Long Travel BS Thread

Also. FWIW, I use ARP lube on all heims and jams. It is far, far superior to antiseize.

 

It's just my paranoia. I've never had a jam nut cume loose on me, but because I've heard of it happening to someone else, I worry about it. If little easy steps can give me piece of mind, I'll take it.

 

Set screw is that thing. Especially on monster 1 1/4 heims. I wouldn’t do it on smaller stuff but you’re not going to harm the integrity of them big bastards. I want to say we used #8 or #10.

If you have a drill press and a vice it’s quick and easy. Just don’t poke the threads on the other side when you go through. Set a stop.

 

That's why I liked the idea. Effective, but also, drilling and tapping 8 set screw holes is a piece of cake.

 

Tacoma 5 lug 4x4? 2nd gen Tundra components at all 4 corners.

 

Looks great nice work.

 

Nice work, very cool innovation! How much travel are you cycling with the Frankenstein setup?

 

I'm running the same size links/heims, and have only ever used a pipe wrench with a cheater bar to torque the jams, maybe 24" total length, and never had an issue with them coming loose. I use torque seal for a quick visual check, though I do like the idea of set screws, may have to steal that idea.

 

I'm at 13" due to the 37s. Definitely more to be gained if I cut more and mounted the coilover up higher.

 

Nice! I saw in your build you don't have the diff in yet, what are you using to keep the hubs together?

 

Unfortunately, I decided to hold off on the front diff. The fitup was tight with contact at the crossmember as well as the steering rack. A project I didn't want to take on at the moment. All factory tundra outer components with a custom set of RCVs mated to the 8" diff, so it just uses the tundra cv axle nut to hold everything together.

 

New Holley dash just arrived. Shiny.


Should I get some rife shock travel sensors just for shits and giggles?

 

of course!

 

Well that's cool

 

Should dimple die the holes first

 

This shit nickel and dimed the hell out of me @snowsk8air2

 

What length rod ends y'all running with 4x4?

 

Rod ends on what? Tie rods? Control arms?

 

Oops. Meant coilovers

 

I made a bunch of posts recently trying to figure it out, but found one that will clear: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...it-honest-review.777426/page-13#post-29923841

In other pics you can see I'm using the "tall" spring perch when I could really be using the lower one (not flat). https://www.polyperformance.com/krs...nce-race-pr-series-spring-plate-for-7-8-shaft

But that's just for this setup. The JD Fab kit can use the short/stubby ends and be fine... so it depends.

Which LT are you using?