1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Hey now, I sold all my other projects. And I made a profit on all of them. The Honda, the trailer, and the 5-Lug I didn’t lose any money on. The Tacoma will never be finished, and the Nissan I have to get road worthy by May 22nd which is my DMV appointment.

 

I do believe this will be a fix it up and sell truck.

 

I mean the frame seems like a big issue. You had enough trouble finding a frame for your Tundra.

 

Notice the tundra has been quick. My flip cars are quick. The only one taking time is the Tacoma.. because I’m doing it to perfection

 

Tundra frame has an appointment with a frame shop. $150 and they’re telling me it’ll be straight as an arrow

 

But it’s just sitting there...

 

Oh gee I’ve heard that one before

 

Yeah I'm letting myself cool off before I respond to him, since he blatantly disregarded my request to not do this last time. In the end I can't make the company look bad by being unprofessional.

Also, gonna wait until he's marked as spam on my bosses email in case he decides to be a dick and CC him again in his reply lol

 

Oh that’s a big boy axle. Why do you have a GM rear but still IFS in the front?

 

truck is back in black
horse tack is attached

 

Ah, I see you’re delivering to IKEA’s meatball factory.

 

It gets me where I need to go. The rear axle is running GM 3/4 ton full float hubs with disc brakes but still is a Toyota 8" center section...


I'm sure the front will get built to match eventually

 

Given how light the rear of my truck is it should be good to 40s if I ever went that big. probably

 

What makes it better than the stock rear except the brakes? Seems like you’d have a big ass stinkbug rake with a setup like that.

 

No no. They guarantee it will be straight and stay straight. Or they fix it free..

 

Axle shafts are stronger.
wheel bearing setup is better (inner and outer bearings on both sides of the hub, they aren't pressed on to the shaft)
full float setup means I can easily change a shaft on the trail; 4 allen bolts, 2 spring clips, and it's out

 

Yeah I don't have a lot of faith in my stock ebrake, especially offroad. If I'm on a hill and have to stop and hop out for whatever reason, I shut off the truck and put it gear along with the e-brake. Would never trust it alone to hold the truck while running in a million years.

I've mistakenly left the brake on while starting off in 4lo one too many times so I think the cable is a little stretched lol.

 

Better get it in writing.

 

Full float axle?

Does that mean with manual hubs in the front, you can flat tow it!?