Recent content by johntdye13

I’m baaaack! Lol. Soooo….I commented on this post three years ago and now I’m back with a boot blown on both the driver and passenger sides on a stock, no lift 2005 Sport. I installed two Rock Auto CARDONE axles with the “upgraded” heavy duty thermoplastic boots. Just wanted to let everyone...

OK, as mentioned I knew some vehicles had sequences like that due to the locations of junctions, just never had read that for the 4Runner. Thanks for confirming! Should make for a better job in the future.

In brake fluid replace section it says the bleed sequence is 3) Sequence is FR, FL, RR, RL. I always thought that you bled generally from furthest to the nearest, RR, RL, FR, FL. I know some cars have a junction to the rear which can affect that general recommendation, but am I missing...

The week my first son was born, I brought him home in a new 2000 SR5 that I bought that week. It was going to be his first car until I hit a patch of black ice in Chicago in 2014 and totaled it. So if you get a new one....it could happen.

That’s a sweet write up....really nice job! I have 3 x Gen 4’s and a Gen 5 that I like to wrench on. I popped in two CV axles into one of my 2005’s yesterday and I was looking at those LCA bushings and thinking “man those things have to be about rotted out by now, but those would be a ***** to...

I previously drove a 2000 SR5 4Runner, which I totaled during a black ice sleigh ride in Chicago. I drove it away from the scene of the crime, but it was 14 years old at that point so it was easily totaled, even though it was like brand new....Went and bought a new 2014 SR5, my two sons drive...

If you just need to get by for a while but want to keep dirt and water out, wrap some heavy plastic, like a cut open gallon zip lock freezer bag around the boot several times and ziptie both ends. It works as a temp repair.

I replaced the CV joints on one of my 2005 4Runners yesterday. Hardest part was getting the first Knuckle seal in. I’d start one side and the other side would just unseat and vice versa. finally went to Home Depot and picked up a plastic 4 inch yard drain pipe cover, which for all appearances...