widening a 79-85 toyota SFA without wheel spacers
08-30-2014, 12:59 PM
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So I'm working on doing this now. Using 97 tacoma rotors and I'm slightly confused on part of this. So using tacoma rotors are they supposed to slide over the front of the hubs or do they need to be drilled and bolted to the backside of the hubs? I really don't want to do this twice if I do it wrong the first time.
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08-31-2014, 02:28 PM
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They slide over the ifs wheel hub, but first you have to grind some material off to make the overall diameter small enough for the taco rotors to slide over. If you look at rattlewagon's post on the previous page (post#71 the third picture down) you can see the comparison, the hub on the left is stock and the hub on the right has been ground down. Hope this helps!
01-15-2015, 08:58 PM
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03-08-2015, 07:59 PM
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The stock IFS rotors dont line line up with the new caliper position. You can use either FJ40 rotors or Tacoma Rotors.
Heres my setup with IFS hubs and Calipers, 97 Tacoma rotors with that slip on after the hub is ground down a bit. Drilled out the break holes to a half inch. Bought some washers and with just a tad bit of grinding they aligned everything up perfectly.
You can either use your entire solid front axle lock out hubs, our you need to get the special conversion gear to make IFS hubs work on a Solid Axle. You have to grind down the gear a bit to make it work in the IFS hubs. I think you can still get the conversion gears through daves off road.
Heres my setup with IFS hubs and Calipers, 97 Tacoma rotors with that slip on after the hub is ground down a bit. Drilled out the break holes to a half inch. Bought some washers and with just a tad bit of grinding they aligned everything up perfectly.
You can either use your entire solid front axle lock out hubs, our you need to get the special conversion gear to make IFS hubs work on a Solid Axle. You have to grind down the gear a bit to make it work in the IFS hubs. I think you can still get the conversion gears through daves off road.
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03-09-2015, 07:15 PM
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the brake caliper needed to be shimmed from the hub ears this is so that it is more center with the rotor.
The mounting nut and bolts for the caliper, I felt safer mounting the bolt inside to out. The nut is on the outside instead of how "rattlewagon" has it pictured. This way if the nut comes off, at least your brake caliper will still be on, as it needs to be removed with the rotor at the same time. If that makes sense.
The mounting nut and bolts for the caliper, I felt safer mounting the bolt inside to out. The nut is on the outside instead of how "rattlewagon" has it pictured. This way if the nut comes off, at least your brake caliper will still be on, as it needs to be removed with the rotor at the same time. If that makes sense.
03-10-2015, 07:41 AM
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^ I like that. That nut is kinda a pita to get on there too. I think ill switch em around next time in in there! Thanks!
I shimmed it with hardened steel washers.
I shimmed it with hardened steel washers.
12-07-2015, 05:25 AM
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I'm about to do it to an 88ifs for an 83 Solid Axle. I planned on making a YouTube video and linking back to this thread. I"m using fj rotors and IFS hub and caliper.
Well update later on
Well update later on
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02-23-2016, 04:38 PM
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Shimming?
found here from rattlewagons build thread
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f199...3/index17.html
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f199...3/index17.html
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