1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

Bilstein 5100 set at 4th (iirc) notch to level the truck.

 

Is your truck on jack stands or is it sitting at normal ride height? That's an awfully steep upper arm angle.

 

It was nn jack stands, which are on the frame in line with the side mirror. It's back on the tires now:

 

That’s why it’s like that unloaded. This is why the uniball arms are great. That ball joint is your limiting factory in wheel travel right now.

 

I really with the PO of my truck did total chaos or the likes, instead went with Spc, oh well

 

The SPC works too. the uniball just works slightly better for this setup. anything is better than stock joints on a lifted truck

 

whenever it comes time to replace my uniballs i'll be converting my camburgs to ICON delta joints, The big issue with uniballs is theyre exposed to the elements. they do not last as long before getting sloppy

 

someone here may enjoy this watch as much as me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hYSnyVLmGE

 

And no one wants sloppy balls
amiright?

 

I like that the TC at least have zerks for the bushings. And it’s easy enough to spray some triflow to stop the uni-squeak

 

the camburgs have the grease fittings too. personally id buy camburgs before the TC, reason being theyre typically cheaper.

i had total chaos on the tacoma. now icons. and the camburgs on the tundra. theyre all of equal quality, just buy whats cheaper.

 

Icons Uniball misalignment spacer is the nicest though. too bad they dont offer uppers for 1st gen tundras

 

The spacer allows further travel or droop correct? Allows the tube of the uniball home to clear more of the spindle/bolt?

 

I'll have to research my options for longer travel UCA's for when I do my front end rebuild. I'm not going crazy with it, so something like Icon isn't in the cards. Those SPC/Mevotech ones at RockAuto have caught my eye though.

 

Yeah and shipping a winch would cost a fortune. I'll probably just order a new one and be done with it. Thanks.

 

And to think that engineering ingenuity was in the 60s!

 

its just a smaller design. same travel as the others, but you can run a top dust cover to let them last longer.

 

amazing what they could do with a slide rule and draft paper.


the sr-72 is looking to be impressive. but it wont have that same human designed history behind it being done with computer aid.

 

SPC should help the angle. That's quite a bit of lift you have, be sure to keep an eye on your cv joints.

If rust is a problem where you live I would probably pick SPC over a uniball arm.

 

son of a bitch im in love with this color on this car.

 

These are the ones I'm looking at

https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=6506973&cc=1431003&jsn=2307

 

Those work, they’re just rebranded spc

 

I'm here. Just been busy with work and the extra amount of life with my wife working from home and me hanging out with the kid and working on the yard. I also had to do a wheel bearing. Not as bad as I'd expected, but not exactly fast for me.

I got some time this week to go to the desert twice. Once for a work video and once for fun and testing my new 6.5 Grendel pistol. Shoots good and still is probably safe for a shot of two without earplugs. The Tundra worked well as usual and I got almost 16mpg on the last tank.

 

Anybody else turn their phone upside down
Then realize it's not the floor?

 

Nope. Just you

 

Unfortunately he is not alone....

 

Let's hope somebody flips their computer over so we can feel way better

 

Man I’m torn.. cut my drums or replace... I have brand new ones, but the 02 taco needs a rear brake job and it’s staying drum... they were for the 01 but also fit the tundra..

 

If anyone here is allowed flipping jokes its me!