Sorry guys, as usual I keep bumping the rear e-locker down the priority list and doing other things to this rig first lol. I'll admit the locker would be helpful in many situations where I've had a hard time making it through an obstacle, but I always make it through after enough persuasion or different angle.
Over the weekend I finally got around to installing the lower ball joints, outer tie rod ends and the steering rack bushings as well along with new hardware. The OTRE and LBJ's are OEM Toyota and the bushings are Energy Suspension. After I got it installed I took it down to get an alignment yesterday and wow, what a difference those parts made! The steering is super responsive and very firmed up now. It really feels great, plus the peace of mind that those parts wont suddenly go out on me is nice as well.
I'm really happy with the way the 4Runner is coming along, I also replaced the primary o2 sensor at the same time also since at this point it's on it's way out so I took care of that. I dont know if I want to do the secondary o2 or not yet.
Today I took it out for a drive through the mountain in Old Ward and pulled out the guns for a bit of fun since it was such a nice day out. My buddy and I were actually the only ones up there aside from a JKU that showed up as we were in the upper staging area, full of teenagers acting like complete jackasses. Spent the larger portion of the day up there having a blast and relaxing away from the city.
We would've stayed up there longer but we didnt bring any food and we got hungry so we headed down and stopped at Smokin Bones BBQ, I had a double steak burger with cole slaw and cornbread, the second patty is out of view....I finished it..
