Long Travel BS Thread

Beat me to it

 

damn sweet fuel cell. Where did you get it?

 

Custom dawg. I got it through solo, fits under the bed

 

Love it. Want it.

 

So I'm setting up my upper links today, I'm guessing my pinion angle should be around 6 degrees at full bump. Can anyone verify this?

 

The geometry of your links will dictate pinion angle change and driveshaft plunge. Their really aren't any hard and fast numbers for that, especially because your bump will be higher than someone who's frame isn't notched

 

Okay so I'm in need of a hydraulic press to press out some axle bearings anyone have one in the San Diego county?

 

So I've just hit 30! The first thing I decided to do was go check on the rig. Making some good progress! This is going to be the newest 1st Gen Taco on the road!
Custom black out kings are finally done and they are beautiful! Front end work is going into full gear! Some major bracing, gusseting, and armor being done/made.
New radiator and shroud are ready to go, was able to also able to swap out the horrid chrome grill for a black one. Shell is mounted and looks great! Think the bedsides will give me another camping shelf! haha May line-x the top for some grip.

Frame horn gussets/frame plates!

Cross-member and lower control arm armor/gussets! All to be tied into the skid plate. Just getting started.



Camper shell mounted on new bedsides!




New radiator/shroud!

 

What type of frame or reinforcement are you using inside the rear fenders to support that hard top?

 

If you are pushing your truck hard off road the rack itself will actually get knocked or shift side to side too, causing your steering wheel to be off center, no matter how dialed in your lower arm cams are.

Once you have doing alignments down it's easy to do small adjustments on toe to get your steering wheel straight again and you can check everything else while you're at it.

 

Thanks for the info I need to just start doing them but I get them done for 47 bucks so it's not bad

 

im still locating my upper links on the frame, I just needed a starting point for my axle to sit at to get everything close while I work on mounting location

 

If you're in a pinch you can do this pretty easily - I got one of my tires within spec and one super close once the first time I tried it. It's good if you're too busy for an alignment or have to drive for awhile before you can make it in for one. I recommend never driving with your toe out if it gets knocked out of alignment. Super sketchy on wet surfaces. Ask me how I know.

 

I'd like to see some closeup / inside pics of how the shell is mounted - looking good.

 

Anyone on here goin to BAP? We're gunna be racin the leaf sprung class in a first gen tundra

 

Not this year but have in the past. Are your racing class 2000? Are they running at the same time as 1450?

 

Frame notch with overlay plate. She's coming along but still a lot more work to do. Hopefully a couple more weeks and she'll be ready for a good flogging

 

None yet. Internal bracing and bed cage are being added. Will post on how that comes along.

 

They're real close to the same time, I have another buddy racin 1450, in a ranger 1471 and yea we are racing 2000

 

Have fun, BAP can be a rough course on leafs, by the second day the course is really chewed up, but always a good time