Long Travel BS Thread

whats up chris

 

I have some original production TC upper arms, they are slightly too short, and i am unable to get my camber > -1.5.

Would your shop be willing, or is it even possible to throw the arms into a jig and weld some threaded bungs in so i can run heims on the upper to get my alignment in spec?

 

No doubt it is to some degree, I can notice some warpage on the front body mount. Unfortunately though with my firewall also caving in its the nature of the beast until I can cage this sucker.

But the kit is an older model, I picked it up from ttora from another member a few years ago and I recall reading that tc had geometry issues with the early production models. Specifically I remember sdhq building some trick billet uppers for a few people to fix the problem.

Bummer about the different angles of the upper to the upper control arm bolt, I hate to shell out the cash for tcs heimed uppers to have these arms sit in the garage.

 

And why can't you heim them ? Still a single bolt upper. I don't see why it wouldn't work.

 

I have the same issue, i always just thought my frame was bent lol. i have an extra set of bushing uca's too.

 

My camber is like -3 /:

 

Your best best is going to be buying heimed upper direct from TC. We did a couple of sets of arms for customers way way way back in the day but the issue has since been corrected by TC.

http://sdhqoffroad.com/marcos-tacoma/

 

I can make a jig and convert your bushing uppers to heim uppers.

 

I am curious on this. I have seen some people say they can do it, but most others say it's not possible.

 

Some Say it's possible. And it is possible. My uppers were cut and bungs were added. It may be the reason why I have bump steer, yes I openly admit compared to some, but I think the huge factor on that is my spindle. A stock modified spindle. I'll be building a spindle and will eliminate all bump steer when building it

 

An inexpensive solution to this is using appropriate misalignment spacers. If you don't feel like dropping 500+ on new arms, there is a potential solution. Now, are you going to need some wazoo 2" spacer on one side, and 1/2" on the other ? I wouldn't want a massive offset like that. That is the limiting factor on the swap. Might be doable.

 

Ding ding winner winner chicken dinner

 

I have the same issue with my Camburg arms on my second gen, I failed to order heimed uppers and I want to add more caster and try pushing the wheel forward as much as possible before solid mounting the lowers.. Thankfully they seem to be built parallel so I'm going to jig them and add heims, unless they are really in the $500 neighborhood. Can I get a quote SDHQ?

 

i need to do mine.
what size heims,misalignments is everybody using ?

 

What do the 5 lug beam conversions do with the steering box? Anyone have any pics?

 

Any of you's have the stock length front axels with intact seals (or not) you want to part with?

 

Me too. I've been trying to thing of something to do with them, seems like a waste to toss 'em. Maybe a swing out accessory mount of some sort? I dunno.