I like this idea. I like the idea of the ORS solution, but I don't have the tools/skill/friends to do the press work.

Bill

 

Bill and I have got to be your best customers.

 

There are 4 junk yards within a 2 hundred mile radius of me and I have been to them and between them they have 3 toyotas and none that are even close in the years that I need.......

oh well..

 

These guys have all the parts in stock for this conversion and their prices are awesome. I'm not going to tell you what they quoted me for all the stuff, but it's REALLY inexpensive. They are a local company to me. They have over 60 acres of cars in 5 locations.

Give 'em a call.
G

 

I can certainly understand how Schaefer would want to look at this from a monatary position....if there was a business being built and pushed. And if that is the case, I think some kits should be thrown together and sold as kits. I noticed that ORS doesn't really advertise what they use in their hub conversion package. Rather, if you know them, and press them, they will spill the beans. However, as most kits are desigend, they are just that, kits to be bolted on by the average mechanic. I think most of us here are more than average mechanics, and therefore want to know the nuts and bolts that make these kits so we can build it oursevles(saves money), or better yet, improve upon it.

I share what I have learned so others can learn, and do not repeat the same mistakes I did. If I can make it easier for the next guy, I'm happy to have helped them out. Plus, if they have done it easier, due to my lack of understanding or I just plain missed something, I can learn from them. I do it for the love of wheeling. I figured I got myself into this money hole (a rather fun hole at that) then, why not share the joy. Therefore, I say let the knowledge flow from one brain sponge to another.

 

I just wish there were more folks down in this part of the woods that were close by that were more interested in Toyotas than Jeeps. It seems that the wealth on knowledge concerning the yotas is out west where you guys are. So you guys are safe for now...

 

I never hear the end of it, Im in Search and Rescue 4x4 Unit, and 99.9% of the crew is Jeepers... Im the lone Yota... and man do I get razzed... and I thought Mall Crawler jokes were bad... not to mention them always saying "Ya know, I know of this jeep for sale that would be good for you..."

Ugh...

 

Hmmm, interesting thread.

 

Sweet, thanks--they're just down the road!

 

YW

G

 

Steve, I'd be willing to spend $700 for your "intellectual property" but I would want to see pics of the stuff first. kind of goes without saying. it's like those people who sell the cold air intake (simple rad shack resistor) on ebay, no pics. not going to "steal" your idea, just gives a warm fuzzy to see what you are paying for.

Speaking of helping out (like you said before that Galen deserves credit for the bumps) what about my testing of YOUR panhard drop? I never got credit for that, and you even used my test pics on your site. :cry:

 

Looks like an interesting mod. Is there any more maintenance required by switching to manual hubs?
Do the hubs need to be repacked every so often? (the standard 3rd gen hubs are sealed/maintenance free as far as I know).
Will the manual hubs need to be rebuilt ever?
Just wondering, never had manual hubs on my trucks, but definately thinking about it now.

 

There may be slightly more maintenance due to the fact that you have moving parts as opposed to a nut and cotter pin. Manual hubs require minimal grease, just a light film on the inner parts, because if you put too much grease in them they may stick locked all the time or may not lock at all, and as long as you have good seals, they are pretty much maintenance free

 

No to all. Only reason to even take the hubs off would be to remove the axle shaft.

It's not like a 79-85 streight axle or the 86-95 IFS. It's still all sealed and maintenece free.

 

You helped test the PanHard. Yes you did. You get credit.

I am not going to sell Hub Kits. So the party is over.

 

now I feel like the horse pulling a wagon and an apple being dangled in front. I guess I'll never get that apple. thanks.

 

Put it together your self you big cry baby. At 700 I would make 100, and that is assumeing all the nuts bolts, etc were there, If the junk yard lost all the cone washers, I would make zero.

It just does not make sence. No profit.

 

$725 then

 

Nope. Too much variance on what you will get from the junk yard.

 

I know Steve!!!

Make a Kit that takes any late model Tacoma 6" lift and retrofit it to fit 4runners...

As far as I know, and Im not sure... but I think all we need to do is do a leafspring conversion right?

Just a thought... I'd be all for it =)