Maxtrac Spindle Lift for 2nd Gen Prerunners

I have stock UCA's and no issues

 

Sorry guys/gals, I was in office for an hour on Saturday just taking care of a couple things and posted this even though we were closed. The first person who posted a response (Relimb11) gets them if they still want them. For all others interested and were trying to get a hold of us we'll hook you up with a deal as well, just call or e-mail and let us know.

 

Yes and the need of UCA's would depend on the lift achieved from the spacer independent from the spindles.

 

I believe I have a 3" spacer up front would I need new UCA's?

 

Seems like most with a 3" lift need uca's to get the alignment within spec. I had a 3" spacer before & the shop was able to get in spec. I guess if you can get it aligned right then you wouldn't need them.

 

You had a 3" spacer and spindles or just the spacers?

 

At that time just spacers.

 

Ok thanks I have a 3" spacer already I just didn't won't to have to take it off if I got spindles

 

It basically boils down to alignment. If you are running the 3" spacer now and your truck is aligned then you probably won't have to run uca's after the spindles are installed providing the alignment shop can get it back into spec. The rule of thumb is the closer you get to the 3" of lift (with exception of just spindles) the more necessary they become.

 

You can leave it on but you'll be at 7" of lift, unless that's what you want.

 

Yea, sorry, I was mistaken

 

I installed the maxtrac spindle with dakar leaf pack with ome shocks (headstrong bundle kit) this weekend along with some ebc brakes and rotors .


Here is how it looked with stock tires .


Here it is with the Hankook mt 285/75/16 .


Wheels are fj cruiser rims , they fit perfectly no wheel spacers needed in the front , also it does not rub the mud guards . Only had to take out the little plastic thing attached to the back on the front bumper . I'm slightly a little higher in the front maybe half an inch.
The way the truck rides now is so good and way better than stock , I love it .

 

Is the uniball cup on the UCAs hitting the top of the spindle arm limiting your droop?

 

I didn't really pay attention to that , I probably check that out this weekend . There is a spacer in between the uca and the spindle.

Here is a picture of the other side , where you can see the spacer. I kinda new to this was just excited to get it installed .

 

Looks like it just clears. Yeah with the 1.25" uniballs the cups are bigger and so at full droop this could be an issue. In your situation this doesn't appear to be the case, but I just wanted to point this out in case it was.

 

Gentleman, most of the aftermarket Uniball UCA's you buy should come with a whole new top bolt and spacers for the uniball. If used correctly, the spacers help clear the uniball off of a spindle. Ball join spindles will not because A) the ball joint probably can't flex as much as a uniball so there's no problem hitting a spindle and B) the ball join is under the UCA so you would never hit the spindle anyways .

Just something to think about when looking for after market UCAs.

Also, I don't have my nomenclature correct, but If you run TC UCAs and Maxtrac spindles, your alignment will probably be off for good due to the alignment stuff built into both of those aftermarket pieces, they kind of work against each other and cause extra camber IIRC.

 

Changing this sentence "If used correctly, the spacers help clear the uniball off of a spindle." to read...

If the lower misalignments were designed correctly, there should be adequate clearance from the spindle.

Then again just keep in mind most if not all aftermarket factory replacement UCAs were designed to clear the factory spindles and not aftermarket ones. So in some cases there still may be a clearance issue that may need to be addressed.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/maxtrac-lift-spindles.377951/

 

@logikoone Your truck looks amazing. This is what I want, supercharged. I thought you needed a 17" rim to clear Maxtracs? Secondly I did not see that bundle on their site. Did you special order it?

 

Here is a link to the bundle in case you want to check it out, it is the last kit listed on the page so be sure to scroll down. It is a little hard to find. It is under the Bundled Kits bullet point under the complete kits section. We can modify it in anyway and add to it to gain additional lift.

http://www.headstrongoffroad.com/headstrong-kits-tacoma-05-6-lug.html