Long Travel BS Thread

Going back to the earlier talk about the right tool for cutting the shaft, I’ll admit I was wrong. I decided to practice on this one since it was already trash and it really wasn’t that difficult to cut close enough with an angle grinder. I just rotated the axle around and cut a bit on each side. Worked great. I guess my issue with the first one was that I didn't cut the stub close enough which is what made it a PITA.

 

Talk about a turn of events for luck. Found a dude with a pair of oem outers already separated from the axles because he went to manual hubs. $100 for the pair and I don’t need to muck around with separating them at all.

 

Dam... welcome to the club... i did the same thing.... Hurt my heart seeing a you going thru the same thing....

 

Truss coming together on the Tundra axle.

 

When putting the outer CV joints onto the LT axle shafts, what's a tried a true method? I was thinking of getting it started on the splines, threading an axle nut on so I don't booger the threads, and then whacking it with a hammer to pop it on. I'm curious to hear what has worked for others

 

I just did what you just said with a pretty big dead blow. It goes on way easier then off lol.

 

That's what I've heard lol thanks for confirming.

 

After ensuring that the snap ring is inside the star, I pick it up and drop it on the concrete to seat the snap ring. I also try and tug on it to make sure its in.

 

So you put the ring in the star vs on the shaft? Any particular reason?

 

No, I install the snap ring on the axle first but when I start the axle into the star, I make sure the ring goes in smoothly. I have sheared off a snap ring because it was slightly out of shape and I didn't pay enough attention to the snap ring starting into the start. I usually pre-grease the joint, so it can be hard to see the snap ring start into the star.

 

Ahhh I gotcha. Thank you for clarifying.

 

Yeah you gotta make sure the new snap ring is centered when it starts in the star. Took me a minute to figure out why I couldn’t get the shaft to start into the splines the first time I built an axle. Luckily I had a spare snap ring since I jacked the first one up.

 

is that an off the shelf rack or did the guy making your bumper build it. Looks good.

 

I guess you can say its an off the shelf, I bought it from SDHQ Motorsports !

 

Anyone use the camburg 4x4 spindles on a +3.5 chaos kit? I am thinking about getting a pair since one of my spindles is bent (has been bent for years). They say they are a direct stock replacement. I have reached out to camburg, and they don't forsee any issues but wanted to see if anyone has actually purchased them.

https://camburg.com/shop/suspension/susp-spindles/camburg-toyota-tacoma-05-performance-spindle-kit/

 

Are you current spindles gusseted?

 

Yes.

I hit a hidden rock at about 20mph years ago, I figured I would upgrade. When my truck is aligned it drives fine, but I think it could be better.

 

I wouldn't mind upgrading to the dirt designs kit, but I have other house things to buy before I would do that.

 

What gusset kit do you currently have? You can buy a lot of gusseted spindles and replace them as needed for the $1500 the Camburg spindles cost...

 

Chaos gussets from 10 years ago. I have had the kit on for about 10 years. On my third set of uniballs and 2nd bushing set.

I designed a set of 4x4 spindles similar to camburgs, and the fabrication quotes I was getting was around the camburg price. So this was an expected expense. The machining for the hubs was around $500 for the blocks, laser cutting /bending plate, and then my time for making a jig.

I used an Xbox connect as a makeshift 3d scanner to at least get some of the geometry correct.