You might remember the webcam I ran when I did my axle swap. Since then, the 2,300 or so photos from the cam have been sitting here gathering dust, waiting on inspiration to strike. It finally did.

So, here's a ten minute video of the complete swap, from dismantling/cutting the IFS, to rolling it out for the final time. It's not exactly a tech or "how to" video because the quality is just not there, but I thought that some might enjoy watching an overview of the process.

All three of the videos are the same, just higher quality as you head down the list. You decide which one suits your bandwidth.

http://winisp.net/watrd/video/WATRDSwapLoRes.wmv - 5Mb

http://winisp.net/watrd/video/WATRDSwapMedLoRes.wmv - 24 Mb

http://winisp.net/watrd/video/WATRDSwapMedHiRes.wmv - 71 Mb

 

Nice!


Thanks Rob!

 

ooh... cool, something to look at later!

 

okay, at frame 723... Is that a 17mm wrench you have in your hand? I don't have one handy, can I just Dremel out a 16mm and call it good?

 

hahahhahahhahahahhah You wouldn't even joke like that you if you saw the pile of "how to" mail I sift through each week I should start saving any question that makes me want to mail back with "Here's your sign!" ehhehehe I am too nice some times...

 

How do you do the frame end cap mod again?

I'm glad you're too nice sometimes!

 

hahahhahah No worries, it's the "I have never been off road, but I NEED a solid axle," or "I need more power but only have $11." or "My dad won't let me lift the truck, can I do it without him noticing?" or "Can I use beer cans as a body lift?" questions that have me shaking my head I always have time to chat about real tech with someone who knows which end of the wrench to pound with

 

Now which end of the wrench do you pound with?

Nice movie! That all butt frame is still the funniest...

 

silence is golden.........

It woulda been cool with moosic

 

Welcome to the club

 

darn it Rob that makes me want to do it to mine so bad, one quick question, what did it cost ya to get the 44 narrowed? thanks in advance!

 

You can expect to pay anywhere from 200-250 to have the housing narrowed..

 

It's a Waggy axle, so there was no narrowing required. It's almost exactly a perfect fit for the Tacoma's, just a fraction of an inch wider than stock

It sort of fell into my lap. An Arizona TTORA member bought it, planning to put it in his rig. Then his employer moved him to Washington and he needed to sell the axle to make back some moving expenses. So I got a great deal on a non-vacuum operated, rust free axle. Since I was kind of tentatively planning to do the swap at that point, that pushed the decision over the edge and the kicked the project into high gear

 

Yeah, I imagine you get the same kind of mails. Most of the time I enjoy the correspondence, since any excuse to chat about trucks/wheeling is a good excuse. It's an honor to get to help people make important decisions about something as important as their rides. But I never know how to respond to the "I have never welded before, but I want to bob my bed, can I use duct tape?" kind of mails :pat:

 

Send 'em to me! I LOVE answering those folks! 'specially when I'm "in a mood".

heh.

 

Oh ya, I get them alot, but I am more causious about what I give out these days since I have certain ways/things I have learned that only I do.... But for the most part I don't mind....

 

Awesome video, especially when you play the maiden voyage one right after.

 

Cool idea! I hadn't thought of doing that...

 

Oh where's the maiden voyage footage?

 

Peter, Peter, Peter... you should know better!

using... (wait for it, you know it's coming...) SEARCH with "sas maiden voyage" as the arguments, I found this thread:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...195#post215195

which states that the pics and such are over here:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...threadid=23037