Long Travel BS Thread

Yeah but your kit is special

 

Your gabbed spindles probably increased the scrub radius over stock

 

I bet it's less or stock...my kpi is pretty much spot on...I think its cause the kit is 5" over per side and it has alot of bump travel

 

I needed to trim a tiny bit near the rear to clear 37’s with 6” McNeil.

 

shit!! ive cut, bashed and cut some more and still need to bash and cut, as im still rubbing, same kit you have, know what glass im running, as you delivered it to me, and 305/70/17 tires.
But my frame may not be straight and my alignment is close to stock, not ideal for lifted taco. Im thinking of tubing the cab next. If I cant get better alignment specs.

 

That’s where I’m at man I was thinking my frame/ other shit might not be perfectly straight. I’ve beat on that bitch pretty good

 

I starting to think its a design flaw. But they say up to 35's
and with zero instructions on the kit and so few guys on here with it on a 2nd gen that have good insight on it. I'm hopping I will figure it out. My theory right now is the tie rod extension maybe a tad to long thus not allowing the alignment tech to get the specs I want. My tech kind of agreed with me said I should try to shorten it by at least 1/2" maybe 3/4". I don't see a way to do that without ordering a custom one, or different tie rod ends. I checked with Camburg to make sure they are the correct length as my kit was used. and they are.

 

I cut 1/4" off of the extension on my drivers side to get my toe to come into spec

 

Just shorten your inner tie rod, super easy unthread the tie rod end keep the jamb nut on it and just cut off a bit then thread the jamb nut off to clean the threads if you don’t have a die. This is quite common, for some reason a lot of the drop bracket guys need to do that and for some reason a lot of people have more probs with the drivers side too.

 

This is my plan just havnt got to yet. as the spacer pretty muck threads all the way down now, and cutting spacer would only gain an 1/8"
And my driver side is worse then pass but both need it.

 

Making progress...

 

Do you think maybe the lca gussets dirt design has for the 2nd gen taco /4th gen runner would work?

 

how did you start your back half frame rails? chop, plate and sleeve the tube?

 

Finally getting the cage welded in.

 

First ride since before winter. If anyone can tell me why I haven't been riding, please come tell me, and smack me for not getting out more.

Pros:
Bike still runs great for being an old girl.

I still kinda know how to ride.

Still faster than the truck on the bike

Cons:
I'm way outa shape and need to fix that

Went through sections that I tuned my truck through...they're not as big as they seem in the truck

Truck needs: more suspension tuning, bypasses up front, 37's, more power, more travel.....

 

is anyone doing the OC WELL night run trip this week end ?

 

Whose putting that on?

 

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Yep Capt the sleeves tube part on the bottom tubes...no need to. Gunna do another tube on the bottom and box it in...upper tubes are sleeved tho. And theres gunnes be someone midway tubes thru the cab into the c pillar

 

well sleeving into the frame for more strength rather than just flat at the plate is what i meant.