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

Do you plan to wrench it free with heat once the bed is off? Maybe there’s a spot to grip it from underneath with some giant vice grips or something.

If all else fails, maybe pouring some muriatic acid down the hole to eat away at the rust overnight and rinsing out in the morning.

 

I got something you get a grip on from underneith

 

Which one should I use?

 

We're down to one stubborn stripped bolt. @des2mtn has been a big help. We made a harbor freight run based on his advice. Trying to use an extractor set on this last one.

 

No clue yet. Two have broken so far. Once we have the bed off we'll have to see what our options are. We're considering cutting the head off this last bolt. We got it to budge but nothing since then.

 

Damn... I forgot the dust seal on the driver's side

 

Wait in that photo is the dust seal on the outer side of the CV axle or the inside?

 

750 mile check-up on the front end bits.

everything is tight, grease stayed where it was supposed to, all is well.

 

@FirstGenVol bein all sexy

 

Obviously the needle nose

 

Did this yesterday -


Ordered these today -

 

Yes! Grind that mofo off!

remove bed. Then xxxxl channel locks or pliers for max leverage. At 1m with any sort of grip you’ll turn the bolt no problem. Torque is legit w a long lever.

 

Got the truck back this week. It came out to around $4500 in damages and her insurance had no issues paying for any of it. I contacted an old acquaintance that runs a body shop around here and let him know that I would fork over cash if I needed to in order to avoid totaling it but it never came to that. Whole pass fender was replaced. Surprisingly, no damage to core support or inner fender.

I was worried that it may have bent the passenger spindle or LCA but the steering was off because it hit hard enough to slide the alignment tabs.

I'm gonna try to give it a really good once over this weekend but I've been sorta pre-occupied with other things.

 

He has a tiny Hoomon

Also congratulations

 

Blind all the nerds

 

finally got to cutting up this old brush guard to fit up a prerunner bumper. Damn well near perfect size and only for $60

 

On this journey for solving the -84 conundrum you must quest for the missing link that can benefit all, if parts can be scouted for the inner joint that likely is the common root of needed healing, while an outer joint healing might elusive be (yet not for CVJ). This kind gentleman a procedure doth share:

https://www.tundras.com/posts/3472040/

Though his quest is for the longer axle, and said tools for the inner joint repair revealed, the outer joint challenge hath been displayed.

 

Congrats!

Rumba on guard duty haha

 

We had to call it a day. The last bolt won't budge so he's going to have his friend weld a new nut or bolt head on top.

This was probably the best picture I took today. She was smoking when we pulled it out.

 

Cut the cv clamps that were leaking off and filled with new grease and reinstalled hose clamps and changed the oil.

side note my 2020 Silverado 2500 burns oil like crazy and is jet black my 2000 tundra doesn’t burn a single drop and comes out golden brown.

 

I just passed 76777 and should hit 77k by end of month.

 

Rotated the tires



Flushed the front brake fluid



Gave it a wash and shampooed the inside.

 

Ultimately what I told him also, once we got on the island.

If a slotting the head and using an impact driver won’t make it budge, angle grind the head off, remove the bed, then torch and quench the shank with penetrating oil. Vice grips or similar to torque it out.

 

Man I need to flush my fluid fully. I really gotta get off my ass. Can’t wait u ‘til my last day at work. 3/15 can’t get here fast enough.

 

Truck looks killer what did you do for the level?

 

It'd look even more awesome with these wheels on it!

 

Thanks for the compliment! I will let my son know. He gets compliments in Flagstaff and offers to buy it all the time now.

All the suspension was rebuilt last November.

Bilstein 5100 with OME 2885
Freedom OffRoad UCA
BFG 285/70/17
Vision Flow wheels -12 offset
1” block in the rear.

 

-12mm offset??

 

Yes!