mikebontoft
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Hey who was it that posted their 4th gen with a tire mounted on the front? I was browsing through my photos and happened to notice it had a Geo tag on it...and well, I know exactly where the picture was taken.
What did you do with your 4runner today?
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gshadow325
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Ok where was that picture taken?
riceandpho
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checked my brake pads, and apply new brake grease. then to driver side, found a tear on the cv boot, the inner one, so pissed right now since i dont do the extreme wheeling like you guys all do. going to get it worked on this morning. is the cv boot a common problem, driver side inner?
riceandpho
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got the front driver side driveshaft replaced since a boot job is more money and time consuming. got a remanufacture put in.
HokieRunner
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This was actually yesterday but I wired up these 2 relay boxes. Each box holds 5 micro relays and 10 mini fuses. I added weatherpack quick connects too so it will be plug and play. I reverse wired the relays so that one buss bar is 12v and the other is ground. (You can see the relays are upside down).
I'll be posting more details in my build once a get a few mins.
I'll be posting more details in my build once a get a few mins.
piccrazy30
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Learned from reading another thread that I had the driveshaft clunk. So I greased the u joints and zerks (I think thats what they are). Now going for a drive to see if the clunk is gone.
After the drive…...The clunk is still there
After the drive…...The clunk is still there
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emelianenkov
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Crawled under my truck to grease the driveshafts. The zerks are frozen so I couldn't get any grease in. Anyone else experience this? How can I remedy this?
sbbrown333
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Today I installed a bulb that finally came in from the Toyota dealership. It's the bulb that lights up around the heated seat control on the driver's side. Couldn't find any YouTube video or how to on this forum so I figured it out on my own. Pretty simple, took about 3 minutes total. Also, at the dealership I fell in love with the 2014 4Runner Limited :tongue:
NuclearN8
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whatever you do don't take a torch and any significant heat source to it. I had a friend who did this in a rush and the joint ended up exploding due to expansion of the grease still inside the driveshaft, totally messed him up. hospital, metal plate in his head now, luckily he made a full recovery... I'd say just live with the annoying clunk until the temps rise... better safe than sorry.
marc_l71
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Take one off and go to your local auto parts store?
toyotatech84
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Is there a reason why you went down to 255 instead of 265? Not much width difference but a heck of a lot taller. You have caught my attention. :hungry:
emelianenkov
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Noted. I never take heat to a grease point, or sealed ball joint, until it is vented and I'm sure it's safe. I've never heated one up though.
I was thinking taking a little pin and tapping the ball bearing to see if that frees it up?
I went with 255's and it was the best decision of my life
Doozi
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Wow! Strong statement! What do you like so much about them? I'm planning to change tire sizes after I get my bumpers put on and can't decide which size to go with.
noshortcuts
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strong all right. ... I'm hoping we can do better than tire size...
toyo
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I will always just replace the Zerk fittings. It's not worth the hassle trying to push grease thru a frozen fitting IMO. You can go to a parts store and buy a kit that has several different angles, lengths, etc of fittings. Good luck!
emelianenkov
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Haha! Well I loved how much better (better is a relative term) my gas mileage was with the 255's compared to my mileage with the 285's. I could get a solid 15-17 with 255/80/17's!
Also I love the fact that they don't wander around on the road. My 285's would follow ruts and bumps in the road. The skinny tires stay on track
And the best part about running 255's? When you air them down, they pillow out like crazy to give you practically the same surface area as a 285 at normal pressure. The KM2's I had were incredible off road.
After running both size tires, I've decided my next set will be 255's as well. They're the best all-around tire I believe. Good on road. Great off road! And they look different than every other truck running 12.5's
I did not know they were replaceable! Hell yeah! No more driveshaft clunk for me!
Thank you!
marc_l71
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yup either an 8 mm or 10 mm wrench and they are off. you can get 90 degree, 45 degree, stubby ones, and extended ones.
toyo
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Not all in one day, but since I bought this used one with 60K miles on it last week this is what I have done so far.
LOF
Cleaned throttle body
Cleaned MAF
Flushed P/S fluid
Flushed brake fluid
Flushed cooling system with new T/Stat.
Changed front, center and rear diffs.
Replaced front and rear pads with OEM.
Couple of other minor little things as well. I use Toyota coolant and brake pads without fail.
LOF
Cleaned throttle body
Cleaned MAF
Flushed P/S fluid
Flushed brake fluid
Flushed cooling system with new T/Stat.
Changed front, center and rear diffs.
Replaced front and rear pads with OEM.
Couple of other minor little things as well. I use Toyota coolant and brake pads without fail.
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