jason in tn

lookin good man

de6w6it

thank you

lazlow

i like it! i live in montville and i think ive seen it around a few times. lookin good, i like the flat black.

de6w6it

thanks!
crazy small world, huh? what type of rig are you rockin?
i still need to do some aesthetic stuff, the front fenders and rear wheel wells are a mess. at least it is mechanically good now though.

yotaman85

this is great work. about the up and down braking thing. some times when you use soft springs you get reverse axle wrap under hard braking. speaking of that, you should build a nice anti-wrap bar for the back.

de6w6it

You know, I was talking with my brother, trying to decide if that is what was happening. By pulling the bottom 2 leafs, and only having the three long ones left, it is pretty soft. I have two new rotors I will be drilling (using a mill this time) out on sunday (as last time I used a hand drill, pretty horribly), and then next weekend I will put them on (making sure they are seated properly and flatly), with new pads (as I re-used old pads on new rotors last time), and new clips for the pads (old ones are bent and one is missing) in the calipers. I also have to mount the front hard lines a little better and I have an extended soft line for the rear. Once that is all done, if it still does it, I can rule out any brake system related issues. Then it just leaves reverse axle wrap. Not sure what I will do in that case, maybe put a stiff short leaf in or something.
Right now the back is fairly stiff, so the axle wrap isn't too bad. When I get some new longer springs in the future, a nice anti wrap bar is definitely a good idea.
Thanks for the compliment man, I appreciate it

lazlow

Ive got an 89 pickup with a 350 but i still got ifs... bleh. Heres my short build thread https://www.yotatech.com/f191/lazlow...thread-200483/ i havent updated my thread in a while. I barely see any older yotas around here especially any lifted ones. Im hoping to eventually do an sas on mine

de6w6it

Well, got my new rotors drilled and installed, along with new pads and clip hardware. Re-packed the bearings while I was in there. I also rotated the tires and put air in them, trying to cover everything to see if I can get this vibration thing taken care of. The rear drums had what looked like a dab of grease or something had gotten in the driver side, and the passenger side was adjusted way out. My parking brake froze on the other day, and it may have been stuck more on while driving than I thought, because it smelled. I cleaned everything up with brakleen real good and adjusted everything.

Big thanks to my father, we drilled the rotors ont the mill at his shop




Here is a pics of my ifs hub, sfa manual locking hub, lc rotor, and ifs caliper setup:


This shows how the caliper is mounted to the oustside of the ear on the knuckle, with a 9/16ths grade 8 fine thread through bolt, lock washer, and nut (and plenty of red loc-tite!):


So far no vibes!!!!!

de6w6it

I also re-did my exhaust. I got a new cat a while back from Downey, and used there adapter that goes from the flange on the cat to a 2 1/2" pipe. It is meant for before the cat, so I used the O2 block off plate (as my only O2 sensor is in front of the cat.). This allowed me to make a 2 1/2" cat back system. I originally did this:



I had used a 40 series flowmaster, which was very loud and extremely resonant. Much too much so for my new little guy's ears. So I got a Borla, moved the muffler back about 2 feet downstream, and fabbed this up:







Much quieter on the highway, and a ton less resonant. Worth the effort!

ChefYota4x4

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HOLY CRAPOLI! I'm impressed, and actually....I feel bad, I'd never seen this before! (DErrrrrrrrrrr, Mark, it's right at the bottom of every post he makes!)lol.

Anyway, WOW, I had no idea you were sucha fabbin fool! lol. Wish you were around, I'd pay you to swap mine out(if you wanted to, of course! hahaha)

That looks GREAT, man! See, what I was saying in answering you on my thread?....That's a bit high for me, ....but I'm NO WAY opposed to going SAS....just know that's it's NOT CHEAP, especially for someone who is not a welder by trade.....or even hobby.....OH HELL, I aint welded since Shop in HS! haha.

I'm really impressed, Dewit! BTW, ....Could you ask Abagail how to sew a chunk of leather on to mine, with some extra padding? I HATE that they're so low. I'm not short, ...6' or so, but my arms seem to not rest up enough.

