Wheres all the pics????

Also what kit are you using?

 

Hmm. Yeah, I had to think about that one for a second.

No pics. Nobody came over so it was just me, myself, and I, and I wasn't up for the stopping, washing up, snapping pic, back to work business.

Using Trailgear stuff.

 

Let me know how you like it! I think im planning on going the TG route!

Oh, one of these days ill be able to sas mine.

And isn't the rule, You have to stop and document your build???
I think everybody would love to see some pics too!

(BTW, what happened to everybody who said they would be there? lol. )

 

Dude! I just spotted the update to this thread right now! That sucks - I wanted to get in on that process. Sorry man.

You still need help drinking all the brews?

 

Nah! I'm good.

 

BTW 904 runner check out Elvota's threads on his build. I think he has exactly what you are looking at with yours.

 

Yup i wouldn't mind making mine look like his!

Im just debating between brands for the sas kit, and i have been for awhile, and i probably will debate until i actually order a kit.

with your 4runner, what amount of lift are you looking for?

 

He has Trail Gear 4" fronts and 5" rear but we are going to do a custom install. His truck will be like all the other AZ trucks with the Daystar Competition stops reversed to the flip plate and we are going to do something completely new to the rear.

In the end it will be the same as all the rest I did.

 

Yep. What he said. Size wise it should be about like this.


And just for 904 runner, one of Elvota all twisted up.

 

I might as well drive out to arizona tomorrow

then i can see these rigs in person! lol

Well last time i was there, i saw elvolta's from the other side of the freeway, but that doesn't count!

 

OK. Looking for tips on removing the Pitman arm. I already broke Autozones puller.

 

Puller from OTC or you need to get a junk yard box where you can get the arm off.

I have had some boxes where I had to use the 20 ton press to get the arm free. Obviously pull the box and 20 ton press it.

If you get one from a yard, go for 89-95 as it is a bigger box. Steering shaft will have to be modified but that is not hard.

See why making it "my" problem is much easier. For you, not me.

 

Thanks Steve. OTC makes several. Do you mean the conical one?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OTC-7...spagenameZWDVW

Pitman Arm Puller OTC7311

Also keep in mind we really need to get this through my place before Jan 1 or it will wind up on the back burner during the busy time.

So don't loose the eye of the tiger. Get the thing movable and bring it back. It's a lot of work, I know. A 3rd Gen 4Runner is 100X more.

 

Just brainstorming.... but what about an angle grinder to the body of the current arm? Might cut a few deep slots and help relieve the pressure. Would be difficult not to go all the way down to the splines... but if you are looking at getting a new box anyway you don't have much to loose.

 

All scrubbed up and ready for surgery


Last shot of this stuff


A good view of how Steve welded up the hanger ahead of time so that I might start in at my convenience


Something is missing




From the front


Starting to get cleaner

 

And what's left of the Downey truss as well as the OEM front crossmember.

 

If anyone ever asks if you wheeled your 4Runner before the SAS...



... that picture is worth a thousand words.

 

Nice - I need to wheel mine with IFS a little longer until I break somethin, before I can justify spending the $ going the same route. But I have no doubts it will happen eventually, the more I see this being done the more I wanna be SAS myself

I purchased that Downey IFS truss then regretted that decision 2 months later when I went to install it and it was 1/2" or more to long. Removing my Diff Drop and going for the Sonoran Steel one once I've put some new tires on the old girl.

 

When I did my SAS I had to use the puller to put as much tension as you can on the pitman and give it some healthy whacks with a sledge on the arm. It popped right off after about five whacks.