the old steering arm stabilizer, the stabilizer kinda looks bent to me. Could just be the pics?Fixed my e-locker, so the crappy 8" rear end will live on for a few more years I hope
Here's a test to show how much the spur gear rotates when it's actuated, looks like around 180 degrees.
For shits and grins I tested my spare one, and it rotates about the same
Where it mounts to the 3rd member was full of gunk and starting to corrode a bit, took some persuasion to get it removed, so I re-coated the area where it butts up against the 3rd member with anti-seize
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Re-installed the factory "guard" that comes on it
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Then finally took the time to mount the e-locker armor I've had sitting around for about 8 years
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While I was out in the shop I finally decided to fix up the Ford steering for good, ditched the old stabilizer in favor for a dual mounted king bling
PMF fab kit is pretty nice, the packaging and powder coating finish was also very good
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Say goodbye to the stock 17 year old leaking stabilizer, don't think it was really doing much anyway
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This should help dampen out any of the road bumps, the steering feedback seemed to have gotten a bit worse once I went to 35's so hopefully I can take it for a test drive and I'm sure there will be a noticeable difference
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Seems like most people who have good luck with the e locker actuator recommend taking it off and greasing it once a year. I try to engage mine every few months to help keep it working. So far I have had good results.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Well I sent my old DQX back to AudioControl to see if they could fix it.... and they did. Guy who called me to say its was fixed says that its pretty rare they can fix these so I feel blessed
#Fakebook postBut yeah its fixed.. I'll hang onto it.
Fuck you rotating photo.