Sas as a daily driver
04-09-2016, 03:39 PM
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Sas as a daily driver
Hey anyone do a sas and use as a daily driver. I drive about 45 min to work but it's all County roads no interstate. Anything more I need to do to my 88 truck.
04-09-2016, 04:57 PM
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04-09-2016, 07:06 PM
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Welcome to Yotatech.
Like dropzone said, if you do a quality job on it you should be fine. If your off on your measurements it can crab walk, handle and steer badly, cause tires to wear uneven etc.
I daily drove my 86' 4runner for 3+ years without any problems, similar commute as you described, about 48 miles round trip. One thing I would do for sure is on the rear axel(since you will have to lift the back to match the front) would be to rotate your rear pinion and point it at the t-case output so your drive shaft angle isn't so bad. You will need to add a double cardin joint off of a front drive shaft to the rear driveshaft and get it rebalanced, but if your going to dd it, it's worth it.
Like dropzone said, if you do a quality job on it you should be fine. If your off on your measurements it can crab walk, handle and steer badly, cause tires to wear uneven etc.
I daily drove my 86' 4runner for 3+ years without any problems, similar commute as you described, about 48 miles round trip. One thing I would do for sure is on the rear axel(since you will have to lift the back to match the front) would be to rotate your rear pinion and point it at the t-case output so your drive shaft angle isn't so bad. You will need to add a double cardin joint off of a front drive shaft to the rear driveshaft and get it rebalanced, but if your going to dd it, it's worth it.
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12-22-2016, 02:53 AM
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As stated above it all comes down to your abilities and patience. I have done several sas swaps all of which I would drive everyday, but I have done some repairs on other peoples swaps and some of them have been terrifying. To start with if you cannot weld and fabricate on your own I would not try this, if you are off on your spring placement or driveline angle you will decide very quickly that you dont want to drive your truck. As for the welding part if you dont know what your doing you just put something on the road that could injure or kill you or worse someone else (hate to say that)
12-22-2016, 06:29 AM
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What they all said!^^^
Just take your time and triple check your measurements. My first truck I SASd myself and I drove it for ever. Did great! Had death wobble at first but rechecking bolts and airing down the bias ply tires made it go away.
My truck now is SAS as well and it too drives just fine! Remember our Toytas for alot of years came solid axle. Alot of trucks today still do. As long as you get your measurements right it will drive just like stock. One thing you will notice with an SAS is that you have to turn the wheel a whole hell of alot more to get it to turn lol first thing I noticed with my SAS.
Just take your time and triple check your measurements. My first truck I SASd myself and I drove it for ever. Did great! Had death wobble at first but rechecking bolts and airing down the bias ply tires made it go away.
My truck now is SAS as well and it too drives just fine! Remember our Toytas for alot of years came solid axle. Alot of trucks today still do. As long as you get your measurements right it will drive just like stock. One thing you will notice with an SAS is that you have to turn the wheel a whole hell of alot more to get it to turn lol first thing I noticed with my SAS.
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