Recent content by triple_fcked

I have been guilty of using a cutoff wheel to pie cut the tubes on an axle housing and welding them shut to make it easier to straighten. Works nice on toyota housings which are made of tinfoil 💀

yes, the most affordable cups are trail gear, but a ton of companies make them, the “ultimate” series is based on a 99-04 Ford Dana 60 hub. They’re nice to diy install too because the bearing cups slide on over the ends of the housing and then get welded, making measuring and alignment really...

My vote would be Spidertrax unit bearings, you can 35 or 40 spline, they have a built in drive slug so you would just need double sided shafts. Coming from Ultra4 and the Rock Crawling world, I admittedly don't have much firsthand with preunner style full float hubs. A lot of friends are using...

Even Even with the hub flange turned down so you don't have to pull the shaft with the wheel, you still have the hex head of the bolts right on the edge of the flange, and can hang off so you have to remove the axle shaft bolts to slide the wheels on and off. At least that's my experience...

Have just been breaking in the new gears by driving this thing around town and to work, I took it on the local radio tower service road to test out the new wired up lights and 4WD. So far everything is running great! The 7.17 Gears I installed are hilarious, it sure helps the truck get moving...

A note on the Solid 14 Bolt hubs, you can’t fit a 5.5” bolt circle wheel on and off without removing the axle flange bolts, not a huge deal but is kind of a PITA.

Didn’t really take any pictures, I was thrashing hard for Thanksgiving, ended up missing that deadline, but I just got it wrapped up in time for New Years in Johnson Valley.

Welp, updates on these for the 9 month mark, 1. 1Ton swap is about 50% done with the 4Runner, not enough progress or buckling down on it yet, but really I think I only have like 3 or 4 more solid weekends before it’s good to go. I should be ready for Thanksgiving, New years, and KOH this season...

Hey guys, working on a brand used set of SAW 2.5x14 coilovers for the the back of a buddies leaf spring yota, just to be used as a smooth body shock, and these things have a piston design I can’t find any info on the internet about. It looks like they were previously set up for trailing arms...

Finally got the axles out from storage and got them into the backyard. Spent all day grinding the cast iron perches off the housing and stripping the rear axle down. The wheel bearings are absolutely cooked, so my initial idea of being a scumbag and just tossing gears into them, welding the...

Hell yeah welcome! I love how just down dirty and functional way y’all build your trucks out there.

4Runners been out of commission with a bent front driveshaft that I haven’t had the time to take out and rebend straight, and a BFG sticky that won’t stop leaking out of the sidewall. On the plus side, the Toyota axles have buyers once I yank them out. I’m just waiting on my dad’s sick ass...

Those 4 speeds are cool, they have the “1 ton” package which means they should have an 8” 30spl Diff instead of a 7.5” 27spl. Should be super tall rear gears too like a 3.08 or 3.43 We have one as a shop truck here and thing does like 30 in 2nd gear

I recommend not putting the battery back up front, it's a major contributing factor to the front aprons and core supports cracking and tearing, if you decide to throw a stock clip on it. I have a a guy that parts out 84-95 yotas, and probably has everything located in SoCal if you want his...

Not much to report other than wheeling and enjoying it, Thanksgiving got cut short by a buddy snapping a trunnion pin and needing an emergency knuckle rebuild, the recovery was fun, I landed on the front driveshaft and bent it enough to start hitting the crossmember, and the transmission...