Rattlewagon we knew not of each others builds. Man your rig is something else. I know NE winters and you wheeled it non stop. Sweet. Good luck on the SAS.

 

Small update. Took my new tires off the 8lug rims and on to some MT aluminum rims I traded some parts for a while back. Did them by hand with a budddy. The first tire took us over an hour to get mounted, the 4th tire we did in under 5 min. Legit, we timed it. We did all 4, but the other two are mounted on the back of the truck already!

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Should be able to get the truck in soon, then the fun updates will happen.

 

A real update!

Got the truck back in the shop with a little help from the excavator..



Then this happened...

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Woooooooot! HOW ARE U BUDDY?

 

looking good man! glad to see you back in the shop!! keep up the good work

 

and it starts. cant wait to see it in action.

 

Awesome! Its looking good man cant wait to see her new stance whens shes all said and done

 

Thanks guys! Heading back into the shop tonight to start cleaning up the frame rails and pulling whats left of the IFS apart.

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Got a bunch of diffs as parts and one of them came to me like this. The lid was sealed on but it had a small hole and filled with water.



In the bucket is a 4cly 4.10 diff with locker and a set of high steer arms.



We chipped it out then melted the ice away with a propane torch, We didnt end up using this one, It needed new bearings before, but it definitely needs a them now.

The diff work bench:



3 4cly 4.10s with lunch box lockers, 1 working, 1 with a broken center pin, 1 frozen in a bucket. 2 4cly 4.10 diffs welded, both have broken welds, 1 needs a pinion, 1 needs a ring gear. And 1 completely stock 4.10 open with a broken pinion.

Didnt really need that many, but the price was right. We replaced the center pin from broken lunch box with one from welded carrier. Now I have a working set of 4.10 diffs with lockers ready to go.

Then I pulled the leaf packs apart to set up my front leafs.



Got them in the orientation ill be running them in, but still need to cut them down. Planning on running a 7 leaf pack. 1st and 2nd are stock 88 rear leafs. 3rd and 4th will be 1st and 2nd from the 92 Downey pack. 5th is the 3rd from the 88, and 6th and 7th will be from the Downey pack. Ill get them cut and put together Monday after work.

 

gotta love great package deals like that!!

 

Some mock up pics.



Actual ride height will but about 3-4 inches taller. The axle isnt in the center of the wheel.





The axle is right under the lowest point of my oil pan.. So I might try to hunt down a t100 pan.

Well resume axle building next weekend

 

Wtf. The frozen diff is messed up. At least you know it didn't get any damage from moving around in bucket

 

Yeah. The joke was best pack job ever and that it had been red neck cryoed. Haha.

 

red neck cryeod..... LMAO

 

Drilled out the break holes to 1/2 " and made a 5th Stud.





Used a 1.5' X 1/2'' grade 8 bolt.



The nut is welded to the back of the knuckle. A lock washer will help the bolt not hang down so low, but there is plenty of clearance between the nut and the ball.

Hanger and shackle tubes all welded up.



Changed the leaf pack up a bit,
1st - 88 main leaf
2nd - 88 mil Wrap
3rd - 88 3rd
4th - 92 3rd with clamps
5th - 92 main cut to 24 with flipped around and re drilled
6th - 92 mil wrap cut to 17 flipped around and re drilled



Ground down my IFS hubs to fit the 97 taco rims. If I was running a steel rim, I could probably use the stock studs, but I need to get some longer to fit the MT aluminum rims.





Stock V6 Calipers ground out a bit to fit the taco rim, and I drilled out the bolt holes to 1/2".



And got a coat of paint on everything.



Merry christmas all

 

Looking good man! How much longer til its driving?

 

Woooooot! Congratz and nice work!

 

THanks Chef!

BC- We have a snow run on Jan 25th, so hope to have it done for that.

 

Well, probably wont be done for the 25th.. but Put the knuckles on and got the axles bolted to the leafs for some "ride height pics"









Measuring 25" to the bottom of frame just before skid plate. 21" to lowest point on the bud built, with a 126 wheel base. The tires and sas netted me about 6" of total lift.

Heres another installed 5th stud shot.



And got my motor mount plates and pass side frame plate cut. All were cut from the piece of 3/16 metal they are lying on.

 

My 21 year old stock pitman arm didnt want to come off.

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Aaaand I got my hands on some of these 30 spline bad boys and a set of creeper flanges.

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Passenger frame plate and motor mount burned in. When the shock mounts go on, they will brace to the motor mount too. I *may* have gotten a little torch happy in that area.



And drilled out the hubs for the creeper flange pins.



Going to try and knock out the steering box mount and drivers side frame plate this weekend.