Long Travel BS Thread

Bumpin cause Covid

 

Yeah, but it would be cool looking.

 

I add a ACV to my shock and put a bypass around it so i can adjust compression and rebound

 

They're working with an inverted shackle - regular shackle makes some things easier, but taking a step backwards for performance in most applications.

 

...From being on the forums for wayyy too long Ive seen him buy and sell trucks quite frequently. I'd guess this is just his price he'd sell at if someone shows up with cash. Or he's got other plans, maybe he can chime in?

@Nickgbmx

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e2vQQuhHMI

I see no problem there Skip the intro till about the 3 min spot where they talk about beams.

 

EVERYTHING on that thing is rusted.

 

*patina'd* haha

 

3.

 

You had trail gear and I guess I never heard of them having those - I have TC and looked at them and they seem to have more support.

I'd cut out any rusted metal and replace with 3/16 and maybe put cross bracing where possible.

Here's yours:



The TC ones add a little more material in there for support and are angled / bent which resists bending a bit as well. @Anthony250 made his own but he mentioned the amount of work might end up not making it worth saving $150 from what I remember. Based on the TC ones it would be a lot of work with a grinder and paper / templates

https://www.chaosfab.com/accessories/1996-2004-Tacoma-Front-Spring-Hangers-40060

 

Appreciate it. I mostly needed confirmation in my own brain to likely just cut these off, clean everything, plate the frame and then weld in the TC ones where these were. I don't bash this truck like previous ones so not worried about it much down the road.

 

I'd check ruffstuff too, I know they make a hanger for 3" leafs, it's what I used for my raptor pack conversion .

 

Buy mine then

 

I looked and ruffstuff and it was surprising but they didn’t have any 2.5” hangers. The TC ones are pricey but they work fine on the curved section of frame although you might have a different section being a double cab and they give you a lot of space to weld to the frame and are beefy.

 

Heres the TC hangers on my truck. The first time hacking up a truck was to put these on, and havent given me any issues at all.


However, speaking of chopping frames, who has the best suggestion to rebuild the frame? I was thinking just welding in 3x2 square tube, but its not the same dimensions as the original frame. (It was cut because I ended up with 9" hangers in the 12" location causing the leafs to hit). Id like to save the tube bumper/hitch thats still attached to the end of the frame, so boxing/repairing it would be ideal..

 

Cut the frame off there and remake it out of tube. i know you want to save it, but theres not structural support left
the formula your looking for is Q=b(h^2)/8

you can calculate what was there and then calculate how much material to add above to get back to that value if you wont cut it off

 

Thats kinda what I figured. Thinking flush cut the forward side of the frame, then kinda "sleeve" it in to rebuild the back out of 3x2 square? Also planning on adding a X brace once the new tube for shock mounts goes in (under bed) similar to what was there before

 

is the bed going back on? that will determine any advice i can give.
if not, build the rear section off of the bed cage.
if it is, more pics would help for clearance measurements and other ideas

 

Yes, I cut the bedcage out to go back to a normal bed, the bed cage was originally tied into the rear section (post notch). The intention is to make the rear structurally sound enough to tow again.

Ignore my temporary shackles, just trying to see how its supposed to sit

Stock frame length