Over the 4th of July holiday, I went to order some parts from Decator Toyota, as they were having a really big sale. Unfortunately the website wouldn’t allow me to place my order ( I wasn’t the only one having that issue). But working with the parts manager, he secured the sale price through Toyota. About a week later he sent a link so I could make the purchase. The parts arrived last week.

A BIG shout out to my pal The Honey Badger 4×4. With his help and shop space ( Envision Fabrication), we managed to get a new Rack and Pinion/Tie Rods installed on the 4runner this past Saturday. installing the rack seemed to go pretty smoothly. Travis took the 4runner to the alignment shop today and after work meet him to pick it up and drive it back to storage. The drive back with the 4runner felt awesome and great to have it back on the road. Now to make the most of what’s left of Summer!

Time to do some wrenching on the 4runner.

Tie Rods off.

Unbolting the rack.

Old rack pulled off.

Making some measurements before installing the new rack.

Shiny!

New Rack and Pinion and Tie Rods installed.

Once the wheels were back on and new fluid in, we went for a test drive. Everything felt great except for the steering wheel was a bit off. Alignment shop fixed that today and making sure it drives strait down the road. So excited to get back on the dirt!