I am going to ask what may seem like a stupide question,call me green I guess.
I did a search and have not yet found the information I am looking for.
I have a 1989 4runner in excellant shape that I want to sas.
I have a 1985 4x4 truck,solid axle with lift,all parts in excellant condition.
My question is,has anyone ever swapped to a stock set up,hangers and such.I don't want the extra x-member under the front,I want the wheels in the center of the wheel opening.Basically I want it to look like it was a stock solid axle rig before I started.Has anyone ever done this?
And I appologise in advance if this is elsewhere on the forum,I cannot find it.

 

Any thoughts or opinions?
Good or bad?

 

do a body swap the cab mount are the same and the rears will need tweaking. it can be donre i did it when i was 19 in 3 days

 

SAS the easy way. Thats what Im waiting around for. finding a junk 85 and just swapp the cabs

 

The 85 is an extra cab short box truck.
Rear half of the frame is in less then favorable condition.
What is the difference between the steering boxes?

 

A guy in one of our local offraod forums used the front frame section from an 85 under his 91ish truck,made a nice job of it.
I am not overly eager about chopping my nice rust free frame that way.

 

85 uses push/pull steering where as the sas will use high-steer.. you can do the 3" lift (which is required for high-steer) and keep it as low as possible.

 

What is the benifet of the high steer over the push/pull/draglink setup.
I notice from reading here pretty well anyone that does the sas goes hig steer,I asume mostly to move the tie rod out of harms way?

 

yeah it moves everything out of the way and if your doing a SAS you already have the proper steering box. the push/pull was not as strong as far as i know.

 

I was wondering if there was a reason that push/pull set up had a flaw.
I am a heavy truck mechanic and thats all they all still use,with the exception of the few with rack and pinion,terrible pos that it is.
The push/pull/draglink set up has always worked quite well on those.I actually drug the 85 home last night and had a look at the drag link on it.
Different set up thats for sure.