Recent content by paulmars

When I replace the boots, I usually add some ball joint chassis grease to the inner ball joint. Should I also turn the steering wheel completely right and add grease to as many of the rack splines/teeth that i can reach? note these pics are not mine, just pics I found on internet to illustrate.

2 years after buying this truck new I noticed all 6 ball joints were leaking grease. Three trips to the dealer, several calls and letters to toyota USA all got me nowhere. So, i been keeping eye on them and trying to wiggle wheels side-side and top-bottom every 5 or so thousand miles. Everything...

Fixed. My right bearing nut was loose. Maybe the left was too. Remember 4 February 2021 both wheels no wiggle left to right, but slight wiggle top to bottom. Right side slightly more. Repacked all four bearings 5k mi ago. No wiggle after 500 and 1k miles, but now top to bottom wiggle. So, a...

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this right tightness when i put back together?

thoughts?

when I said top to bottom in my 1st post i didnt mean up and down I meant in and out, just side side to side is in and out. well i needed a wrench to break it loose. it wasn't that tight but my fingers on greasy nut couldn't loosen it. Look: and and should it make this noise? press as hard...

maybe. there was no play when I repacked them 5, not 6k miles ago.

repacked front bearings 6k miles ago (june 2018). Now I feel notable play top to bottom, but every little front to back. Should i re tighten them? 2003 2wd 2.4L 5sp, 78k miles(not a typo) central florida

So you think Im sending myself emails from this site telling me all about the latest threads (that i never signed up to)? So you think that when i click unsubscribe and it requires me to sign in with password to unsubscribe, that's user error? You also think it's user error that the site has...

Sending me emails that i never signed up for is wrong. Requiring me to sign in with my password to unsubscribe is wrong. Requiring me to sign in a second time to complain is wrong. Having no contact us to communicate efficiently is another thing that i dont support. Bad site!

2003 toyota tacoma 2wd 5sp 2.4L the transmission drain and fill plugs have very shallow hex heads and no matter how hard I try, my socket has slipped off several times rounding the corners. id like to get plugs with better heads. Does anyone know what might fit? I like the never toyota Allen...

I wanna be sure before i buy new one. 2003 taco 2.4L 2wd 5sp 73k miles(not a typo) 2003 Toyota Tacoma Factory Service Manual page SF-25 says 2-3 ohms at 68°F and 0.9-1.3 ohms at 104°F. I get 7.3 ohms and 2.98 when probes reversed at 90 degrees F. New meter. I don't think dirty MAS would...

Too many mixxed reviews

ive changed plugs. I will clean TB and IAC.