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

Note they make 'em in all different colors, like, for amber turn signals, the part number ends in "A" (and also "R" for Red, "B" for Blue, no letter for white), i.e. for amber corners, it's these: https://www.sylvania-automotive.com/sylvania-3157a-amber-zevo-led-mini-2-pack/3157ALED.BP2.html

Only the ZEVO branded ones have the lifetime warranty, though.

Hopefully you gave the paint time to off-gas and cure before hitting it with fluid film?

Ditto. But I completely forgot Mark Harmon played the teacher. I'm so accustomed to seeing him in NCIS. Talk about a dude who aged well...

 

A little over 24 hours? I guess I’ll know if it was too soon…..

 

Lol is that a real question? Not being rude I just find it funny lol

 

funny because it’s not worth it to tackle them? Believe me I hate dealing with bushings but if my control arms are otherwise in perfect shape idk why I’d need new ones just because the replaceable bushings need to be changed. I know the job sucks but trying to get a feel for what others have done. Also prices vary wildly for new arms so I don’t even know what they normally run from a reputable retailer.

 

Buy new OEM ones, get Siberian bushings, install new OEM arms, install Siberian bushings in old ones, now you have a spare for next time.

 

I paid a shop to install poly bushings in my 03 uppers and lowers.

 

what did they charge you for that? I can get a bushing press kit online for about $50

 

Really glad I live in CA and can't buy one of these

 

I don't recall. Was a few years ago. They also reinstalled the controll arms and did the alignment.

 

Leave your commutics at the boarder and become one of the TX crew. San Antonio is where the most of us are

 

TX is at capacity for CA refugees.
Especially around the hill country.
They can go to DFW, I guess.

 

You just need to ship to a family member and have them re-ship to you, or carry it over.

Now prices are down as low as they are, I've been considering buying one to use with my new-to-me shell, try and get some of the funk out of the carpet. It's definitely got a funk to it, not dissimilar from old shoes, not stinky old shoes, just ... old, worn shoes.

 

So is ATL, y'all stay on your own coast

 

As long as they're constitutional absolutists, I'm sure we could take a few more.

 

I'm worried about the water supply and cost of living. They will ruin the best part of the state so fast. Its already in turmoil as is. Austin is out of control thanks to the rich Californians buying up houses for way too much money and further inflating the market. Texans won't be able to afford to live in their home towns in the area soon. It's already happening to millennials. Mean while Georgetown is running out of water and the rivers across the hill country are drying up, as it becomes the next desert.

 

Ok back to FGT stuff ...

I'm working on pulling my spindles still.
Best way to remove brake rotors?
Rubber mallet and love taps?

 

Mine usually just fall off without the caliper

 

Gotta pull the spacers, too.

 

I wish

 

Those came off Sunday. Stuck on roto and tie rod right now.

 

I had the same experience for the most part. I ended up giving the driver's side two whacks with a rubber mallet.

 

I believe @empty_lord has mentioned the Napa arms being a good replacement. They've got 20% off right now so a pair is about $350.

 

I'm kinda with you. I did the LCA bushings on my Tacoma. Yeah, they were a pain to get out. Most of the pain was assuming I could get them out with heating and a bottle jack. Took a long time trying before realizing it wasn't working. By the time I moved on to the other side, I just used a sawsall and they were out in minutes. Not sure, unless you're "upgrading" to aftermarket anyway, why you'd replace perfectly good control arms.

Now with the uppers...given the extra hassle of replacing upper ball joints, and add to that control arm bushings...if you could find a good deal on new upper control arms with the bushings installed and just worry about installing new ball joints (or figure OEM isn't quite as important with uppers and get UCA with everything already installed) and skip the hassle of removing the old ones, that's starting to lean toward worth it to me. But as you can see from the responses, everyone draws that "is it worth it" line in a slightly different place.

For me, there were far worse jobs than getting the LCA bushings out. I don't dread the thought of doing it again. Once you're to the point of getting the bushings out, you've got the control arm out, secured in a vice, free to stand up straight and get to work. And it's not like bearings where you might need a specialty tool and giant press. Just hacking and sawing and maybe a little torching.

 

Nope: https://www.tundras.com/threads/lower-control-arm-bushing-fail.114212/#post-2940792

"my napa arm bushings are starting to crack already... ugh."

OEM lasted how long now? More than a decade? Go OEM.

Bonus: https://www.tundras.com/threads/1st-gen-lunch-table-general-discussion.60450/page-1416#post-3062831

 

@shifty, you wanna put this where it goes for us all please?
Hopefully you can use this link. awesome rear bearing removal tip

 

My OEM bushings lasted 21 years.

@KTM_AJ421

Make sure you don't torque those cam bolts until the truck is lowered off jack stands back at ride height. If you don't the bushings won't last long.

 

My shop, in example, would charge 1.5 hours per side plus alignment.

 

East Tennessee is also full. I've already got one useless neighbor from California. We're tapping out.

I hear Utah is nice. Check it out.

 

Dang, that's a pretty cool idea. I wish it was easy to save videos from FB.

 

I've been beating on mine with a rubber mallet and a hammer. No go.
Finally sprayed the shit outta it with wd40. I'll hit it again in an hour.