That exhaust is sWEEEEEEEt, bro. I am really looking forward to my header, but I'm hoping that people like you will tell me exactly what to tell my exhaust guy(when I find one, lol). Also, I'm in Cali, so I'm pretty sure there has to be a pelosi or two,...eh chem, sorry, I meant, 'useless rule or two', haha.

Looking forward to some pics of this thing when you get it EXACTLY where you want it. .....cuz it's already nice!

Take care,

Mark

drew303

Nice work mate!

de6w6it

thanks guys, as always, it is never done. i had some pinging noise that turned out to be a destroyed u joint in the rear shaft. i put some cheapo joints in, and they have the grease fitting in an in-accessible place. I also noticed that the t case flange nut had been un-staked, tightened, and re-staked. And since i also get vibes that i don't think should be there, and there is some slight up and down movement on the t case flange, i figured i would take care of it. i got, hopefully waiting for me when i get home today, a triple drilled flange from trail gear, 4 t case/diff flange nuts, and a heavy duty t case output flange seal from marlin. i also got some better u joints from napa (i know i should have just gotten them from marlin, o well, next time) with oem style grease fittings in the oem spot. the diff and t case flanges are onlyoff a degree or two from parralel, which is what you need for non-cv shaft, so i don't think it is that causing the vibes, and the angle of the whole shaft itself is only 25 degrees or so, which seems well within the u joints range of operation. So i am hopeful the new flange and nut and it being properly tightened will take care of it.

ChefYota4x4

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You'll get er done QUICK, .....hoping to see pictures of what you're going to do.

Mark

lazlow

if you want some help wrenchin on it let me know

ChefYota4x4

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Watchin, and waitin, and hopin, and prayin, watching and hopin...that .....WAIT, that dang song was playing in the background, hahaha. Seriously, HAPPY FATHERS DAY, DEWIT! ...>Have a great one and can't wait to see you wrenchin away in some pics! hahaha

de6w6it

hey man, how ya been? i will def give ya a holler if/when i need a hand
whatever day that was i saw you, i was like o man, sweet big toy, and then was like wait, thats brian! ha not too often i see someone i know drivin around here, since i didn't grow up around these parts, most everyone else i know is by work or by where i grew up.

de6w6it

thanks man, yea, still waitin on the tcase output seal from marlin to show up, then it will be time to see if i can get rid of some vibes. i havent posted much progress because i have been focusing more on my mustang (switched to QQ plates, no more inspection and cheap insurance, but had to do some work gettin it ready for the show season ), since the runner is pretty well set until funds allow for the real rear suspension. but i will try and get some pics of the flange swap. how has the oil leak been treatin ya, i have to check back on your thread

ChefYota4x4

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"help wrenchin", ....SWEET! Lol. Yeah, think the leak is done with. Still have some idle issues but it's almost there! hahaha.

Ttysoon, Dewit,

Mark

de6w6it

hello everyone, slight update time. I got my new t-case output seal in, with the new flange and nut. I put a little grey rtv around the outer lip of the seal and at the end of the splines of the output. There is a tiny hint of a weep, but it seems to have sealed itself. There is still up and down play on the output tcase flange, I am assuming the bearing is going bad.
On the upside, I am going Saturday morning to pick up a beautiful new tailgate complete with glass and regulator, as opposed to my rusted so bad the window basically fell out and broke so I made a flip up plexi hack that will be removed. And....drumroll....
I am picking up a top shift gear drive tcase for my future duals!! And I am helping a buddy part out an '85 on Sunday, and will be snagging that one too. They are both in better shape than mine, and will get the adapter, assemble them together, and then pull mine which is going bad and stick the whole new assembly in. I will then use a cv joint from a front shaft and have local driveline guy build a new rear shaft, shorter, with a cv. rotate rear axle and done.
Coming Soon!

ChefYota4x4

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SWEEEEEEEET! Want pics, .....no, NEED PICS! hahaha.

Good to see you posting, Dewit!