JShaffer0525,
that diff armor is from Marlin's it's 1/4" thick and shaved drain plug with a 1/4"plating over the bottom, my rear armor is a weld on pipe cap .375 thick and I will be plating and shaving it as well...dont like rock damage!
front drive shaft is a CV with .120 tube
There is nothing more that I can do to the front diff other then ARP hub studs and drilling for extra pins and Long's 5th studs to the arms and all of that is on my list then I am on to the rear, full float, pins and ARP studs...

Tring to build bomb proof Toyota axles

 

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Looking good man. Just skimmed over all 13 pages.

 

looks great, wish mine looked like yours

 

Well, start by putting your truck in a barn. Then set the barn on fire...

 

Bwahahahahahaha!!!

 

lmfao!

 

Results may vary..lol

 

Do not try this at home...

 

Yeah, I forgot to mention that it is preferable to use someone else's barn!

 

you working on the rig this weekend??? might be able to help on saturday!!

 

Hit me up! I'm hoping to get my hanger done and on, and the axle together on sat.

 

sounds good, I will give you a call on saturday.

 

lol ive been following this thread for a while, lol that comment was quite funny but just wrong at the same time hahaha. but wow i cant beleive how far the 4runner has come, you did a great job man. just looking at the pics on page one you'd never think it would have tunred out like it did, that just takes pure motivation, insight and some mad yota skills. but anyway great job man.

 

You can't kill a Toyota.

 

Well, I left my phone at home and missed Cougar's call (sorry), but I did get my front hanger done today.





These aren't actually the finished product pics. The longer angle is left open, but the front is now closed in with 1/4" plate. I used 3.5"x3.5"x 1/4" tubing for the ends, and cut a 10" section at a 45 degree angle in the middle. I drilled the holes just a bit forward and below center. The cross member is 2x3x1/4" tubing. It is a bit heavier than the TrailGear one that I got with the IFS eliminator kit, but it is WAY stronger, and provides front impact protection for the spring, and more importantly the mounting bolt. The nut for the bolt is welded in to the hanger ends and the cross member, and is covered with 1 1/2"x 1 1/2"x 1/4" tubing that we made some gussets out of.

 

Awesome! Looks very stout MC.

Did you hear the 4WP guys are heading up Beasore tomorrow? I would be tagging along, but instead I get to work... Anyhow, I'm thinking of playing in the snow Wednesday or Thursday. Will you be free?

 

Yeah, the Daves and I are heading up a little later to play. You working weekends kinda sucks. Me working weekdays kinda sucks for wheeling with you!

 

Yeah, tell me about it...

I think I'll just get some street tires for my rig, as it seems to be morphing into a pavement pounder. I wonder if I can still curb crawl on 235's??

 

haha thts funny, we dont have barns around here though.

ur hanger looks great. u give the sixe of the metal but would u possibly have the length and other dimensions. i wanna SAS mine but if i can i wont to make my hanger i just dont know the specs.

 

Twisted: Yeah, I'll try to remember to measure it tomorrow. I think the crossmember was about 27" long.

Dbcfr, Datsayota and I went to play in the cold white stuff today. It was sort of a shakedown run for Dbcfr's SAS and Datsayota's new bracket lift, as well as what I hope is a final farewell for my IFS. Not much to talk about. We had a good time. Nothing broke. There was a little tugging for just about everyone. I need to finish my OBA. The parts are there, the time is not. Pics (many courtesy of Mrs Datsayota):















For the record, HE is stuck. I am pulling him out.


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