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Solid Axle Swap BS Thread

Discussion in 'Solid Axle Suspension' started by Supra TT, Feb 20, 2012.

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  1. Nov 29, 2017 at 9:29 AM
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    90% of my parts came from ruff stuff. Never had a negative experience with them at all. Really good customer service. The parts seem well manufactured. Very good company to deal with.
     
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  2. Nov 29, 2017 at 10:25 AM
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    I agree, I’ve never had an issue with them. Was just surprised the ballistic box showed up so fast.
     
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  3. Nov 29, 2017 at 1:31 PM
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    Most of my stuff for my swap came from ruff stuff and the rest is being custom built. Ruff stuff is my go to place for stuff that’s easier to buy than fab.
     
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  4. Nov 29, 2017 at 1:49 PM
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    Check out Barnes, they are in NC and shipping will be way faster and cheaper. I love Ruffstuff but Barnes is as good and closer
     
    Snowy, Nov 29, 2017
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  5. Nov 29, 2017 at 3:01 PM
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    Sweet I’ll check them out also.
     
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  6. Nov 29, 2017 at 3:29 PM
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    I've had great experiences with Barnes and Ruffstuff but my go to is still Polyperformance.
     
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  7. Nov 29, 2017 at 3:32 PM
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    Wrong coast for us out east still, I like them too
     
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  8. Nov 29, 2017 at 7:13 PM
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    Poly performance used to be cool back in the early 2000s, that place is over priced as hell now and dick heads on the phone.
     
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  9. Nov 30, 2017 at 8:51 AM
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    Haven't had these issue. Then again I'm not out hunting for the cheapest shit either .
     
    rctoy, Nov 30, 2017
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  10. Dec 3, 2017 at 12:30 PM
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    1997 t4r has super duty axles, 5.13s locked front and rear. 3 link front with 14" kings. Rear 63s.
    Buy a superduty axle they said. It will be fun they said.


    They dead wrong :censored: :bananadead:

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  11. Dec 3, 2017 at 12:33 PM
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    So we are clear I never said that
     
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  12. Dec 3, 2017 at 12:37 PM
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    1997 t4r has super duty axles, 5.13s locked front and rear. 3 link front with 14" kings. Rear 63s.

    This axle better be worth how dirty I am right now along with my garage haha.


    Now to clean up the diff on the driver side and that will continue another day. Been at this thing for 5 or 6 hours already
     
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  13. Dec 3, 2017 at 12:39 PM
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    Yeah shit takes forever
     
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  14. Dec 3, 2017 at 12:41 PM
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    Man I hope you had a plasma....

    Those things are brutal to just move around and generally work on. Buying an F250 was the breaking point for me to buy some bigger tools
     
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  15. Dec 3, 2017 at 12:50 PM
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    No plasma.

    Flap disc to clean up the tube. Cut off wheels, a few saw blades, porta band and a torch for the metal brackets.
     
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  16. Dec 3, 2017 at 12:54 PM
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    Removed everything from the axle to move it on the stand by myself. Used the winch to drive it into the garage ( bet my neighbors were thinking wtf is he up to again) and dropped it to start Disassembly. Stand is 39” off the ground so it’s been pretty easy on my back working on it.
     
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  17. Dec 3, 2017 at 12:56 PM
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    At least you had a torch... I broke down and took my 80 axle to work so I could use a plasma and a forklift to move it around. The 80 housing is a lot lighter than the SD60 so I can’t imagine how much fun they are to mock up
     
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    Well in their defense, most of the people who said get tons dropped their shit off at a shop, so they don't realize how much those axle suck to handle.
     
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  19. Dec 3, 2017 at 5:23 PM
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    Little debate and well I’m not up on coilovers and all the 3 link Fun. A good set of coilovers be better to run vs say the ori shocks? A set of Kings run around same as the ORI shocks.

    The whole dual rate calculations and figuring out what rate to get sounds like a pain. Ori from what I am reading you can adjust a lot of stuff by just changing the pressure in the top and bottom chambers. Plus no need for bumps
     
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  20. Dec 3, 2017 at 5:29 PM
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    Im glad you asked this, Ive been debating the same thing.
     
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