Breaking in some Cooper AT 3 tires in this crazy freaking snowicane were getting high in the northern Appalachians! Next tire. Not so cool looking like a typical mud tire. But very functional. Running 285/75/16 on heavy OME Stock height.
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (78 Viewers)
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Thanks. Shipped it from SC last week. Haven't been up that way yet but would love to check it out!
ToyotaDon
I am here
That looks cool. Can you share how it was done?
ToyotaDon said:
Sure. The wheel was pretty simple. Primed it with Krylon and then painted with Krylon satin black. The cap took a little more doing, but not very difficult.
Filled the "sombrero" with bondo and sanded.
Primed and painted red.
Cut out a TRD vinyl piece to mask off the red and sprayed with the same satin black Krylon.
In the end, the masking came off sloppy due to the multiple coats, so I cut another piece of vinyl in red, and sprayed a s*** load of matte clear over it. Came out pretty good.
Only thing I still may do is paint a thin red ring around the edge of the wheel.
Bet you could make some money on these things, even if it required people to send you their sets and just let you paint them for a fee. I know I'd be interested having no equipment or experience to do it myself...
wagonteeth
Hippoverde
Rebuilt my front end. Way more work than I wanted to do. Ended up doing nearly a full rebuild.
New longfield birfs, new spindles, new bearings and seals, turn rotors and 100 brake pads, new knuckle studs, R&R'd the diff.
Acually, it wasn't the weekend, but started Thurs. 10/25 for about 6 hours, then Monday for 10 hrs, Tuesday for 15hrs and Wednesday for 5 more to wrap it up.
Cause? An idiot that though because he could turn a wrench that he was a mechanic.
New longfield birfs, new spindles, new bearings and seals, turn rotors and 100 brake pads, new knuckle studs, R&R'd the diff.
Acually, it wasn't the weekend, but started Thurs. 10/25 for about 6 hours, then Monday for 10 hrs, Tuesday for 15hrs and Wednesday for 5 more to wrap it up.
Cause? An idiot that though because he could turn a wrench that he was a mechanic.
maybe...but if you bust something on the trail, you have a clue what to do to limp out .....
Pretty close to how my first axle service went.
But a year later when a birf got destroyed on the trail I was able to make the truck drivable and get home.
Well worth the time.
wagonteeth
Hippoverde
Yeah, I'm glad I did the work. I rebuilt the front on my 82 Toy 4x4 about 20 years ago, so it was pretty familiar. I'm glad I bought Longfields. It was just dissapointing to miss hunting, and to find out how much damage had been done by the shop. I had rust in my diff housing and on my diff carrier caps due to the guy not sealing the diff. He didn't even scrape off all of the old gasket. He just put RTV right over it, so it leaked in a couple spots. I cleaned it up, but am disgusted about the poor workmanship. He's out of business now- I can see why.
Put the front diff back in after tearing off a radius arm mount.
Just buttoned up my front end rebuild. Thanks to Slee for having factory axle seals and Koyo bearings on the shelf so I didn't have to wait for parts (I live 15 miles from their shop). The spring on the axle seal popped off on installation so I would definitely recommend ordering an extra. On inspection, the Timken bearings were done. The grease was very soupy so I did a full birf rebuild and swapped sides, really not too much extra work and not too bad a job overall. I'm guessing it's the first for my 106k mile LX and she's riding like new.
After doing the PHH the prior week I feel pretty well initiated with my new ride.
After doing the PHH the prior week I feel pretty well initiated with my new ride.
I bought her yesterday afternoon. I'm pretty sure I've already put over 100 miles on her, including a few passes down a local gravel/dirt road with a stream crossing. This afternoon I swapped my one power seat cap from the driver's seat to the passenger's seat so that I could move it back to a usable position. Ordered two replacement caps. Then my son and I took off the running boards and rear mud flaps ("after" picture coming soon; too dark tonight).
I washed it. A bit. $3 at the carwash worth.
Then i checked the grease in the knuckles and found grease, but the wrong grease. Whole other thread on that.
Noted that both tie rod ends have torn boots. Ordered polyurethane boots from man-a-fre.
That was yesterday. I have vacation days to burn so i am having a 3 day weekend.
Spent some time under it today. Replaced some missing and damaged wire loom. Scraped a lot of greasy buildup off of stuff. Still haven't quite found the neutral safety switch -- may need to put it on jack stands so i can really get under there and poke around. I'm a big guy so I'm just sliding myself under there on cardboard and it's a little cramped. No lift you know. Yet.
Earlier this week the local stealership got in the nut and spacer i ordered for the front drive shaft where it connects to the center diff.
So i got under there with nut and spacer and wrench and, noted that the stud i could see coming out of the center diff without a nut on it was on the rear drive shaft. And of course a nut for the forward drive shaft does not fit.
Felt like a fool. Figured i had somehow gotten confused when i ordered the parts. That was when i started fiddling with wire harnesses.
Eventually i noticed that, in fact, both sides of the center diff have a stud without a nut.
After i got finished installing the missing nut and spacer for the front drive shaft i drove it over to the stealership to see about the nut and washer for the rear drive shaft. They say they will be in on tuesday.
Deleted the malfunctioning washer fluid diverter valve, replaced with a barb union. At least now i can wash the glass in front of me.
Bought doorman brand GM style hood liner retainers from autozone - bigger diameter than toyota retainers. One corner of my saggy hood liner is now non-saggy. The rest of it needs some more serious attention. I may have to get out a needle and thread. My more domestic side may be showing.
Bent the hood safety latch back into working shape.
Then i checked the grease in the knuckles and found grease, but the wrong grease. Whole other thread on that.
Noted that both tie rod ends have torn boots. Ordered polyurethane boots from man-a-fre.
That was yesterday. I have vacation days to burn so i am having a 3 day weekend.
Spent some time under it today. Replaced some missing and damaged wire loom. Scraped a lot of greasy buildup off of stuff. Still haven't quite found the neutral safety switch -- may need to put it on jack stands so i can really get under there and poke around. I'm a big guy so I'm just sliding myself under there on cardboard and it's a little cramped. No lift you know. Yet.
Earlier this week the local stealership got in the nut and spacer i ordered for the front drive shaft where it connects to the center diff.
So i got under there with nut and spacer and wrench and, noted that the stud i could see coming out of the center diff without a nut on it was on the rear drive shaft. And of course a nut for the forward drive shaft does not fit.
Felt like a fool. Figured i had somehow gotten confused when i ordered the parts. That was when i started fiddling with wire harnesses.
Eventually i noticed that, in fact, both sides of the center diff have a stud without a nut.
After i got finished installing the missing nut and spacer for the front drive shaft i drove it over to the stealership to see about the nut and washer for the rear drive shaft. They say they will be in on tuesday.
Deleted the malfunctioning washer fluid diverter valve, replaced with a barb union. At least now i can wash the glass in front of me.
Bought doorman brand GM style hood liner retainers from autozone - bigger diameter than toyota retainers. One corner of my saggy hood liner is now non-saggy. The rest of it needs some more serious attention. I may have to get out a needle and thread. My more domestic side may be showing.
Bent the hood safety latch back into working shape.
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Here is the after picture.
FYI
To keep the spring from popping off put a good amount of grease on the back of the seal all around the spring area to keep it in place
Looks great! We have twinners!
pulled my front drive shaft to check u joints, they seemed fine so put it back in. lubed all the u joints and slip yolks, the small clunk i have been chasing down seems to be better, might have been the rear slip yolk. that brings up a question, how much grease do you put in the slip yolks usually?
Finally got my Houstonfab bumper. This product is top notch! Very good quality.
