your makin fast work of this project, i like all the pics too, keep it up

 

AMAZING progress... keep up the good work, and the pics!

 

just curious what your gonna do with your ifs lift? If you want sell send me a pm.

 

Was that a manual hub front end?

intrested in selling the entire front? cv shafts, hubs, tube the whole nine yards?

 

We are selling that stuff, but some of it may be already spoken for. And yes, it was a manual hub. I'll let you know in about a week. The guy we got the axle from wants the IFS lift, and he may or may not take the whole front end. I'll keep everyone posted.

 

So today we got a torch and finished off the rest of the IFS crap.
Truck prepares to be rid of it once and for all:

Dad torching it up


The finished product:

I can see I'm going to spend some quality time with the grinder...
Anyone want any "slightly used" IFS bracketry?

Tomorrow will be a day of grinding, and (hopefully) getting to work on that front axle. She's lookin good!!

 

toykid what kind of motocross bike did you race lol

 

Hehe...these beasts right here:

We still have the bikes, but I haven't raced in forever. I really need to get back to the track

 

So today we got the frame nice and smooth. That involved some quality time spent with the grinder and sawzall. Now for the pics:



So now the yota is back on the ground, only this time the front end is a little different





Enjoy!

 

nice! that's looking good man!

 

I know there's more to do, but wow that was quick!

NEXT!

 

dang that is awesome. good work and thanks for the pics.

 

its nice to get to see this come together so fast, nice work!

 

Thanks guys. So far everything has gone great. We still have a list of things to do though:
-rebuild axle
-install third member
-install steering (waiting for parts)
-install brake lines/bleed the brakes
-shock hoops need to be welded on
-motor mount plates need to be welded on
-front driveshaft needs to be made (or re-use IFS driveshaft)
And a few other small things, but the biggest part of it is done. I gotta go back to school tomorrow for a couple of exams Monday, so as soon as I get that done, we'll get back to work on it. Should be ready to go soon!

 

Curious what it's costing you so far? Is this just you and your dad doing all the work?
Great work so far. I'm surprized how fast it's coming along also.

 

So far its probably right around two grand. We've done everything except the welding on the spring hangers (never really welded before, so I don't trust myself on something like that). The kit was I believe $1395, the axle was a few hundred, and the third member (brand new with a TruTrac), was I believe around 800. I think Marlin has lowered the price since a couple of weeks ago when we ordered everything, so you may want to check out their website.

 

Just for giggles, I thought yall may want to see some pics from the conversion we did last winter on our 89 Runner:

 

I hope to be a "dad" like that to my (2) boys.

Seems you skipped a few pics of the steps!

Looks good!

 

It cost him 2 exams.

 

Haha...yea I skipped alot of pics! I hope it doesn't cost me two exams. I have a Chemistry exam at 8am Monday, and then a Calculus at 1. Needless to say...Sunday night is going to be a loooooooooooong night.