Maxtrac Spindle Lift for 2nd Gen Prerunners

jejeje OK! How bad is the alignment?

 

It's really not bad at all! Very pleased about that. Going to try and drop it off this afternoon for proper alignment

 

Cool! The trick is to loosen the camber bolts just enough to remove the strut but never too much. How is the tranny acting with the new angle?

 

Seems fine, no notable difference

 

Or you can Mark the cams to the frame and completely remove them and grease em so they don't seize.

 

Didn’t Moog come out with zerk cam bolts?

 

They're not great, at least from the feedback I've gotten on em.

 

That’s what I heard
Thanks

 

@Texoma I have a question for you, when you disconnected the UCAs from the Maxtrac spindles on Chad's truck, did you smack the spindle with a hammer or it wasn't necessary? I'm asking because I want to upgrade my struts.

 

Was the ride that bad on the 3rd gen set-up?
I picked up a set for whenever I get off my ass and install my maxtrac. I currently am running 5100s with 887s on the bottom setting and was gonna do a 3/4" spacer and 3rd gens shock/coils for somewhere around 5-6". I dont want the full 7" the 887s would give but more than the 4" utilizing some of the sht I've accrued. But if the 3rd gens stuck, new plan.

 

They were stiff as shit in my humble opinion. Also, I did my have any weight on the front end at that time and they're meant for a 4x4

These HS 2" coils feel way way better. Especially with upper control arms meant for that little extra travel. Very happy

They were tight but I'll let him explain

 

If you're removing and reinstalling shocks, there's no need to remove the UCA from spindle. Remove the LCA from spindle instead. Mark the alignment cams to the frame with a paint pen so that you can pull em, grease em, and reinstall em without throwing your alignment out. If you are changing out your UCA's for aftermarket, I would advise against beating on the maxtrac spindle too hard, it is cast. I used a pickle fork to separate them, sometimes the pickle fork tears in to the ball joint boot, so keep that in mind.

 

I had 3rd gen struts before and they did the job! They are a little stiff because the springs are rated for almost 720 lbs, more or less, but for the price that you can find them online, they aren't a bad choice. After all they are Bilsteins!

 

Got it! Thanks a lot, boss! I thought that It could be better disconnect the UCA, the sway bar link and loosen the LCA just enough to remove the shocks.

 

Guys, if I go up tu 6" or 6.5" of lift on my Prerunner I will need aftermarket UCAs? I have 4" of the Maxtrac spindles already.

 

Not necessarily but it will definitely improve the travel and therefore ride better in my opinion

 

Chad the man! I have a question for you brother. Why did you say that the 3rd gen TRD struts were too stiff? I saw in an old thread that you were happy with them after removing your stock shocks. Are you comparing them to your new setup? I'm just curious!

 

They felt better at speed than my stock SR5 assemblies but when going slower they were stiffer in my opinion.

 

What did you end up doing with the bro lean? Blocks?

 

Just a half inch block on each side. I've got full Dakar leafs packs already.

Didn't want to go too high on front and back because I still need to fit in low overhead places