Tundra Conversion - Adventure4x4's Build

Head to the DUNES!

 

@Adventure4x4

 

The only dunes I'm aware of are little Saraha state park in Oklahoma. Are those the ones you're thinking of? I went a couple years back

 

...with Jeff

 

Yeah, he kept trying to get me to go. Told him no dice on the "Giant Barely Flying Fat Penguin."

 

havent heard from him in a long time wonder what he is doing now

 

Oh geez haha.

That was a long day. He ended up hitting a deer on the way home at like 2am.

 

Not sure, but I know he sold his truck.

 

dang he did? i thought he would never sell that thing

 

Why? He constantly talked about how much he wanted a built Ford Ranger Pre-runner again.

 

i kinda remember him talking about that? but i figured he wouldnt sell the tacoma oh well i guess lol

 

Yeah I think I texted him about a year ago surprised as well. Part of his truck still lives on mine haha

 

did he get a ranger lol

 

Nah, he almost traded on one he found, but said the guy wanted money on top and he told him to kick rocks, or something to that tune.

 

ah i see

 

4 years later finally made it back to one of my favorite locations, Big Bend. 4.88s were perfect, but definitely need the HD springs; riding too close to the bump zone...and I have that squat goin on.

 

I have been fighting with driveline vibrations since I did the tundra axle swap. Essentially any speed over 70 I was feeling uncomfortable with. I knew going in with the one piece that my speed would be limited but didn't think to that extent. I had talked to the driveline team at work to ensure I had everything set up correctly and I had the angles optimized the best I could. Still no luck. I finally considered going back to the two piece route. I thought about going with a custom center bearing setup but upon more research I thought more about the oem options. Since my truck is a manual the propshaft is longer than the auto by an inch which I thought might be perfect since I had to shorten it anyways for the tundra axle. I ended up finding a used oem shaft to test out. The only things I needed to do was drill holes for the center bearing location and use a 1350/1330 u-joint. A quick drive test and it's mint. I'm debating on messing with the axle angle at all since it's so close. I still need to cycle it but based on my previous cycling, I should have enough plunge in and out. Super stoked. This doesn't fit everyone's application but figured I share. Still need to cut the bolts down but here's the new location. I thought I was going to have a difficult time getting the bolt in that's why the bolt is so far forward. I may end up slotting it to center it up.

 

I wouldn't slot it. More likely to move.
K.I.S.S. = Keep It Simple, Stupid.

 

off topic buuuut how tall are your bed bars adam? they look to be a good height! been trying to find some but nothing local sadly..

 

True if they are not torqued correctly but if I hit the drive shaft I think I have something else worse to worry about haha