Hey guys, picked up this beast of yota dually the other day. (it's an '88)



Of course it will need alot of TLC and I am alright with that. Suspension is basically shot in my opinion, so I will def need to throw another set in it.

I am assuming the duallys have a beefer suspension in them but I am not sure, if they have the same as a reg toyota than I can easily just do a swap out.

Anybody know? What about compatibility/interchangeability across the board for parts in these 1 tons?

 

Pics for Clicks

 

Cool! Six lug rearend I see-I always thought the dually rearends were five lug? I always thought about trying to find one to swap into the rear of my 4x4 and doing a flatbed. Any idea what the rearend ratio is?

 

No idea on the ratio actually...someone please enlighten me

 

One of the best wood beds I've ever seen. Sweet that it's a stake bed. And no skimping on the bumper, nice.

 

There's a 2WD section here.

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f212/

Gear info:

http://www.brian894x4.com/Gearratiosanddiffs.html

 

Check the door jamb, bottom right hand corner of the sticker.
Should be a code saying G**** (G252, G292, G144 and so on).

 

Poked around tonight but couldn't find, I'll have to check again tomorrow.

Anybody know if the suspension in the duallys is upgraded verses a regular yota truck?

 

It would have to be if its a one ton.
Probably has overloads? pictures of the leafs would be a good start.

 

I will throw some pics up tonight.

 

nice truck. Ive always wanted one of these, and throw some D60s SRW under it, while keeping it really llow for a SAS, stock back spaced 3rd gen Dodge wheels, and SB350... coooommmeeeee oooonnnn funny feelin....

 

nice truck. mines a 87. i put overloads on the rear, it helped with hauling stuff. bought them from autozone. from what little work i have had to do to mine so far, front brakes pads are bigger then normal. only issue i have ran into. rear axle is a full float i believe

 

if you want chrome door handles i think 88 or 89 4runner ones will fit. thats what i did to mine.

 

Some pics of the suspension - sorry for the poor poor quality

It is so bad my neck and back are damn near broke by the time I am down driving somewhere.

So the questions is what suspension to get with Ranchos or most likely bilsteins...or replace the leafs or both....

This site here has some bilsteins that will work with the dually - what you guys think?

 

here is the link.

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par...357376_0_7413_

they are gabriels. i like them pretty well hold up to everything i haul around.

 

Ahh haven't heard of them but I will take your word for it. Hold up better versus ranchs/bilsteins?

How much weight have you hauled on em?

 

somewhere around the 3000lb mark. nice and smooth. so far so good. they have been on for about a yr or so. ranchos/bilstiens are pretty top of the line. i didnt look into them much. i need to put shocks on and autozone had them in stock so i winged it with them. my bed is kinda heavy and these shocks helped the ride from sagging to bad.

 

Ahh right on. I just put an order in for some bilstiens B6's heavy duties. I will throw up some pics once I get them installed next week.

 

Did you get a chance to look up the axle code? Also, what is the actual GVWR?

 

Not sure on GVWR but the ratio is 4.1 (8").