dunktap
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This weekend I tackled a lot of things:
OTRE, ITRE, LBJ, CV, Tundra Rotors & Calipers on each side.
I am having a few issues.
1) The brake pedal pressure is not there. I think this is because when bleeding the brakes, we pushed the pedal past the normal travel and may have hosed the master cylinder. Let me know if there are ways that you know of to troubleshoot this and possibly fix this without replacing the master cylinder. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
2) After I put the tires back on, I wanted to test out all of the new suspension components I installed. Obviously I will need an allignment ASAP. When I rolled out of the driveway something just didnt feel right. The front right wheel felt wobbly and like it was going to fall off. The whole ride seemed like it was floating compared to what it had been. There was the sensation that something was just going to snap at any second so I pulled over. I got out and looked at all of the connections and everything looked fine. Maybe its just in my head and It will all be fixed after an allignment? One of my CV's was broken before this so maybe that is why it feels different?
Is there anything that y'all can think of that could be an issue? I have posted several pics below and tried to give a detailed description of how the install went.
LBJ: Installation went well for the most part... installed all 4 bolts on both sides with blue loctite and torqued castle nut to spec on the bottom connecting it to the knuckle.
Note: there was one issue - I couldnt get the castle nut on one of the lbj's to tighten. The lbj seemed to spin with the nut as I tried to tighten it. I read somewhere that it would fix itself once i put the tire back on and it had some weight on it. It did not. Maybe I need to hit it with an impact wrench?
OTRE & ITRE: Installation went fine, Screwed the ITRE into the steering rack until the rack started to move with it. Felt like it was in the solid. ITRE screwed into OTRE fine and attached other end to LBJ with correct torque specs (~59ft/lbs)
CV: Both cv's went in fine. Attached both to diff and pulled on them and they felt like they were clicked in place. Inserted the spindle in through the knuckle and newly installed rotor & hit the axle nuts with an impact wrench. They both looked/felt nice and tight.
Rotors/ Calipers: After removing the old rotors, I slid the new rotors on. I dont think there is much else to this. As for the Calipers, they went on fine. Nothing to really report here.
OTRE, ITRE, LBJ, CV, Tundra Rotors & Calipers on each side.
I am having a few issues.
1) The brake pedal pressure is not there. I think this is because when bleeding the brakes, we pushed the pedal past the normal travel and may have hosed the master cylinder. Let me know if there are ways that you know of to troubleshoot this and possibly fix this without replacing the master cylinder. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
2) After I put the tires back on, I wanted to test out all of the new suspension components I installed. Obviously I will need an allignment ASAP. When I rolled out of the driveway something just didnt feel right. The front right wheel felt wobbly and like it was going to fall off. The whole ride seemed like it was floating compared to what it had been. There was the sensation that something was just going to snap at any second so I pulled over. I got out and looked at all of the connections and everything looked fine. Maybe its just in my head and It will all be fixed after an allignment? One of my CV's was broken before this so maybe that is why it feels different?
Is there anything that y'all can think of that could be an issue? I have posted several pics below and tried to give a detailed description of how the install went.
LBJ: Installation went well for the most part... installed all 4 bolts on both sides with blue loctite and torqued castle nut to spec on the bottom connecting it to the knuckle.
Note: there was one issue - I couldnt get the castle nut on one of the lbj's to tighten. The lbj seemed to spin with the nut as I tried to tighten it. I read somewhere that it would fix itself once i put the tire back on and it had some weight on it. It did not. Maybe I need to hit it with an impact wrench?
OTRE & ITRE: Installation went fine, Screwed the ITRE into the steering rack until the rack started to move with it. Felt like it was in the solid. ITRE screwed into OTRE fine and attached other end to LBJ with correct torque specs (~59ft/lbs)
CV: Both cv's went in fine. Attached both to diff and pulled on them and they felt like they were clicked in place. Inserted the spindle in through the knuckle and newly installed rotor & hit the axle nuts with an impact wrench. They both looked/felt nice and tight.
Rotors/ Calipers: After removing the old rotors, I slid the new rotors on. I dont think there is much else to this. As for the Calipers, they went on fine. Nothing to really report here.
