I had a shop weld the hanger for me...that's one piece you want to make sure it's straight.

 

yeah jeremy's (NCSU4runner) welding instructor hopefully will be able to do it its at the local community college and the guy is all certified so ill see if that guy can do it i deffinetly don't want those welds breaking. Just in case this guy can't how would do you think it would be have a shop weld it??

 

I had a shop weld the front hanger for me. That's one piece you want to make sure it's straight. I did it while driving around with IFS.

 

do you remember how much they did it for?

 

looking nice..keep up the good work

 

I would use any 220V machine...at least a 175/180 to insure good heat and penetration. You can line it up yourself with some welding 90 degree magnets, some C clamps and a level. Just make sure to thoroughly clean and prep the metal you are welding, i.e., remove the paint, rust, etc and then wipe it down. You want good, strong, junk and booger free welds.
Install instructions are on my website for the kit your ordered.

If you have any questions, just email or call.

 

here are some tips for you as I go thru and do mine:
If using a sawzall, buy plenty of blades. And buy the long ones too.
Loosen the torsion bar as much as you possibly can, THEN unbolt it from the upper a-arm. THEN you can remove the 3 bolts holding the A-arm down, and pop it off. As for the lowers....F' 'em.....cut 'em the hell off.

 

hey thanks for the help guys

Jeremy and i shouldn't have a problem cuttin off the IFS two grinders and 4 cutting wheels will take that IFS to the place it should be...the trash hahaha ill post pics on Tuesday when i get the axle all put together and those coils come in on wednesday so its all comin together just have to get that hanger welded.

Can't wait to take all my anger out on that IFS hahahaha

 

don't be too confident on the cutting wheels dude....the steel Toyota used will chew and shred those things pretty quick. Trust me when I say a sawzall would help a LOT

 

well after some tool searching i looked at my huge air compressor i have and said hmm i wonder if they make an air sawzall...low and behold they do. The 12 volt sawzall does 2500 SPM and the air sawzall does 10,000 SPM and the air sawzall is only 40 bucks more then the 12 volt sooo i should be able to cut through that with ease....hopefully

 

so long as you spend the money on good blades (name brand).....but they're relatively cheap anyways.

 

well my SAS kit arrived about 30 min ago and holy ▓▓▓▓▓ thats a lot of parts i mean this kit really does have everything you need besides the axle and a welder haha. Im gonna get the whole axle prepped by today and ill get some pictures of that anyway heres the kit:






i know we've seen this posted a billion times but its just nice to see it in my thread finally haha

 

things you can do before the swap:

Get a 1 3/4" hole saw for the shackle sleeves, cut the frame using the jig.

weld the front spring hanger on (3/4" forward if you have a 3.slow)

Weld the bump stops onto the u bolt flip plate (and then paint)

I'd also paint most of the shock hoop too, aside from the portion to be welded and the supports. And paint the steering arms too.

 

Nice to get presents in July aint it?

Get it all?

 

wabbit: hells yeah i got all of it its freakin awesome man

chimmike: yeah im getting my hanger welded already and the whole plasma cut at the same time then hopefully sunday night into monday she'll be done cuz i have off of work

 

here's a tip for ya too.....after you cut most of the main metal off, if you're really good with the cutting wheel, cut just along side the welded portion of the brackets. That will knock off most of the metal and leave you very little to grind down, mainly the weld. Make sure you don't cut into the frame though! Or if you do, throw some weld into it.

 

hey thanks for the tip i appreciate it

ill post more pics once the axle is done

 

well i got one knuckle on ready to go didn't take very long but its exciting knowing that this is all gonna come together soon and be on my truck well anyway here are some pics:

heres the knuckle bearing race that is 23 years old replacing all of them the new one is on the left.






im just takin a break ill be installing the second knuckle very shortly and have pics of the whole axle rebuilt.

 

cool deal

One thing I noticed is all the bearing races in my knuckes were pristine, no scratches, dings, etc., even the bearings were still decent.

I should be doing the same thing tonight myself, and trying to hang the axle if I can get some manpower to help move the fckin thing haha.

 

hahaha yeah that thing is heavier then crap with everything on it hahaha the hanger and holes should be cut by the end of this week im hoping to do the SAS on monday or sometime next week.