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

Haha! Yes. I was doing that this morning.

 

Got the ole girl back from the shop: I had some goodies installed

*ADS remote reservoir coil overs
*Total Chaos upper control arms
*Total Chaos steering rack bushing kit
* drivers side CVJ Reman “high clearance” cv axle
*Trail Gear Stainless Brake lines
*Duro Bump Front Bump stops
*Diff drop
* East Coast Gear supply needle bearing delete bushing
*Carrier Bearing
* replaced bad front u-joint
*New OEM outer tie rod ends
*Fresh alignment
* 5 General Grabber X3’s in 285/75/16s





*sorry for the flashlight pictures, I’m on call and didn’t get home till after dark.

 

Damn, I can smell Arizona on a bunch of that!
How does it ride??!!

 

sadly I don’t know haven’t got a chance to drive it yet lol, the wife said it was smooth as silk though when she picked it up.

 

Those Durobumps looks like they fit a lot better. I need to try those one day.

 

Watch some of the videos of them in action!

 

toytec had the best price when I was looking for them. I added oem tie rod ends to the parts list but those are nowhere near as cool as the other stuff lol

 

Also, get some Triflow, to lube the BJs, it’s Teflon based and I think recommend by TC. Haha when they get dry, you’ll think you have a cat under your truck

 

Did I mention these are a tight fit? I have a finger width between the tire and the shock and a bit more on the leaf. I may be trading out my 1.25" wheel spacers for 2" in the future. Hopefully tomorrow I can get some gussets made and weld it all in. We'll see how lucky I am. I wanted to clean up the axle and leafs and paint them, but it may have to wait at this pace.

 

That is tight. At off camber articulation does it still clear?

I run my shocks on outside of frame on my Taco and have more space than that and barely clear. That is with Deaver f67 on a 12" shackle so it flexes decently

 

I think yes and with the little upside down shackle I should get less flex. There is also less travel than an f67. I might drop the shackle hanger and do a longer shackle later. I can't cycle all of the droop with the current setup.

 

2000 4.7 SR5 Access 4WD

Rattle for years from under the truck somewhere in the rear when going over bumps. I don't know what came over me yesterday... maybe it was the six-pack of Bud, but decided it was time to get my old fat ass under the truck to take a look. Let's see... muffler bracket tight... how about spare tire? Swinging loose like a monkey on a tree branch. Used the three-part spare tire wrench... presto! Tight spare tire and no rattle. Whew... it was time for a nap after all that work!

 

That sounds like a 6 beer job!

 

And you did all this work while laying in snow? Impressive!

 

Nah... it don't snow in September here in Chattanooga... but posts are better with pics. A few years ago with my old dog riding shotgun.

Got a new dog riding shotgun now.

 

That dog is just looking for something fuzzy to tree or eat. I know that look haha.

 

Good eye.

Keeps the chipmunks on their toes.



Using cover while stalking.



Sorry for the thread drift guys.

 

Like my dog and everyone else's dogs haven't hijacked a tundra thread before. Most tundra people are dog people are outdoor people are diy people etc.

 

There's really no such thing as that here.

Dog will hunt!

 

Since we’re posted dogs in here, I gotta brag on my girl ‍♂️

 

Home invasion a couple nights ago. They broke in, but were thwarted by the round knobs on the pantry. If dogs had thumbs, they’d rule the world.

 

Someone looks pretty grumpy about that door

 

yall making me want to get a dog again.

but i cant. yet.

 

Still chasing that damn vibration. Dropping the carrier bearing by 3/4" eliminated it except for right around 40mph. Next step is axle shims I suppose. I'll be calling around on Monday, starting with a local off road shop who install lifts on the regular. It's amazing the number of mechanics I've talked to who have no clue about how lifts and add-a-leaf change driveline angles and can lead to vibrations nevermind the fix for said vibrations.

It's almost as if most mechanics these days are just parts swappers.

 

Oh just fantastic… my battery STILL hasn’t shown up, and the whole reason I wanted to replace it has now happened. Now I have to try and salvage this hold down.

 

Spread some freedom today up in Jasper Georgia

 

Tried to install my spiker gauge mount. I’m pretty sure I got sent a taco made mount and not a tundra, instructions are different and it doesn’t really fit……
Instead of starting a bashing thread, I kindly emailed them with pics. I bet they like pics too!

 

uh... your mounting it wrong

 

Wrong mount….

 

hmmm the mount he sent me was for a tacoma too. (it was to test if it actually fit) the gauge mount isnt suppose to go between the grab handle and trim. but instead outside the handle and use the bolt with a spacer to attach it


but mine may of been 01-04 taco mount