What have you done to your 1st gen Tundra today?

How is this even questionable? The rubber bellow (or whatever you call it) is torn completely around it. Replace.

 

You can also blue locktite the inner tie rod threads into the rack too.

 

Colights?

 

Just the tip?

 

The mangler is back for his crown. I have new outers sitting in the garage waiting to replace mine which also have torn rubber.

How hard was it to remove?

 

Lol yes sir! You saved my ass with the pipe wrench suggestion. Made it very easy to remove the old ones.

 

Wish I had read this 5 minutes before. Do you recall how tight the inners need to be?

Too easy apparently. Really not sure that I mangled the boot. I'll take the blame for the tip but I'm not sure how the boot tore.

 

I'd say these were due..

https://youtu.be/XTB88SXjDO0?si=0tJ7b19rzrMdLwlT

 

Man, talk about whiskeydick. Glad that shit never happens to me.

 

Bwahaha!

 

Almost 200k miles. Nice job Toyota.

 

I absolutely loved my 50 series flowmaster on mine. Was great for about 16 years then started to rust out. Had a great sound.

 

Tight. I don't recall a torque spec, but if you have a big crowsfoot that fits it you can torque them.

 

Tan outta daylight but got the plates/nuts all finished up. Now I just gotta make some uprights to hold up the main bar. I’ll get more pics tomorrow. It’s dark.

 

Put my cluster back in before bulbs came. Hate the green led backlight. Gonna try amber or white I think. Picked up some fire maple that my wife bought and brought it home. At least the truck drives great.

just in case, I know I've asked before, anyone know if the vss wire is available in one of these cluster connectors and if so which one?

 

What is going on with the box of gloves on the chock on the jack?

 

trying to get the main bar at the right height/ leveled out. I moved the bar while I cut and I welded.

 

Just a few more sections to weld, then grind and paint. Cant wait to get it on the truck

 

2 bumpers on DC’s getting done this weekend??? Ayyyeeee

yours looks way cooler than mine lol

 

That is going to look amazing. What's your plan for paint?

 

Installed a Redarc brake controller today. The control knob required some significant grinding to fit into the narrow switch blank. Seriously, why didn't Toyota use their standard switch size in the First Gen?

 

Lets goo!

thanks! Just going to do some rustoleum spray paint- self etching primer then some matte black

 

Wow. That looks like a GM cluster. What the hell?!

 

Amber should look good. My 03 Taco came stock with amber and I liked it. Went well with the white face gauges.

 

I'm fully erect today.

 

Nice a stiffy lol

 

Tip for anyone replacing your steering rack bellows. Make sure you know which part# goes with each side. They look very close and once you put the wrong one on, it takes some force to remove. I controlled my mangling tendencies this time.

Also, a pipe wrench and jack handle make quick work of the inner tie rods.

 

On Season 12 Episode 8 of Two Girls Garage, the girls rebuild a Tundra steering rack using only regular mechanics tools.

 

Ah yeah sure enough there's a crack that's hard to see at first. That settles it!

 

Good for you, now cover that protrusion up ffs!