so im finally doing my SAS but not because i want too or have the time too, darn neighbors turned me in to the county for an inoperable vehicle cuz i cut the IFS out a couple months ago, so now i have to do it or i get fined 250 a day for it sitting.....kinda rediculous and i made this thread when i was planing on a V8...tried to change the title but ANYWAYS on to the good stuff!!

 

on to the pics!

wheels off


most of the steering unbolted and upper balljoints unbolted



everything off



sold all this stuff for 400 bucks


fast forward about 6 months n i finally got everything off n cleaned, found it a TON cleaner to use a grinder with about 10 cutoff wheels to get off all the brackets, did one side with a torch n other with the grinder...had to go back to the torch side anyway n grind it all off..



Made a plate to strengthen up the front Xmember a lil


Spring hanger tacked n place about 3/4-1" forward, have since made some corner gussets for the back and got the side gussets n the mail n welded it all on



how it sits now without any shackles

Ran out of gas for the torch, sits crazy high especially without any shackles but i still have to pull the axle again anyways and get rid of the retarded 1" blocks and pull the overload and maybe a main, and gusset it and all that pretty stuff, ill have an update for when i do all that....but hopefully good enuf for the county man, lemme know what yall think

 

I think you should get rid of the body lift.
Other then that, looks good.

 

nice truck but i agree with scuba lose the body lift

 

haha i kno its a bit much, but if i do go V8 i might need it...i dunno we'll see, good suggestion, i hate how it looks up front with the BL and radiator sticken out

 

i think after i get the axle all purdied up im gonna pull the bl, do a RUF swap n some ford springs out back, and make a square tube DS n wheel it like it is im gettin that itch again...

 

allright finally got my arse in gear and got going on my SAS, i pulled the axle back out for a rebuild (PITA!!) it fought me tooth and nail, the trunion bearings were seazed onto the lower knuckle caps, after about 2 days screwin with trying to get em off i just ordered new ones, also ordered steering box relocation kit and knuckle rebuild kit from wabfab..went to 3 different pick n pulls to find some toy rears for a RUF but alas all the toys were STRIPPED so i started measureing and found the nissan rears are the same so i got me some for about 30 bucks...on to the pics

trunion races out



axle all gusseted..will add armor later


knuckles all rebuilt (good god PITA!!) and 3rd in


axles in and hubs on, martacked my axles cuz the clips i ordered from wabfab were HUGE?? im sure itll be better in the long run anyways


my nissan leafs main and secondary from nissan and lower 2 from stock toy front..


axle all mocked in place


front shot..still gotta put the 3/8's plate on the drivers side


pass side


5-30-11 update

well got most of my list done, finished the shock mounts, pulled my axle again to paint and remove my stupid shims and to put in round u bolts instead of the square ones, i think they'll work nicely per 4crawlers lil notch trick, put everyting back together using the stock SFA calipers and rotors, moved my steering box forward enough to cut into my body mount, extended my steering wich was easy, another 4crawler trick by melting the plastic rivit deals and extending it..only thing left is a D-shaft and better shocks but enough blabbering on to the pics!

steering box plates mocked


and another


all weldered up




shock mounts in


reason for removing my shims and going to round u bolts and yes they were tight


well it got late and i just finished er all up and took some pics



took her for a drive, man it feels good to drive it again..i cant wait for a D-shaft and to go wheeling again...

UPDATE 6/1/11

got to take her out on a lil shakedown run, drove it to and from the wheeling spot 50+ and no death wobble or anything! im stoked its still streetable, do need to improve on the brakes a tad and im gonna have to ditch the nissan springs,annnnd my steering wheel is off one full turn lol...anyways on to the pics!

lil bit of flex


i like the droop, and the brake lines are about at their maximum lol


another poser shot in a different place


uptravel sucks..figured out why ill show you soon..


shocks and brake line maxed


shock hoops all did



heres why i need to ditch the nissans...the nissan leafs are pretty darn thin, and they dont have a military wrapped second leaf..and the stock toys i used are pretty beefy..and well when its at full stuff the thin leaves are being put in a double S curving around the stock toys...and there not even flat...sooo F-150's for the rear and my toy rears up front later on...lol

 

updated with more pics and finished product for now.

 

Cool! I bet its a work out getting in there, eh?

 

u kno it

 

Looks good, all you guys doing SAS got me thinking - I just don't think I'm knowledgeable enough yet!

 

haha yeah its better either have some friends with knowledge or learn it...reading enough of these and ull get it...1 thing ide have to say is gather ALL ur parts first..before you go ahead and torch off the IFS..i was thinking i could use my IFS lift sale money to fund the SAS....wrong lol

 

updated with some shakedown pics..forgot my tape so D-shaft and bumpstop measurements were a bust lol but had a ton of fun...even in 2wd

 

It looks really good man! Nice job! Im gonna reference ur pics when helping my friend do his SAS. Ive been telling him to come to yotatech to have a better idea but he wont lol. He got the kit from trailgear with all the springs and mounts and everything he needs. Even has detailed instructions. So thats helps lol.

Good luck and keep posting pics! I cant wait to do this one day! No hardcore wheelin til u have a SFA! IFS is still fun tho

 

haha yeah i definatly wish i rocked my IFS for longer before i decided to SAS...i did it the slow and stupid way by cuting it off and then buying everything piece by piece...

 

thanks, the pics help some, now time to go read some more!

 

if you need any specifics lemme kno ill take som pics

 

added 51" rears off a 89+ toyota mucho bueno, better shackle angle too

 

Why is there a big gaping hole around your shackle tube or is that just the shadow cast by the body mount?

:wabbit2:

 

lol... shadow! that would be kinda scary if somone just cut holes and put the tube in lmao