Recent content by Johnate0

2 things regarding your idea: The aftermarket front and rear bumper covers that I've dealt with on Gen5's are all junk. Even the top-dollar CAPA ones don't fit properly, most notably at the edges where they meet the fenders/ quarters, and headlights/ tail lights. If you don't really care...

Thanks for posting that! Certainly a big help. I will be ordering up all the parts needed and most likely I'll just bring both axles with hub/bearings still on them to the mechanic up the street and let him press the new ones in and out. I send work his way all the time so he'll help me out.

If you wouldn't mind, that would be awesome thank you! I plan on getting to this project when the weather cools down a little and after the summertime rush of work has calmed down. We only have one lift at the shop and it's usually needed for a wrecked car. ;)

Well I was hoping someone already has a decent write-up with photos, considering these Gen5's have been around for a decade now. ;)

I run a body shop so I have a lift, most of the tools needed for the job (besides a press for the knuckle/bearing), a work truck I can use and my '83 Mustang which doesn't hibernate until November. ;)

Months ago I started smelling gear oil near the rear end and sure enough, it was coming out near the left rear wheel. I first replaced the stock breather tube with a snorkel-style one and affixed the mouth of it on top of the charcoal canister. I believe the gear oil is still finding it's way...

I run an auto body shop. Yes I did it all myself. ;)

I live on Cape Cod and take the ‘11 T4R out on the ORV beaches pretty much year-round. I hose down my undercarriage religiously and the rust has been kept at bay so far. One thing I stopped doing was driving through the actual salt water at one particular beach where it was unavoidable if you...

Sorry for the late response... Yes 3/4" ply. ;)

My '11 SR5 came with 3rd row seating and I removed them shortly after I bought it. Man are those heavy! I built a box with a lid to store random stuff. I may put the seats back in some day, as we now have a 2yr old and 1yr old. Driving out on the ORV beach/ trails with anyone besides the 4...

1983 5.0. Took me over 3 years to restore it.

It's not a problem of the lock rod connector or the rod itself. What I believe happens is I don't use the key in the liftgate lock cylinder nearly as often as I use it in the ignition obviously so over time the key wears from use, but the pins inside the liftgate lock cylinder do not. Same...

Lol yeah I gotcha. Probably not worth screwing around with it. My other option would be to buy a new lock cylinder and key set just for the gate glass operation, if the ignition key ever stops working altogether in the gate lock cylinder as it did in my '01 4runner. By the time I sold that...

Ah I see. So it may not work properly if I just buy the handle assembly that has the button switch in it. Perfect scenario for me would be if a model with that option came in to my shop with gate damage and I had to disassemble the gate anyhow, so I could test it out on my truck. :heh:

Hello all, On my '11 SR5 the liftgate handle/ finish molding assembly has the key-operated window switch for moving the back glass up/down while standing at the gate. On a few other 5th gen 4Runner's I've seen there is a up/down button in the same spot, rather than the ignition key option. I...