Recent content by iheartponies

Feels good - the front is tied up minus filling the diff, redoing the diff vent line, and hopefully just topping off the power steering - hoping the rear doesn't fight me too bad! I have the camber bushings set at max negative camber and set the toe even. My camber looks real wonky now, but will...

Front is pretty much done with bolts tightened - VERY glad the brake lines went smoothly. They are in decent shape but needed some heat to free them up. I ordered the wrong tie rod from moog and may have blown out my power steering pump when I was centering the wheel.... Hoping its just leaking...

Finally got almost everything bolted up to the front. Needed to order some high lift jackstands to relocate the current 6 tons ones so that I can drill the holes for the radius arm mounts. After I match the factory wheelbase (139in for my truck), I'll pull the springs and cycle everything...

Need to turn down the bushings for the TTBs.... Took some measurements today with calipers and will be going to my godfathers tomorrow to throw them on his lathe. Tried to take a grinder to them but they need to be knocked down quite a bit. My measurement for the pumpkin ttb was 146.5mm and...

Thank you! As the new radius arms don't fit perfectly I'm assuming there is some compliance (the mounting ears of the beam will flex to fit the ttb)?

Made some more progress on setting bearings/seals/ball joints, test fitting and generally getting things back together. I may have spoke too soon about the lack of rust on the truck as the coil buckets had their coating peeling off. I checked the frame behind them and everything is solid so I...

Taking a couple days to prep and paint all the big stuff - got everything but the beams done today, which I will hit tomorrow. Using seymor stainless, which I saw someone here call seemore butts (the name I'm using now). Bolts are in as well, so hoping I can have the front end back together...

Way more of the 4wheeling, but there is some go fast stuff if you know where to look/if you have access to some private land - the idea is to treat this like a rally car that I can put a dirtbike in. No need for gigantic travel numbers - shock tuning comes way more into play (hence the likely...

Forgot to mention some background on the truck - its a 4x4 supercab short bed that I got for less than $3500. It was a one owner and has 271,000 on it, but was really really sound and had almost NO rust for the east coast. Bought it from an old guy in Baltimore. There is an issue with the rear...

In the process of building a 1996 F-150 for camping and romping around the East Coast. Threat motorsports is doing the kit - cut and turned beams, radius arms, deavers in the back with 5100's (for now). Doing a refresh of the steering as well, knocking off all the surface rust and, and putting...