What have you done to your 2nd gen Tundra today?

So after successfully replacing my rack and pinion, and ps pump (one of them failed a while back not sure which one) I noticed this today.

I suspect that it came out when I turned the wheel (with the weight of the vehicle on the ground) and the rack and pinion bolts/nuts weren't torqued down all the way.

Am I good to bang that axle back by using a pry bar on the metal lip of the axle? Or do I have to disconnect everything again (caliper, rotor, take the axle out of the knuckle) to do it?

I would assume there's enough movement in the axle to allow me to get that axle dust boot cover flush with the surface.

Also, I noticed that there seems to be a difference with how the CV axles are seated in their knuckle. The left side seems to be good while the right side seems to not be in all the way?

 

I adjusted my WDH to get my trailer pretty level. It’s 3/4” high in front, but I also had water in the black tank, no propane, and no batteries. I suspect it’ll come out really close.



Then I finally chased down a wiring issue, initially thought it was the pickup plug in, but after checking everything with a voltmeter I finally hunted down a bad ground on the trailer. When I would press the brake pedal I would lose all lights on the back. GTG now.

 

Actually *installed* my Optitron and Oedro running boards since we had decent weather... Right before 1-2" of snow forecast for tonight...

I guess I did the Alpharex headlights last week too. Slowly coming together...

 

These Morimoto lights/fogs are just amazing. Honestly, the price is well worth the looks and ease of install. Also got the wind deflectors and waiting on my Sequoia front grill stuff from Sparks.

 

installed the tow mirrors and bed rack finally in warmer weather. Also got that black emblem from above


I did break the driver side door latch cable so I gotta replace that but for now I gotta open the window to open the door

 

Got my optitron gauge cluster back from being programmed and installed!

 

I cut out the last piece for my rear bumper.

 

Got her back from steering rack install, tires, wheels and cleaned up.

 

Your truck is a beauty. What lightbar and how did you mount it? Mahalo in advance

 

Front anytime cam and some geolandars today. Things are super quiet! Next up tc UCAs and icon coils at 2.75"

 

Thanks sir. The light bar is a lifetime led bar amber/white combo. I don’t even think they exist anymore. Been sitting in my garage for years. As far as mounting it’s bolted to the front crashbar using basic mounts. I had to order different mounts for it though to gain a little bit of height. I just measured what height the bar needed to be and then googled that height and light bar mounts and ordered. It worked out pretty good. I like the bar but I kind of want to swap it for a longer curved one though. I also am thinking about buying a front bumper too so I may not waste my money on it.

 

Looks like a Natika cam? What's your experience so far? I've gone through two as a reverse cam addition and I'm thinking I'm not going to bother with a third, so I'm considering options.

 

Had Geolanders.. Super quiet at first. Be sure to rotate them every 2-3,000 miles!

 

Debadged my truck after 10 years but left the 5.7 badges for now. Everything popped off surprisingly easy to reveal 10 years of grime that was impossible to clean in the small spaces in the badges. Then washed the truck up after. The sr5 badges have a little bit of ghosting but it will be gone in a month so I’m not really worried about it. Also swapped on the rock warrior 17s.

 

Ya natika. Cam is good so far, how long did yours last?

 

Test fit my new bed tent from Kodiak Canvas (7206), looking forward to using it.

 

You pitch a bigger tent then my "Napier" bed tent that's for sure.

 

Got my tag holder and tag installed on the pop up camper and my son wanted to go cruise it to the school around the corner from us.

 

I'm on my 3rd Natika add on backup cam too. I get about a year out of them. 1st became foggy. 2nd just stopped working. Luckily the vendor has warrantied 2 for me.

 

Finally a member of the MID-RISE Club. Love it . Just got installed. Front drop down w/slider , 6' LED light , fully carpeted , and cargo net.

 

Before:



2018+ Sequoia Style Knockoff Headlights




After:

 

Just a routine oil change. I asked about hitting all of the fittings with grease, but they said Toyota doesn't recommend that when doing an oil change. I guess it's time to get out the old grease gun.

 

Nice! I haven’t seen the knockoffs yet. They look great. How much were they?

 

$685 with tax from Amazon

 

Did a oil change and went to get new brake light bulb when a turn signal bulb went out to in the front. Picked up rear LED bulbs and Rear Led turn signal bulbs and a regular set of turn signal bulbs for the front.

 

Keep us updated with how they do with moisture! Never heard of them or even knew there was a knock off.

 

Will do!

A couple people have purchased vland led headlights for their 2014+ tundras and had no complaints but not a ton of reviews on them by any means

 

Ordered my extended steel rear brake lines from Camburg, and the tailgate storage compartment from Huracan Fabrication. My warm weather install shelf is getting full...

 

Unfortunately, only about 2-3 months. Now that it's warmer out I'm going to yank it (for a second time) and likely replace it with a built-in handle one. But it should be covered under their warranty, and I'll re-purpose it for the front if I get a replacement...

 

well got my rear LED running/brake lights installed worked fine, then installed the rear LED turn signals with line resisters all went good. Now when I went to change out the bulb for the front turn signal I couldn't get the bulb out it was like the bulb was bigger than hole. So I pulled off the headlight and my lower filler panel was kind enough to break on me even though I was using my nylon pry tools. I looked in side the headlight and it was melted pretty bad so I broke off some melted bits used needle nose pliers to pull the now stuck inside bulb out and dremeled the hole round again. Fixed contacts on the plug so they where tight again installed the new bulb and had to use pliers and piece of scrap metal with a torch to heat up to melt both filer panel surface and broken nipple to stick back together and went around the broken crack line as seen in the photo. Nothing like a turn signal bulb change turning into 30 minutes of work.