AZ BS Thread 4²0

Well just ordered the first part of the front end rebuild and freshen up. Rack and pinion on the way. Going to order new outer tie rods too but thinking about switching them to uniballs too since I am trying to ditch all the stock ball joints and rubber POS boots.

Edit: This is what I want to do. But want more of a direct replacement so I dont have to ship mine out and wait for them to come back.
https://anonymousfab.com/products/toyota-4runner-t4r-uniball-lbj-conversion

Anyone have any other ideas or seen something similar in their interwebs travels?

 

His name is Robert Paulson.

 

Where you working these days?

 

I work for a fencing company up here in show low. Do all the contractor sales for fencing, decking, siding, fireplaces, garage doors and well pretty much whatever else I want to sell. How you been? Still liking the life in Utah?

 

In death, a member of project mayhem has a name...

 

Que the temporary goofy stance with comically undersized tires.

Front is OEM, rear is all done up. Fronts go on tomorrow.

Rear is now 4" higher than it was with the crushed OEM rear leafs.

Tacoma Work Round Seven by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr

The goodies

Tacoma Work Round Seven by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr

Up close

Tacoma Work Round Seven by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr

 

Hey @XPOTRPR look at all the arch and down travel we are suppose to have

 

I saw that. Haha. Excited to pick mine up today and see how it sits and rides!

 

I bet. Hurry up and ditch out of work.

 

I'm trying! lol waiting for this last toolpath to finish. trying to set myself up for Monday. Have this chunk of 416 Stainless that has to be parallel and flat of .0002"... (2 Tenths). about to hit it.. one last flip and dust of .001" (1 Thousandths). Component for Medical Tooling.

 

hahaha I figured you were just as bored as I am at work today. Well get back to work! I am just sitting here at my computer shopping and BSing with coworkers. 40 more min for me.

 

Very cool! I figured you probably didn't go back to working for Big5.

I love the snow and cold, but the drivers suck monkey balls and the smog is literally to "die for"! I feel like I'm in LA when the inversion sets in for days on end.
Most of last summer we dealt with the smoke California's fires.

 

Nice! Easy Friday.

 

Yeah hell no not going back there haha.

Yeah I hate the drivers there. Drove thru in August headed up to Montana and it added about 2 hours to the drive because of the drivers.

 

Yep. Did a couple quotes here and there. Stole another contractor from my old company today aswell. So all in all a good day.

 

Not too bad @KingOfTheNorth ... not too bad at all.

truck drove great on the way home, compared to when I took it there. Not too stiff or springy, but not a lot of sway or anything on the freeway either. feels nice and balanced now front to back. Measured when I got home.. from ground to frame: Front 19", Rear 19.5". took a couple measurements from other points as well to confirm.. really only about 1/2" of rake. It will settle with time and our other gear. should be about perfect. Went from having 1/2" of clearance at the rear bump to now 3-4".

 

That's a very beefy looking leaf pack. I think I counted correctly at 11 leafs.

 

Yep. It's a Modified Toytec Boss pack so 10 + the one they added and a re-arch.

 

Did a turn and burn to CVT in Las Vegas yesterday to pick up one of their new hybrid RTTs...it's pretty damn sweet, and will tide me over until I join the Super Pacific/AluCab/GFC Cool Kid Club at some point

This was also the first road trip since setting my RXTs to option 3 and a u-bolt flip. I was expecting it to ride stiff, especially unloaded, but was pleasantly surprised how smooth it was.