Long Travel BS Thread

http://www.dezertrangers.com/vb/general-off-road-talk/65933-54.htm

From what I read the lower arm bushing tube is mild steel with the weld on the outside. In my oppinion I have no clue why there would be mild steel in suspension parts. You guys can go into that thread and read up on it.

 

HOLY CRAP!!! interesting reading over on DR about that.

that bushing tube is freaking thin... like scary thin

 

My Bed rack I made for my old truck was made with thicker tube then that!

 

lol...geez. IDK if the tube failed on the landing or during the roll over, but either way... that should be much thicker and much higher quality metal.

 

haha yeah the steel place messed up the order and gave me thinker for the same price

Yeah for sure. To me being that that piece of tube needed for the lca mount isn't very long using a nice high grade steel couldn't be much at all

 

kinda worrying me since i want to run an engage kit

 

That tube should probably be a little thicker, but that guy was jumping that truck 6+ feet off the ground.

If you do that to your brand new Tacoma, you're absolutely nuts, no matter what suspension you have underneath you.

Unless you have an extra fifty grand that you're dying to spend, don't try and turn your brand new truck into a race truck.

 

well i will not be jumping it that high but with tube that thin im thinking its only a matter of time till it breaks haha

 

You get what you pay for.

However, if you jump that high you take risks that can lead to major carnage regardless of whose kit you run. At least he had that cage and was able to walk away.

 

Its all good. I respect everyones opinoin. I bought the truck specifically to LT but i get second thoughts here and there. SMS do you mean SOLO motor sports. They are down the street from me. Literally. They do amazing work. I will most likey have them do the motormount gussets and coil bucket gussets

 

looks like the failure happened after the first jump, prior to the roll...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26eROQv-QyM&feature=player_embedded

 

That is some thin walled tubing looks like .095, any one know if they use DOM or HREW? it might have blew out the seem if they aren't using DOM

 

Oh and got the LCA pieces cut out for my first attempt at the LT

 

Engage says their stuff is 4130, but from that it looks like mild steel.

 

They should have used .250 and wrap it over with .120 on to the arms

 

ya i dunno, it looks like it ripped right a long a seam or somthing

 

they should have used 4130 if they say their stuff is 4130...

 

Thats a very sad story. It was a beautiful build and I hope it wasn't caused by poor craftsmanship. Looking more and more at other LT kits. That looks pretty brittle and weak. Seams like it couldn't take too much abuse.

I hope and wish the rebuild of that Taco.

 

I think its .120 when I looked at mine in the past. I always thought it was thin but it was my first LT kit and didn't know better. If it was .095 it would make for a weird sized bushing. The rip looks to much like a straight line for it was DOM or 100% 4130 like they advertise. It would have ripped in a more random form I think. I could be totally wrong. Only time will tell once Daniel gets his truck pulled apart.

 

Not bash Engage cause there the subject right now. But for your 08, Camburg and TC make an awesome race proven designs. I know TC uses .250 on there bushing sleeve and Camburg uses uniballs or anti-wobbles in there lower arm which is nice cause you dont have to worry about destroying bushings do to the alignment cams.

I talk to Daniel on Facebook for a second. Hes planning to rebuild but it will no longer be daily driver. He's thinking full center pivot or j-arm. But I know on dezertrangers they were talking about putting the frame on a frame jig to check for straightness..