Center My Rear Axle

I put my 255s on last night. No rubbing upfront, but my the rear is another story. I need to shift the front axle forward just a bit. Currently, I am running my stock leafs with a 1.5" AAL.

I want to shift the front axle forward without dropping $700 on a new leaf pack if possible.

4 crawler and all pro make axle relocation plates. Allpro says it is not a simple install as it effects the ubolts and ubolt plates. Has anyone ever installed one of these plates? I have searched everywhere but cannot find any info from anyone who has these installed.

 

I would check the distace from the forward mounting hole to the center pin. I'm not sure on toyotas but some have specific install directions. Maybe its installed backwards from factory? (leaf spring)

 

x2 on the above!

"center holes" in leaf packs arent smack center

 

1st gen leafsprings are eliptical (centerpin offset) Meaning they're longer from centerpin to shackle/hangerm, in this case the shorter end of the spring is from centerpin to spring hanger/longer spring from centerpin to rear shackle...

I'd be real careful shifting/relocating axle position which could open a can of worms, driveshaft for 1, the sliding yoke can only tolerate so much shifting in the drive angle/ & or length..

 

not sure if u need any more lift but i have seen some lift blocks with offset pins. offroad design maybe?

 

The cheapest way would just be to drill the spring pirch 1" forward.

 

I get what you are saying about the can of worms. However, Deaver leaf packs relocate the axel .5" forward, which does not require adjusting anything else.

http://www.expeditionswest.com/equipment/tacoma/deaver.html

I guess the root of my problem is how does the axle relocation plate effect the ubolts.

 

http://www.sky-manufacturing.com/new/detaproduct.php?id=80

seems to be the best bet for this project. It is 2 3/8ths wide to match the spring width and half the price of other vendors.

 

Think about the u bolts like this... You move the axle forward and the u-bolt plate goes forward too. But, the bumpstop centers the u bolts on the center pin on top of the spring. This makes it so the u-bolts have to sit like this .. / / .. in order to still use the u bolt plate.

I have a u bolt flip. I moved my axle back 1" with our relocation plates.. Wanted a small wheelbase adjustment. When I did that, I had to get a new upper flip plate and drill the center pin 1" forward so I could move the 4 u bolt holes back. This helped keep the u bolts vertical instead of sitting like this .. \ \ ..

Does that help with the explanation?

 

Just trim

 

I have moved my axle back using AP plates. I just drilled a new hole in the bumpstop to accommodate the change in position of the centering pin in relation to the ubolts and used new ubolts. Been running like that for years.