Recent content by Beach4RunnerNC

No offense, but i see a lot of people on here buying the tacoma whip antenna straight from OEM, but you can easily find these at salvage yards or pick n pulls. The threading is the same on many vehicles. I think i got mine for 5$ out the door. You also aren't limited to the all black coiled...

I spoke to the rep from the company i purchased the shaft from today. I wanted to know what type of grease they use for the joints. He said they use some heavy duty stuff called Castrol Blue Pyroplex or something like that. It is high temp grease and used in commercial applications. He said any...

02SE: Yeah i definitely made sure they were the same length. I changed one of the pics in the tutorial that shows the front when installed; with the tranny guard on it mates perfectly with the transmission. 02 SE Runner: Thanks, hopefully it stays shiny for a while! I don't do much wheeling...

Hey guys, thanks for keeping a good eye, but the two shafts are the same size, end to end. The photo is misleading for a couple of reasons. First, the old shaft still has the tranny guard on it. Second, the new shaft doesn't appear to be the exact same design as the original one. The joints are...

Yes, it would have been. But according to the shop and my observation, the drive shaft was bent. It is possible that the amount of wobble was normal, but with the drive shaft costing 350$ and the joints installed at the shop being 220$, i think i made out alright replacing the entire thing.

I was somewhat apprehensive because it is such an integral piece of the car, but after researching it, there wasn't much i could mess up. I did forget to put on the front yoke guard piece the first time and had to reinstall it. That made writing the guide a little easier! I'm not sure why the...

Hey guys, the difficulty of this project would be a 2/10. If you can change a tire you can do this job. To skip my life story, jump down to the pics below to begin the tutorial. New member here. I’m a long time lurker of this and many other 4runner forums. I recently purchased a 2001 4runner...

The service manual i have doesn't specify a torque amount for the castle nuts, only 'install as removed'. I think once torqued correctly, the hole for the cotter pin will be past the top of the castle nut, like in OP's pic.

Hey guys, new member here. I thought i would chime in on the install. I installed both upper and lower ball joints on my 01 runner about two months ago. However, I had a recent failure of one of the lower ball joints, i believe due to my incorrect installation. Luckily i was in a parking lot...