84 yota dude

Looks badass

thebeeler

Driver handle finally took a crap, ordered a new one from the dealer. Pricey bastard



Part that broke


Racking up those miles, BFG's have 10k on them and look like dog ˟˟˟˟


Out using it

thebeeler

Late update, pre long travel. Noticed I had no pictures of it before I took the front bumper off, it will be back on eventually with fiberglass fenders, Will probably do the color change i've been wanting as well.



Gila gravity canal tunnels


Sand Damn, Tacoworld super meet



Big bowl in the back of butter cup

Ran Sunflower Mine trail, the whole loop not just the short part that goes to the mine.


Went to El Golfo to do long travel stuff with my long travel friends (okay, they don't all have long travel)


The machorro


Camping on the beach


Some flexing


Different kind of flex

84 yota dude

Killer pics! Wait are those new ko2s not wearing well?

thebeeler

They are not wearing well at all. They are wearing much faster than the Ko's ever had. They also starting chunking out, at about 8months old. So i'm not impressed, but I also know my driving style will destroy any other tire I buy as well. 10k miles and about half the tread depth is gone.

Pics of said tires for reference.

84 yota dude

Dang! That's no good at all. My guess is even though they're "all terrain" bfg figured eh they only will use them in the dirt sometimes haha. That's a bummer though cause the older version seemed to last forever. I have some original ones on my 4runner from '03 and there's still tread left. Granted they were on the vehicle when I got it and it wasn't driven much but still.

Angel8puma

Hey there I am new to this I was wondering if you could help me out with a question. Or if you ask around for me. Can I put 2009 4runner rims on my 1991 toyota pickup truck? I bought a truck and has some rusted crappy rims. It needs a major revamp.

thebeeler

If they are six lug they should fit. Only thing that might be an issue is that the newer Toyota's don't have manual locking front hubs, so the center hole might not be big enough to clear the locking hub, assuming your 91 has manual locking hubs. Just test fit one on the front to see if it clears.

thebeeler

Quick update. Got my F55 springs on, still need to make shock mounts and make a new cross member. Pulls 15" of travel bumping out in the stock location, cut off the stock bump pads notch the frame and it can jump to 18". Anything over 18" would cause excessive leaf separation and allow to much negative arch. It all went smoothly and here's a couple pics

Bump


Droop

thebeeler

Going to run 12" 2.5 Fox's under the bed, keeping the travel to around 13". Anymore will cause these springs to wear out pre-maturely. Shocks should be here mid next week. Couple more pics

thebeeler

Current ride height with empty bed, no spare or jack.

thebeeler

Little update, rear shocks are installed. Got them from SDHQ. Had to change my heater valve also. Ordered a OEM Toyota valve from 22re Performance. Old valve was no longer closing all the way and was starting to leak a little bit.

Baby jump


Larger jump

thebeeler

Put a new fuel pump in when I rebuilt the engine. Fuel pump died yesterday, it was an OEM pump lasted 14months and around 20k miles. Ordered another OEM from Toyota will have it monday.

thebeeler

Radiator cap also failed again, seem to get about 1year out of a cap at most, parts just aren't what they used to be, they suck no matter where you get them. The "EDPM" rubber seals dry up which results in a leaky cap.

thebeeler

Rear end started howling on decel, pulled apart the 3rd and put new bearings in it. Set bearing preloads and backlash to factory spec.

Pressing old bearing off


Pressing new pinion bearing on

84 yota dude

Man that looks like a serious press! nice updates

thebeeler

Thanks, it gets the job done. My great grandpa bout it sometime in either the late 40's or early 50's. I restored it about 5 years ago, sand blasted, repainted, and re-sealed it. Works just as good as ever, I don't know how people get by with anything smaller.



Most pressure I have seen on the gauge is just shy of 20tons pressing off some seized wheel bearings


OEM bearings


New Parts!


All new fluid

thebeeler

Got some more parts in today, while i had the truck back up on jack stands started looking around and noticed that my front caliper pistons appear to be sticking and not retracting properly causing some drag on the rotors. So those need to be rebuilt. While that's apart i'm also going to be putting on new wheel bearings-seals-etc. I have put new wheel bearings in it before, but because I was doing it in the dorm parking lot. I did not change the brass bushings or races. I will be changing them both this time because I have access to my tools this time.

Doesn't matter what it cost, learned that lesson plenty of times now, Toyota or nothing.

thebeeler

Out using it, because that's what its for. Nice day in the 115 degree desert. Went out and checked on some water holes.

thebeeler

Ordered fiberglass 6-15, I was told that it was done/ready/made/etc come and pick it up. Went to pick it up and was given a giant load of bull ˟˟˟˟. Finally received it today 7-13 and only because I called them back every 2-4 days and rode them like a carnival pony. They never once returned a call, even tho I was told numerous times I would get a call back. And don't even get me started with how ˟˟˟˟ed up my credit card statement is going to be. They need to start wearing the proper air respiration systems because they are truly lacking some brain cells. A

Here's some pics of the glass, the fronts don't line up for ˟˟˟˟. I expect the same will be found for the bedsides..



lines up great!!


Already has giant visible stress cracks on the white ˟˟˟˟ they use, that is not gel coat. I think it's wall plaster.


Won't bolt to flat surface very well with that lip on there, thanks again Hanneman


No more lip and now it can be bolted on


We have another problem, big surprise


In summary I wish I had gone to Mexico and got fiberglass from Roadrunner, the price would of been about the same with the importation taxes etc. But at least I would of had some good tacos and cheep beer.