Solid Axle Swap BS Thread

Correct. Truck is currently sitting at 23", goal is 23-24" with 39s. And yes, doing a 3 link with 14" coilovers.

 

Is the axle at ride height in the photos? Not much uptravel if so.
Is the diff hitting the pan the first point of interference? Upper link clears?

 

it looked like you chopped the front end off at the bend according to the picture?

 

Axle is sitting close to ride height yes. I'm in the beginning stages of getting the links on, that's the project for this week. Just by looking it seems the pan will be the closest thing to hitting. Haven't started putting links on to see how it will all cycle.

Yep, I chopped the frame and raised the engine 3.75".

 

damn. It’ll be a tight package trying to keep it low and tuck entering under there.

TBH, you should consider the panhard as the limiting factor. At least for me, that was my limiting factor. Cut some pvc and cycle the suspension.

 

Do everything ya can to make it low with some uptravel. You won’t regret it

 

Noted thanks! I'll throw some PVC under and see how it looks.

I'm trying! Would like to aim for around ~5" uptravel

 

That would be really impressive.

 

No body lift? I can’t read a tape because I came up with about 1.5” of clearance to raise mine

 

1" BL. Wasn't planning on it, but since I raised the fuel tank, I had to use it.

 

So what trail are all of us new Colorado SAS folks going to get together and run? @Tacofire98 @Chadr7858 @ShiftyShank am I missing anyone else?

 

@Squeaky Penguin needs to come so we can compare IFS/SAS
Goal is April to finish. Not sure if that's beginning or end at this point.
Been meaning to get to Blanca. Never done it.

 

I made it through Blanca....... Well I finished in 2wd (FWD) DS Snapped just going up a incline, not even on an obstacle. I need to go back and redeem myself!

 

Same on Blanca. I won't be sas until next year for sure. So If @Squeaky Penguin is chicken ill run my ifs with yall this summer.

 

Brett will do it. I've seen him push that truck on a lot of things. Definitely need to get some CO peeps on a weekend of hard wheeling this year.

 

I've been impressed with a California Toyota group full of SAS trucks, winter, and summer they stay at it!

Two in particular (probably because they are both white trucks )
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDglGCIRMki/?igsh=MXc1eTNxdW40eGE1MQ==


https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDgj8yiRN91/?igsh=MTRjcnJ1cTlsZ2NzOA==

 

It’s fun and dandy when you got a group of folks who are committed and dedicated to the community. When individual start to lack and don’t want to travel, people lose interest and start selling their project.

The group you tag is pretty active in central and Northern California and has some capable trucks.

A few years back, I noticed:
42 being the new 40
40 replaced 37
And 35 is pretty much obsolete

 

I know it. I was only teasing.

 

Yeh, what I'm kinda envious of is they all seem like just a group of really good friends. When a rig breaks, they work together to get it back on the trail, and overall just having a good time. Thankfully I have one friend that I regularly wheel with, and has been more than awesome helping me do trail fixes, so I could get my truck home. But I don't have a normal group of 4-6 that I regularly wheel with.

And yeh, I definitely see where you are coming from tire size wise. Won't be long before 44's and 46's are more common

 

Time for some HD tubing.... 2.75x0.156

IIRC, factory is 0.04ish and most DS shop will recommend .08 or .120