Ok, so I am not the brightest (and a little drunk at the moment so I am going to admit this) but I almost burnt my runner to the ground doing my suspension.... lol. I thought that the factory shocks were gas and I decided to just cut them off with an acetylene torch..... NOT A GOOD IDEA! They are oil based shocks....... the oil ruptured through the top seal and atomized.... which resulted in a MASSIVE fire ball under the runner, with me under it as well..... long and fairly retardo story short.... house/garage OK, 4Runner OK, my pride CRUSHED! I guess you live and learn. lol

 

They are actually oil filled and nitrogen charged if stock. I am curious though, as the shaft is on the upper end. Did you cut it off the axle down low or what?

 

Nope, I was cutting just below the upper mount (so I could just pop the nut and remaining shaft through the top of the mount). The shaft itself heated up so much that it melted the seal around it and all of the pressure released out the top. Causing the massive fire ball. lol, It really was an eye opening/damn near pooping my pants experience.

 

So, I picked up the rear axle yesterday. We got all the cutting and grinding done on the rear today as well as finally getting the FROR crossmember welded into place. I used some different mounts mainly because of space and to give me just a little more clearance for the exhaust to run above it instead of below it. So, I used the end of one of the lower control arms to mount the crossmember. This should also help isolate any vibes as well.

Specs on the axle. This is a Diamond full floater with 9.5" Land Cruiser 3rd. 64.5" WMS to WMS. I will be using solid axle hubs/rotor assembly and brakes.

 

pretty sure i just had an accident in my pants...

that thing is GORGEOUS!!!

 

I was going to say something similar, but this pretty much sums it up... *DROOL*

 

Every time I see this thread I get excited. I always hope for pictures of the new awesomeness. The only time I get disappointed is when there are only letters and no pictures. Great work Scotty.

 

will there be additional bracing on the FROR style crossmember or just what is pictured along the bottom?


as always the quality of your work is like artwork

 

Mocking up the rear now.

 

I might add a couple of triangles down to the tubing from the side later on. As of now though, I'm not planning on anything else.

Brian's in his Ftoy uses the same damn thing, and its be thoroughly abused.

 

Now that's quality. Love those axles.

 

In all honesty, pics do NOT do it justice.

I don't understand why most guys who do a SAS on their Tacoma based chassis use a D44. While the axle itself up front is cheaper, the overall cost is way more to build it than a similarly built Diamond axle. And the Diamond is STRONGER!

Especially the way mine are setup with the Land Cruiser 3rds.

 

hope I didn't come across as a dick, just thought the other FROR mounts had the angled braces on it.you build some of the best stuff on this forum and others...

 

Not at all. After reading mine again, I think I may have come off that way though. Sorry.

 

GROUP HUG

 

Rear crossmember is built and welded in place. I still need to add a couple gussets to the upper link mounts, but its close. This is a non-removeable crossmember since it needs to handle a lot of load on it.

 

serious chunk of steel going under there

...Glad to see you don't discriminate...I see a five lug wonder in the background

 

Yeah. Its getting an axle swap to Waggie axles and SOA done on it. We also just finished a full family cage on it as well.

 

Somebody has got to teach you how to weld.

 

Amazing!