miese

This post was started on another site but I wanted to let some other yota guys in on my fun.

So last summer I ran my 33’s and did nothing but break front axles and it really took the fun out of playing with my truck. This year I am going with an 85 solid axle running a high pinion land cruiser third and factory e-locker. Should be much better!

Got the plasma going and voila….pile of useless parts!


Gotta get the rest of the mounts out of the way


Nice clean frame!


Raise the drive line up 2 ½ inches to flatten out my belly.



Clean out the old crossmember to make way for the new one. 2x4x1/4 made from three pieces for easy trans service. Lower links for radius arm will start at the crossmember and run to the front diff. Gonna use coilovers to hold it all up.



Truck looks mean without the ifs junk!



Started getting the axle ready.



Made all the gussets need to weld it all up.




Parts just waiting to go together!



Axle upgrade….. Big Time!



More to come!

miese

so the front shaft doesnt have much flex .


For the work required and the cost involved, it was well worth it.

miese

I wanna keep it a little low so i need to c noth the frame.On the front (sounds weird)








Very excited to cut out original frame tonight!

miese

Some new pics of the old frame all gone and the diff trussed up!
Got a 2 wheel dr pan to give me more room. All the steering gonna fit up nice.

miese

I have been in the mock up and decision stage.



Looks as if I am going with a three link , with a panhard bar. Should work very nice. I have found that my frame is gonna be to close to my locker when I start to flex so I decided I am going to c-notch the frame. It is going to make the frame stronger at the front and give me the clearance I need. My hope is to keep the truck at a nice ride height and have lots of flex. My coils at this time will restrict me to 2.5 inches of up travel and 5.5 down.




Looks that my caster angle is gonna be just slightly positive which should be just fine.

TMZ

Have you thought about jigging the front housing to make sure it did not warp from all the welding on it. You do really nice work BTW.

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

Did you do that or have it done? What exactly did you do?

Looks nice and purty.

miese

First Thank you, and second it took a few hours to weld up, doing 1 to 2 inch passes on opossite sides. Lots of cooling cycles in between. Starting out with the 85 housing already trussed on the bottom makes it a little safer too.

dropzone

iTrader: (6)

x2..did you use 4crawler's write up?

miese

I did the driveshaft myself. It really wasnt all that bad to do.
once its apart the mods are easy. befor and after pics of all the stages.
strip and sandblast

remove the seal and grind off the stop ring

cut the stop off the bottom and remove excess off top of bearing

clearance for the grease fitting


Funny part, I have to cut it now to lengthen it, need about 5 inches so i am just gonna retube it and not change the slip joint. Gonna see how that works.

miese

I used a write up on 4x4wire. Just enough detail to get me goin.

86Toyrunna

sweet build up so far man, cant wait to see this all done... subscribed!

miese

Thought I would put up some pics of my crossmember and link setups. Still in the early stages.



Bungs for the johnny joints


Front lower links

bigt

YEAH MAN!!! i kinda wanted to post this up one here so the toyota dans could see it...

being on the heep site and all..

CANT WAIT TO SEE THIS BIA in PERSON WITH THE LINKS...

your drive shaft mod with pics is totally boss hog

agusgus3

Sweet going build man. Hopefully we can help each other on this 3 Link, I'm doing one as well. Have you considered going to a 4 link radius arm setup like that found on jeeps?

miese

I did consider going with a radius arm setup, but after cuttin it all out and sitting back for a good look I decided a 3rd link would be better for me. I think with the radius arm set I will be restricted on placement of my coil over.
Plus who does a radius arm "heeps", The YOTA needs to be different.

agusgus3

are you going to put the upper link mount on the frame rail or on the cross member your making?

scuba

Subscribed...

Lookin Badass so far !!

miese

The upper link is on the crossmember so that the three links will be the same length. Unequal lengths makes for some difficult geometry. Using 2 holes on each mount for adjustability.

Hopefully I will post a few pics tonite.

miese

So got the links and crossmember done.



Third link and coilovers are next. Engine and trans lift into the body went nicely as did the frame.

Was happy with the space and clearance gained for up travel.
Third link gonna fit right up in the frame and clear the oil pan and engine mount thanks to a pair of brackets Stangs fab added to the build.

Thinking a 36 or a 38 tsl for her to ride up on.