1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

I thought of you this afternoon. We went to the RV and boat show at AT&T stadium. It was a blast. The kids had so much fun being able to climb in and out and touch every thing they wanted to.

 

... and golden showers?

Hey, I'm about to post a picture from my phone. Anyone know what it is? I found it on the ground. It's about 6-7" wide, with two ~1.25" holes and a split on either side to pinch something. It's solid steel, and covered in grease. Looks almost like it could hold a heavy u-bolt in place or something, but there's so much grease.

 

this might help
https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w?si=QrvjJJA9LEoCmPHO

 

Oldie but goodie there! Digging in the vaults!

 

It’s an expent dingle arm. (Per the video)

 

I thought there was some annual service to be done on sprinkler systems? Bleeding out any moisture or something. Been such a very long time.

 

Anyone heard from @Sunnier or @alb1k lately? Hope they are doing well.

 

Yeah there is, your mainly testing tamper switches and flow switches tied into the fire panel, but that doesn’t always get rid of all the air

 

They are both alive and well, I’ll send their regards on my behalf without them knowing…..

 

Glad I'm not the only one

 

It's meant for serious off-roaders.
If that's not your things, then OEM should be best for you.
Not to mention, the Solo LCAs too. Not sure if their uniball LBJs work with OEM LCAs.
Big $

 

Sounds like a poorly designed system….or just planned obsolescence.

 

It’s state money so probably the latter

 

I was curious about @Sunnier as well, but didn't want to tag - got the impression the plate was a little full of stuff.

@alb1k seems good, we were pinging back and forth last week.

And with that, off to start a fire!

 

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Seems really easy to just attach tubing with a line attached to it running through the top of a lid into a container and submerged in brake fluid then opening nipple at caliper and pumping it out instead of backward into the abs.

 

Maybe should post this in the rear wheel bearing thread....Done a lot of reading and haven't concluded answer specific to bestgen Tundra about the claim of a new OEM axle seal redesign moving the seal lip inward toward the 3rd member, and hence an inner retainer flip recommended per Timmy @19:30 and @22:41 in his video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVhSDnw2ugo

The axle housing seals (90310-50006) and the retainers (42423-20010) appear to be the same part numbers (as well as the o-rings and c-clips) on the axle he is working on (although the outer axle dust seals and bearings appear to be different part #s).

For at least certain VIN bestgen AC 4x4 4WD:

90363-40068 Rear Axle/Wheel Bearing
90310-50006 Axle Housing Oil Seals (Type S Oil Seal)
90301-88077 O-ring
90313-54001 Dust seal (Type K Oil Seal)
42423-20010 Retainers (Bearing Spacer)
43517-35010 ABS Ring (Skid Control Rotor)
90520-36045 C-clip

It seems most are installing the retainer in the OEM orientation and then grease or sharpie testing seal contact area and adjusting. But Timmy notes @ 24:07 a risk of installing the retainer too far outward and the retainer hitting the axle housing, and hence the suggested "flip" of the retainer to move more surface under the redesigned seal?

So for bestgen is the inner retainer recommended to be installed in the OEM orientation or flipped per Timmy his video?

 

How you think they got all those trailers organized inside?
I'm betting forklift.

 

I've noticed quite a few of our west coasters have been sparce to MIA

 

I’m a Westie.

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adgx9wt63NY

 

Had it rippin’ for a minute there.

 

No wonder youre bald. Calm down with the hydrocarbons.

 

Shhh, don’t tell the Stockholm kid.

 

Why do all alignment racks have the red strobe lights?

 

Disco lasers

 

So at work, I walk past the Firestone/Bridgestone next door several times per shift, and even when they are closed, the red strobes are going off through the garage door windows.

 

Secret rave, time to investigate.

 

The hardware & computer is left on. The software/hardware is finicky on startup and doesn't want to load at times. A real pita when customers are waiting and it wants to play games.