Rjhoward32006
Well-Known Member
Okay so i was at the junk yard snooping around for some parts and noticed a 3rd gen 4 runner rear axle housing laying around.
It is a bare housing with link bars and coil springs.
My question is has anyone ever tried to put one of these under a pickup?
Took a couple quick measurements and it seems fairly close. The lowers are more or less straight (in terms of triangulation)
The uppers are triangulated, but factory they are running a panhard/trac bar. Seems overkill to me.
The coil springs would be inboard of the frame. Just build a landing pad with a spring retainer for the top.
Sleeve and lengthen the stock link bars and make some frame side uppers.
Looks like you may even be able to use the front leaf spring hanger for the lowers.
Thinking about swapping my chunk from my 85 and i have a set of long shafts lying around. Also just ordered rear disc brackets and have all of that to swap on.
Tried searching on pirate and google but all that ends up with is mall crawlers yelling about whos bolt on 3rd gen lift is better....
It is a bare housing with link bars and coil springs.
My question is has anyone ever tried to put one of these under a pickup?
Took a couple quick measurements and it seems fairly close. The lowers are more or less straight (in terms of triangulation)
The uppers are triangulated, but factory they are running a panhard/trac bar. Seems overkill to me.
The coil springs would be inboard of the frame. Just build a landing pad with a spring retainer for the top.
Sleeve and lengthen the stock link bars and make some frame side uppers.
Looks like you may even be able to use the front leaf spring hanger for the lowers.
Thinking about swapping my chunk from my 85 and i have a set of long shafts lying around. Also just ordered rear disc brackets and have all of that to swap on.
Tried searching on pirate and google but all that ends up with is mall crawlers yelling about whos bolt on 3rd gen lift is better....