Axle Popping Out

Who did the "professional install?"

 

I believe the RC non-cut lift was a 4” drop bracket for both the 4” lift and 6” lift (stretched). It looks like you have too much lift. I’d buy the 6” RCD Bilstein 5100’s and ditch all the spacers. I used the 5100’s on my last truck with the BDS 7”.

Here’s the part number, the 5100’s have two clips. One for 4” lift and one for 6” lift.
F4-BE5-E980-T0

 

https://eibach.com/us/pro-truck-lift these are what i have on the front.

 

@Black Wolf If anything went wrongly here im pretty sure it was my doing. I blew out my front coliovers and replaced them with what i thought was needed with the hope it would be better. I have a feeling the shocks are the problem and those i put in with a friend who has a garage with a 4post lift.

 

I don't know anything about the "eibachs" but from your original pictures it would appear to me that you would have to remove the Toytec preload spacer and then lower the rear end maybe an inch and you would be good to go with an inprovement in your cv angles..

 

I get you, things happen. I like @jeremyd 's advice.

 

Yea I'd try dropping the spring perch the the very bottom notch, should lower the lift by an inch or so. If the angles are still too extreme can also just try swapping that top spacer for a shorter one if possible.

 

I would put the smaller spacer on top of the eibachs and remove the big spacer. That lift was designed for 4-6" lift. I think you're around 8" and thats why the CVs are popping out. You need to find a combination of spacer/strut that equals around 4-6" total.

 

thanks everyone. really appreciate your help here. Ill let you know what i end up doing. ive got to hobble back to the mechanics shop this morning...

 

Good luck. I would just lower those eibachs to their lowest level and see how it goes

 

Lowering the eibachs alone won’t be much help, still going to have same amount of droop travel.

 

Well, my mechanic got me the new axel and it is being installed as we speak.. Took a look last night to see how things were going and it seems the passenger side was done and the drivers side is being worked on. He did lower the Eibachs and as I dont have any replacement spacers, we will have to see how it goes. Im guessing the next step after that will be to get either a 2.5" or 3" spacer (i saw rough country has one for not too much $$$) which he said we could do later. I do plan to get an ARB font bumper sometime this summer with a winch and i assume the extra weight will help with bringing the nose down a bit more. I am not entirely sure what is meant by "droop travel" but ill gladly take some additional pictures to see if the axels are still too extreme on angle.

I really want to also say thank you. You guys have been really quite helpful in this whole process... I love my tundra and want to understand better its mechanics as I do more and more off-roading. My ultimate goal for this truck is to get it to be a perfect overland vehicle with a nice off-road camping trailer in tow and basically use it for weekend getaway adventures. My truck has really low mileage for its year (2012 @ less than 80k miles) and i feel like its a good platform for this purpose. Anyhow, my love affair with this truck is not important... my appreciation for you all helping me is. So yea, thanks... a lot.