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    Front Bearings

    I got the job done over the weekend. I fashioned a press tool out of plywood. It is not pretty but it got the job done. The driver's side took me a few hours but I got the passenger side done about an hour and a half. My HF 20 ton press seemed more than adequate.
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    LED headlight bulbs???

    I just installed a $32ish set of LEDs from Amazon. They look great but my wife thinks the standard halogen low beams were brighter. I'm going to polish the lenses again and run them for awhile before switching back.
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    Front Bearings

    I was feeling confident after getting my rear bearings swapped out so I decided to jump into the front end on my 2003 4wd. After collecting all of the parts I gave it a shot and failed miserably. I was able to find a fair number of sources for info on the rear but almost nothing on the front so...
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    High Mileage 2003 4wd

    Everything seems fine a couple thousand miles later, although I still haven't adjusted my parking brake yet. It did great driving around the mountains of NC with 7 grown men riding. I picked up the front bearings this week and plan to install them over the weekend. I'm getting a vibration in the...
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    High Mileage 2003 4wd

    The truck is running and driving again. Man, what a difference!! It drives so much smoother. I still need to adjust my parking brake but I figured that could wait, since I had to get things back together for a trip tonight. I'm now starting to notice some other smaller shakes and squeaks. I...
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    High Mileage 2003 4wd

    I had a lot of people waste my time, as if I wouldn't be able to figure out their truck was rusty. Any Sequoia I saw from MD or VA (didn't see many from further north) had rust, so I ended up looking at only NC trucks. My goal was to buy directly from a private owner, partially to avoid any...
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    High Mileage 2003 4wd

    A few months ago I picked up a clean, rust free 2003 limited 4wd with right around 340k miles. I bought it from the 2nd owner, who had it starting at around 40k miles. It sounded like she drove back and forth from Raleigh to the beach, hence all of the miles. Overall, it was in great shape. It...