some progress on the one ton hoopty

thursday · Apr 16, 2012

so my buddy phil came over from idaho to help me out on my toyota. He got some great pics as well with his DSLR camera...man I want one of those!

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installed a set of trail gear 4" rear springs and creeper shackle hangers, the shackle angle probably isn't "proper" but we set it up so when it fully droops the shackle is 90* and doesn't try to go negative on me, if we were to lessen the ride height shackle angle the shackle really wanted to go past 90* when drooped....

We also got my replacement bed on, not 100 percent sure if i'm going to bob it or not.

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need to do a little brake work then maybe i can get it on the trail!

Also found an old pic on my comp from a few years back taken at naches...miss my runner!

nick c · Apr 16, 2012

Good to see your working on it.

thursday · Apr 16, 2012

thanks nick, now i need to save up some $$$ for a new trailer

Jaydog · Apr 17, 2012

Nice progress

thursday · Apr 17, 2012

got the new rear proportioning valve in and brake lines squared away finally... I swear it takes half my toolbox to put together the brake system in my yota. I guess thats what i get for converting from SAE to metric

Also, what is everyone's thoughts on my 4" springs? I've read that they will sag a couple inches, which is what i'm hoping for, they are brand new and haven't even been flexed out yet. I originally had RUF with a stock leafpack that was near flat with vehicle weight, i only had about 1" of uptravel...but now i have tons of clearance and I'm a little taller than i'd hoped for.

POR · Apr 17, 2012

They'll flatten out, I suggest jumping it a lot :beer:

thursday · Apr 17, 2012

Can't wait to jump it!

thursday · May 21, 2012

took it up to evan's on saturday, got a poser shot.

i think the rearend is taking a dump on me, sounds like when i unload the gears by going into reverse and then when i load them back up going forward its skipping a tooth. I dont know if it could be missing a tooth on the pinion or on the ring gear or maybe the backlash is out of wack...it only does it when i go into reverse and then go forward again, mainly when my wheels are cranked. time for gears anyways, i'm thinking of trying to set them up myself, i read a few good articles about it and it seems like the 14 bolt will be a good axle to learn on.

I also think i need to shim the front end, im getting a pretty wicked wobble at 35-40. my caster is terrible, around 11 degrees i think, everything else is tight and appears to be in order, thought the stabilizer would heal it but i guess its not a big enough "band-aid" :eeek:

thursday · May 23, 2012

Time to get to work i guess! Found these on craigslist and picked them up today, brand new in unopened box yukon 5.13's

thursday · Jun 14, 2012

well, i've been collecting more parts, and the past two days have been spent cleaning the garage and prepping for the re-gear. I found a brand new 4.56 and up detroit for the d60 on craigslist for $450 so i jumped on it. The seller said he had another if anyone was interested!

I also got the front axle out tonight and i'm reallllly on the fence if i should start tearing into it and try to do this gear thing myself or if i should just pull the trigger and send the axles out...

I've been reading billa vista's tech over and over again, i'm pretty confident but i know its gonna be an intensive put carrier in pull carrier out ordeal, I wanna run this thing down in oregon in 2 weeks so i have to decide soon! I'm gonna do a little looking around but doesn't anyone know an average cost on gear setup, if i provide all parts and bring the axles out of the rig?

Also got home today to find this waiting on my doorstep:

Totally out of the blue surprise gift from my better half! Awesooome!:awesomework:

-cheers folks:beer:

nick c · Jun 14, 2012

Awesome, better hurry up and marry that girl. Leaving presents like that. (If i recall when I met you guys, you weren't married, right?).

As for the gear set up, there are several guys local that will do it for a reasonable price. Check with John down at Auburn Car Repair and Offroad. I think Anthony in enumclaw - XO Fab does them too.

thursday · Jun 14, 2012

nick c said:
Awesome, better hurry up and marry that girl. Leaving presents like that. (If i recall when I met you guys, you weren't married, right?).

As for the gear set up, there are several guys local that will do it for a reasonable price. Check with John down at Auburn Car Repair and Offroad. I think Anthony in enumclaw - XO Fab does them too.

Not married yet! you're right its time to put a ring on her finger, we will have been together 3 years this july. I'll call around tomorrow to get some quotes on the gears.

jprcrpr94 · Jun 14, 2012

PM JAWS on the board. He does gear set ups and he's right down in Orting.

thursday · Jun 14, 2012

I went down to auburn and talked to john, he's gonna do the gears for me. Thanks guys!

thursday · Aug 17, 2012

Jack stand time!

60's are much lighter with no axles and outers

out with the old

in with the new, thanks to john for taking care of my gears. I've got a detroit in the front and I went with a yukon grizzly for the 14bolt and 5.13 yukon gears.

Took it down to browns camp just before the 4th of july

Decided to try to bob the bed.

I took out about 9.5 inches, it turned out alright i guess for a wheeler :redneck: next time i'm going to take more time cutting it rather than thinking i can trim here and there to fix gaps. Measure twice cut once right?

here it is last weekend on our way to the fun run at evans