99ranger4x4s SAS thread
No offense, but that's still not having one in your own rig, and driving with one.
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i had IFS with a locker(spool) as ive said many times
and i've had many problems.. as soon as i take pictures again i'll take pics of all the broken ****.
/thread jack
back on topic
no more trying to convince me not to run a spool.. if your that convinced send me a new carrier that will work for 5.13s and a lunch box locker in it or a full carrier locker.. until then everyone shut up about how a spool is a bad idea.
and i've had many problems.. as soon as i take pictures again i'll take pics of all the broken ****.
/thread jack
back on topic
no more trying to convince me not to run a spool.. if your that convinced send me a new carrier that will work for 5.13s and a lunch box locker in it or a full carrier locker.. until then everyone shut up about how a spool is a bad idea.
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From: wher ever uncle sam wants
matt your still not cool until you take off ALL your doors, even the half doors... SAS wont make you cool
haha
hurry up and get done, so we can hear a story about how you broke something haha.... you know it will happen
haha
hurry up and get done, so we can hear a story about how you broke something haha.... you know it will happen
thanks bro, thanks for the support!
and in one of our lectures it mentioned "welding the spider gears"
no wait it said "Lincoln locker" so I'm going to see if i can weld the 8.8 up while I'm in there.. i gotta blow something up big time before i swap in the 9" right?
pretty damn close, gotta finish cleaning up the front hangers, plate and sleeve the frame where the shackles are going through and then just bolt it all up..
.... then do the steering
but once its done and driving.. i'll take all 4 doors off and flex that biach out, just to be cool
oh yea... and i know it'll break, especially with my generous right foot, i just need to get the $$$ to get the 9" in there so i'll have the same gears f/r
i have no time lol
when i get off work i'll take a few pics of my new tire/wheel combo and my shackles and spring hangers, i was going to today but i had to go pick up parts on breaks and lunch
when i get off work i'll take a few pics of my new tire/wheel combo and my shackles and spring hangers, i was going to today but i had to go pick up parts on breaks and lunch
oh yea, i'm doing front shackles, please dont give me any lectures
i was dead set on rear shackles but today i decided to flip them around for now, i'll fix it later but i'm running out of time pretty quickly, i still have all the steering to do.. and only 3 days to do it
the body lift is staying, i took the drop bracket off for the radiator to pull it back up above the frame rails and i think i'm going to try what shonuff did and tuck the driveline above the frame too.
i shortened the frame probably 4" and welded a 2x4x.250 piece of tubing in there back at the start of the week.
for the front shackle mount i'm going to basically c-notch the frame then take some 2"x.250" DOM and weld it half way in then put the bushing in that.
i'm trying to keep it low, my main objective isn't flex, its not height, its just strength. i could have made it sit a ****load higher lol
the bottom of the frame by the body mounts under the firewall its ~28"
i was dead set on rear shackles but today i decided to flip them around for now, i'll fix it later but i'm running out of time pretty quickly, i still have all the steering to do.. and only 3 days to do it
the body lift is staying, i took the drop bracket off for the radiator to pull it back up above the frame rails and i think i'm going to try what shonuff did and tuck the driveline above the frame too.
i shortened the frame probably 4" and welded a 2x4x.250 piece of tubing in there back at the start of the week.
for the front shackle mount i'm going to basically c-notch the frame then take some 2"x.250" DOM and weld it half way in then put the bushing in that.
i'm trying to keep it low, my main objective isn't flex, its not height, its just strength. i could have made it sit a ****load higher lol
the bottom of the frame by the body mounts under the firewall its ~28"
Last edited by 99ranger4x4; Sep 12, 2008 at 05:57 PM.
those are the 3/8" shackles, i'm still not sure why i brought them home lol
the hanger is 1/4" plate i was originally intending on putting them up front which is why that one side is so beefed up.
and a little bit of my TIG 90º tubing welds
the hanger is 1/4" plate i was originally intending on putting them up front which is why that one side is so beefed up.
and a little bit of my TIG 90º tubing welds
Thanks man
i consider my self a pretty good TIG welder for the minimal experience that I have, the 60º tube welds are in my truck i'll get a pic of those
granted those welds weren't in a confined space or at some awkward angle
i consider my self a pretty good TIG welder for the minimal experience that I have, the 60º tube welds are in my truck i'll get a pic of those
granted those welds weren't in a confined space or at some awkward angle
ya funny story, dont use ratchet straps for u-bolts when unloading it from a trailer the lazy way... the tire hit the wheel chock and somehow in a sequence of events broke the straps and the axle fell out... the only damage was we bent the shackles.. just need to strengthen them like we were gonna before we ran out of time
and i scored a free set of 315/70-17 MTZs with more tread than my front tires have left, now i just need a cheap set of 17" wheels..
we also got a set of like 265/70-15 tires just for smoking off.. after we weld the 8.8, that ***** is goin out with a bang
lol
it turns out the ranger pretty much flattens the Waggy leaves, sooo the truck sits within a few inches of where it did when the RCD was first put on. so all i need to do is replace the rear springs with unabused ones and it should sit level... and i'm contemplating cutting the AC out since the condensor is in the way and it will probably be forcefully removed at some point
Last edited by 99ranger4x4; Sep 18, 2008 at 10:07 PM.
well we had to get it out of the shop and out of the parking lot.. so they had to do
and yea, just need to cut the drag link and weld in the ends, then make the inter. shaft and connect some hoses and bleed everything
idk yet. i'm going to make some beefier ones soon
keep it low, and i didn't have time to put them in the back..
if they were up front, in order to keep the leaves level i would have had to make a big drop bracket to hold the front hanger
and yea, just need to cut the drag link and weld in the ends, then make the inter. shaft and connect some hoses and bleed everything
idk yet. i'm going to make some beefier ones soon
keep it low, and i didn't have time to put them in the back..
if they were up front, in order to keep the leaves level i would have had to make a big drop bracket to hold the front hanger
Last edited by 99ranger4x4; Sep 19, 2008 at 04:45 PM.
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From: Firey depths
thats a 98-2000 engine shock absorber, it was on my 2000 also, not sure if they continued it after 2000.
95 4 runner
heres some down travel for ya, i stopped when the leaves separated so thats probably about it, i think im going to put bump stops not too far above where the axle sits at ride height because its only a few inches from the frame rails
