What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (39 Viewers)

[Africaster]

New OEM LCAs.

OEMpartsource.com doesn’t know how to pack things though. For $651 you’d think they’d bubble wrap them before tossing them in a box with wadded up newsprint. Unsurprisingly, they banged against one another during transit.

The best part? No castle nut or cotter pin included. Thanks TOYOTA

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Think of it as being 5 minutes ahead of your next off road adventure

 

[highkick05]

Sticky caliper bolts/slides. Make sure you clean and grease them during install.

Clean and Grease yep. Bore out the existing thread in one side! yes. Off to buy a new calipre. That was amazingly easy. Budget is growing lol

 

[Arvin G.]

VHB tape the pillar/snorkel for the million time. Gonna try magnets next.

 

[pili]

VHB tape the pillar/snorkel for the million time. Gonna try magnets next.

Magnets work really well, but they have been wearing the paint down on my A pillar. There must be just enough shimmy.

 

[Arvin G.]

Magnets work really well, but they have been wearing the paint down on my A pillar. There must be just enough shimmy.

Cool thanks for the info! Gonna see if I can put a strip of clear vinyl and still get enough hold from the magnet.

 

[100d ua]

Finally got around to removing my awning brackets to replace the stripped mounting bolt and cut down the brackets since there was an awkward overhang, especially the front one that hit the sun roof when popped up.

These also came in the mail while I was out grindin’.

 

[LBCLX470]

Cleared the sunroof drains on my ‘99 LX470, with a long piece of metal wire and flush out 23 years of mud and grime! I use to get condensation in the glass roof after it rains Cali.

 

[100d ua]

New recovery mounts.

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Those look like the TT ones. Did you use the OEM mountng hardware?

 

[ClassyJalopy]

VHB tape the pillar/snorkel for the million time. Gonna try magnets next.

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I have tried magnets, they fail miserably the very first time snorkel arm experiences any kind of force.
The only real solution is to man up and poke holes in the A pillar, put rivnuts in, seal it with rtv and bolt up

 

[Asanka]

I have tried magnets, they fail miserably the very first time snorkel arm experiences any kind of force.
The only real solution is to man up and poke holes in the A pillar, put rivnuts in, seal it with rtv and bolt up

I'm also on magnets still, need to check the state of the paint once I get back in town in a couple of weeks. Btw, LC is parked inside the garage for about 6 weeks by the time I'm back. I'm willing to replace the battery and hoping for no other issues to deal with.

 

[GTV]

What I did this week;

Sliders installed, cleaned and de-greased from any oil.View attachment 2913176

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The product of my imagination;
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Super ready to crawl the mall.

Who’s sliders are those?

 

[Sugar100LC]

New door seals. 10 minute job and I can immediately tell how much better the door will seal. I was hoping to test drive it, but…old then new

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Do you have the ref # for the door seals?

 

[brauski]

Learned that the front diff will run for approximately 88.8 miles with no oil. Luckily I had some friends also driving home from the ski slope about 20 mins behind me, so I didn't waste too much time being stranded.

Hoping the shop that just installed my new CVs will be legit and own up to their poor installation. Saw this a few days after I got it back from the shop, so I checked/topped off all fluids up front besides the gear oil. She took a good amount of fluid and there was a small drip out the bottom of the lower radiator hose connection, so I just threw some extra coolant in the truck and hit the road, checking all fluids along the trip. Again, besides the diff oil.

Well, sounds like it's about time for a front locker... Other crucial lesson, always take your insurance! I thought about taking my tools, but didn't. So that's obviously the root cause. haha

 

[saucebox]

I have tried magnets, they fail miserably the very first time snorkel arm experiences any kind of force.
The only real solution is to man up and poke holes in the A pillar, put rivnuts in, seal it with rtv and bolt up

Have run magnets successfully for years, but in the last month or so...it's clear they're no longer working. And like others, my pillar is all scratched to hell now.

Shoulda listened to @ClassyJalopy!

 

[100d ua]

Have run magnets successfully for years, but in the last month or so...it's clear they're no longer working. And like others, my pillar is all scratched to hell now.

Shoulda listened to @ClassyJalopy!

Your pillar may be scratched now, but imagine drilling holes into it :cringe:

I'm also running magnets perfectly fine for almost 2 years now.

 

[OEMGUY0720]

Who’s sliders are those?

Local guy here in Vegas he has an Instagram account “camfab” his name is Cameron.

 

[highkick05]

Done, 2x rotors, all new brake pads + new calipre. Both rears

Wondering what this grease is on the left rear wheel. Looks like some diff oil ? not sure. Rotor appeared to sit a little angled, wobbled slightly also.

 

[mdcoa]

Done, 2x rotors, all new brake pads + new calipre. Both rears


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Wondering what this grease is on the left rear wheel. Looks like some diff oil ? not sure. Rotor appeared to sit a little angled, wobbled slightly also.
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Leaky hub seal? Does it smell like gear oil—sure looks like it, in a picture, thousands of miles away…

Your rear axles are full floating, right? If so, not that hard to r&r with a new seal and check the surface, and ensure bearings are in good shape and preload is good.

 

[ClassyJalopy]

Your pillar may be scratched now, but imagine drilling holes into it :cringe:

I'm also running magnets perfectly fine for almost 2 years now.

Interesting how different our experiences have been with the magnets. I guess the first time I saw magnets fail was when I was out on the trail. FWIW, I have wheeled my truck a lot since putting on the snorkel.

 

[awesomeissquid]

Done, 2x rotors, all new brake pads + new calipre. Both rears


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Wondering what this grease is on the left rear wheel. Looks like some diff oil ? not sure. Rotor appeared to sit a little angled, wobbled slightly also.
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Looks like your rear axle seal is leaking. They typically get damaged by bad bearings. Unfortunately you need some special tools to R&R the assembly since it needs to be pressed off the axle. There are some posts on here that go over the details.