I have an 88 pickup, 2wd, carbureted. I am hoping someone can tell me the important differences between my pickup and a 1-ton because I would like to, eventually, upgrade to 1-ton in all the important ways.

So far, I have changed to the 8-inch rear end (4.10:1), which means that I also have the drum brakes that are standard on a 1-ton. The leaf springs are rebuilt and re-arched using a 1-ton main leaf.
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Shocks are KYB gas heavy duty (not off-road) all the way around.

Front torsion bars are new heavy duty units.

All else is original.

If you have any recommendations, please chime in.
​​​​​​Thanks in advance
Mike

 

Bigger brakes, higher gears, and thicker axles. When we did a few of the RV recalls where the RV company was defunct Toyota would ship a entire 1ton axle assy with diff. Also a full set of rims. The thicker axles were essential, this was the most common failure on the RV units.
im sure there’s more, Maybe U-joints?

 

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