1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

The ones on the 4R are going on 6 years without any issue, just hose them out, dry, and lube with triflow

 

Impressive coming from another dusty hellscape.

but

 

Somehow mama bear doesn’t hear the squeaky squeak everytime she drives it, hahah I notice it right out of the driveway

 

They are noisy sometimes. Actually, TC claims that the squeaking comes more from the bushings not being properly lubed than the ball joint.

 

@Mr.bee for your hood scoop graft

 

^this. You’re rewarded with longevity with over maintaining the uniballs. I’d take a uniball over ball joint every day of the week.

 

confirmed. My last TC arms squeaked and when I greased the bushings it went away. But that was after 60k of forgetting to grease them haha

 

Pilkington no longer makes good glass for our trucks, it's offshored to China.

 

Shit the only squeaks I have is my tensioner pulley and from my bed somewhere near the heat shield. Just haven't had the time to mess around under the bed fully and the tensioner pulley just started.

Found that there is a TSB out on the tensioner pulley area squeak though.

 

Happy birthday @empty_lord

 

Well shit, now I've got to say HBD to @empty_lord

I'm hoping he bought himself another MR2 for this bday.

 

This TSB for squealing on cold day/cold starts?

 

This made me chuckle a little bit.

 

So wait ... this beer won't help me bust any nuts? That's one of the main reasons I liked drinking beer, it helped me bust a nut by lowering inhibitions and making all the women in the room far more attractive.

 

Laxitive beer would make for a pretty good prank, but 'loosen up lager' would give the joke away.

 

Maybe. Or you have to drink it in the rust belt to still bust them.

 

As long as it doesn't smell like PB Blaster, I'd probably drink it. I dunno why the hell they had to make PBB so noxious.

 

“Good from far”

 

Exactly, " ... but far from good".

 

Yes sir! That's the one. Gonna go ahead and replace the belt as well because, why not. I have no idea when/if the previous owner replaced it before.

 

Do the idler pulley while your in there

 

You rubbin, dawg.

 

I’ll take pics in the morning of RUBBING

 

whoa whoa whoa!
Nobody wants to see you doing that!

 

You're not a real Best Gen owner unless your frame has those marks. It's a rite of passage.

 

I’m hoping I’ll rub less if i switch the tires to pizza cutters

 

Oh yeah? 255/80/17's? I've thought about those too.

 

That’s what I’m thinking, I’ll eff around and find out

 

Everything is either delivered, or on it's way, Ended up ordering the Idler pulley and the entire Tensioner.
The fan blades for the 2003+ will work just fine and that saved me roughly $100-140 or so.
Well it all fits and I can't see any reason it won't work, The blades do have about %25 less real-estate, but I doubt if that's going to be an issue.
The BeckArnley fan clutch and Denso radiator came right out of MI here.
The Aisin fan blade from L.A.
The (Hayden)Idler pulley and (Gates)Tensioner are currently in Yonkers NY.
This made me think... we need to thank those Truckers for running our shit all over this country, ffs.