The Rental Truck on tons - 1999 Tacoma

[YotaAtieToo]

i forgot. do you have a carrier bearing.? or could you do one to change up the angle

No, the driveshaft is already on the short side. Carrier bearing would just make that worse.

 

[Grronk]

i forgot. do you have a carrier bearing.? or could you do one to change up the angle

No Carrier bearing, I thought about doing that but how I fixed it worked great at sand hollow so im going to roll with it for now

Idk what the 2 Speed talk is about, its a 4 speed lol

 

[YotaAtieToo]

No Carrier bearing, I thought about doing that but how I fixed it worked great at sand hollow so im going to roll with it for now

Idk what the 2 Speed talk is about, its a 4 speed lol

It's because we've hijacked your thread to talk about any Toyota with an atlas

 

[Grronk]

It's because we've hijacked your thread to talk about any Toyota with an atlas

I'm calling the authorities

 

[Slander]

Awesome pics and vids!

 

[Grronk]

KOH 2025 - Definitely a ripper, it gets crazier every year

I didnt take any pictures but here is a reel I made for IG from clips people sent me, we did turkey claw, half way up sunbonnet, and chocolate thunder 7 times Friday night. Thinking about switching up what weekend we go so we can actually get some proper wheeling in

 

[Sluggy]

I'll be there for Saint Patty's day weekend if you wanted to wheel next month.

 

[Grronk]

I'll be there for Saint Patty's day weekend if you wanted to wheel next month.

I'll be there the weekend after pattys actually if youre up for a 2fer lol, Patty's I'll be in Vegas for work (yuck)

 

[Sluggy]

Ya I'm towing from the bay area so I can't make it happen 2 weekends in a row.

 

[Grronk]

Yeah that's a haul for sure, well make sure to warm up the rocks for us the weekend before

 

[Grronk]

Johnson Valley kicked our ass this past weekend, but it was still a fun trip. Jack hammer took a hub and stub shaft from a buddy, then one of my hubs half way up. Had to winch out and turn around, winching killed my old warn winch. Fixed them back at camp the next morning after a Yucca valley run. Then chocolate thunder gave me a nice little rock into my radiator which completely took it out. Second yucca valley run of the day to find a replacement. Got the new radiator in and night ran turkey, blueberry, and some of off your rocker. Next day we ran spooners and outerlimits, right at the end of outerlimits my buddy snapped another stub shaft, then I proceeded to do the exact same thing in the same spot , then while three wheeling out I snapped the other stub shaft trying to not be winched out the remainder of the trail

Oh and I lost two trailer tires on the drive out to the desert, so it started out with a bang



Time to upgrade to 35 spline stub shafts

This is where his axle went out, then mine as well

 

[Grronk]

The radiator wasn't really enjoying life as it was

 

[Boomtacoma01]

Sounds like an action packed and expensive weekend!!

Still get jealous of how you West Coast guys can just pop on down to JV...

 

[fl0w3n]

I heard a lot of angry squirrels and tire chriping which caught my attention

 

[Grronk]

I heard a lot of angry squirrels and tire chriping which caught my attention

Hahaha buuuusted Just got it put back together and had to take a hot lap around town, you stop by cal coast?

 

[Grronk]

fl0w3n beat me to it, but got the truck back in action this weekend. Upgraded to 35 spline stub shafts Needed new unitbearings to clear the larger shafts, so I got some drilled out to 8x6.5 so I could ditch the adapters and narrow it by 3". Shes still wide, don't you worry Also fixed some other issues from the last trip. Bad coolant line, and also had a bad coolant leak from the back of the motor, turned out it was the intake flange at the front of the motor cracked and leaking onto the motor and coming off the back side, ez fix

Old

Yukon Beefy goodness

Drilled for the new lug pattern

You could just barely make out a crack, but it was completely snapped. This is from my engine cage cross bar, I though tit had enough clearance but apparently not. We did take some hard hits through the whoops that probably didn't help the motor mounts lol

 

[Grronk]

I've also been having clutch issues, felt like the clutch was going out/was out. I bought everything needed to change the clutch out but discovered that I had a cracked firewall where the clutch pedal mount bolts up to it. It flexed enough to not allow the clutch to fully engage.


It was cracked at the top and bottom mounting bolt/stud.

I then made this shitty and comically larger than needed reinforcement plate

While bolting it back up, I noticed it was missing the upper bolt, I think its been missing for a long time which allowed the mount to flex, causing it to crack the firewall. Sorry for the video screen shot quality pic

Those two fixes seem to have fixed my clutch issue, so I didn't need to drop the trans this weekend thankfully

 

[fl0w3n]

Hahaha buuuusted Just got it put back together and had to take a hot lap around town, you stop by cal coast?

Down for the weekend with family and we ate lunch at The Backyard.

Looked good from afar