Thanks Mikey....not until you get back from Baja eh...I know where you live fool

Hopefully people can see the axle through all of your junk

 

Marc you need to take it back apart and put that locker in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks good so far.

I am still banging my head about a lunch box locker or a selectable. The newer Powertrax no slip sounds a little better for a daily driver than the lockrite.

 

Did some painting today....





Got the springs cleaned up..just need to paint them

 

I am doing very well on the cost of my SAS

So far-
axle $250
hysteer and hanger kit $475.
ring and pinion/master install kit $230.
wheel spacers $65.
knuckle rebuild kit w/wheel bearings $145.
rotors $50.
locrite locker $115.
springs (pick-a-part) $35.
shocks (stock F350 rears) $free
brake lines $55.
U-bolt flip kit $50.

 

Mark, personally, I'd strip off that paint where the spacer mates up. The tire stays attached to the hub mostly from the clamping force of the bolts, not shear on the bolts. Having paint on the mating surfaces will reduce the friction force.

Also, as you know, spacers are notorious for breaking off the studs. Again, this is because the clamping force reduces for various reasons leaving the studs to be in shear and eventually breaking off. The paint will eventually wear thinner or compress slightly leaving less clamping force. I made sure mine were clean and bare metal.

 

It is a single coat of flat black...do you think it will make any difference?

 

Why aren't you doing the ifs hubs and vented rotors?! Loven the progress.

 

Yes I do. My opinion on this is that there should be nothing on the surface. I even degreased it.

Oh, and this weekend we discovered one of the old bolts holding on the ifs calipers was too long. Took me a couple minutes to realize why my rotor wasn't turning, turns out one of the bolts was digging into it. The reason was that I had lost the original lock washer and just used a different one. The new lock washer was a hair thinner and let the bolt hit the rotor. I shaved all the bolts about 1/8" because I didn't want them to be that close to the rotor.

 

Thanks for the tip about the paint...it will come off this weekend.

 

ha ha i'm back from mexico so now i can continue to completely mess up marcs axle!!!!!

 

Yea Mikey...glad you made it home.

Last night I finished my springs..I took the stock overload off and replaced it with a smaller leaf from my YJ pack..hopefully it will work well when installed next week.

Before


After

 

Looking Awesome Marc, I like the gold touches throughout. You're like the Midas of yotatech.

 

this is what i was doing

 

I see he isn't giving me credit where credit is due.
When he was talking about rebuilding his axle, I asked what color he was gonna paint it. He said "Flat Black" I said bor-ring
I told him since we always give him crap about his paint job and call it gold member, he should just embrace it and paint some parts on the axle gold.
He was like "What!??! I don't know, maybe"

Now look at him, High Steer/Hubs all Bling-Bling.

 

/rant on/
awesome stuff. i've so had it with IFS lately it's just crazy. i limped down the mountain in lo-2 the other day, IFS clanking like crazy. it's a friggin' liability.

/rant off/

 

Dont try to take credit for the gold Rob

I am itching to get that ifs off!!! Looking at Robinhoods and 4runnerkids makes me nuts.......I want this done

 

Oh settle down! We will take your new junk out and break it soon enough.

Just kidding. Hell I am anxious to see how it turns out and see it ramped up on some crazyness. I am not so anxious however to get smoked by that stink bug out on the trails though!

More pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Hey Marc, you might want to keep it open for a while up front. Ask 4runner Kid. He said bye bye to two birfs. OUCH!

 

Marc said that since his baby is due right around the time that the Big Bear trip is coming up, he'll let me take it on the trip just to get it in the movie.

One major liability is the fact that it might not have a front drive shaft by then, so just locked 2wd.

 

right you are.

you'll be fine open. as kickass as the front locker is, i kinda wish i would have waited for upgraded birfs...