4x4 Wanna Be Part 2 - SAS Toyota Axle/3Link

Finished Product




Here is how she sits as of today, but that will change this afternoon.





I have been collecting parts over the past 2 months and the time has come to get the ball rolling. I built the axle and acquired 85% of the parts. The conversion will be done by Damien at M.O.B.S. Fabrication of Concord, NC. He is the one who built all the armor for the truck while it was IFS.


Parts/Price List --> more to be added...

Axle
79 Toyota; 8” 4cyl  $250.00
Sierra 8” 4cyl 4.56 gear set  $185.00 + 10% off  $166.50
Sierra 8” 4cyl master bearing kit  $135.00 + 10% off  $121.50
Spartan Locker 8” 4cyl  $284.26
Marlin front axle service kit  $179.00
Trail-Gear Chromolly Hub Gears  $100.00
Vented rotors (79 FJ40)  $?
Reman Calipers  Carquest #’s 19-1601 and 19-1600 (94 4Runner)  $79.42
Raybestos Brake Pads  Carquest # RCD 611 (94 4Runner)  $22.53
Low profile drain plug  $4.99

Suspension
Fox Coilovers  12in Travel  $620.00
Upper Coils  10in with 250lbs  $130.00
Lower Coils  14in with 350lbs  $130.00
Brackets

Transfer Case
82 Toyota top shift case  $100.00
Tacoma Passenger Side Adapter  $399.00 + 10% off  $359.10
Speed Sensor Adapter  $100.00 + 10% off  $90.00
Creeper Gears 4.7:1 – 23 Spline  $492 + 10% off  $442.80

Drive Shaft
HD Front Driveline Kit – Creeper Joint  $229.00 + 10% off  $206.10
Rear Tube Yoke  $39.68
Rear Flange Yoke  $58.53
Rear U Joint  $21.36
Steering Shaft Joint  $100 x 2  $200.00

Misc Parts Needed
Oil Pan  12101-65030  $155.62
Strainer  15104-62060  $62.78
Oil Strainer Gasket  15147-62060  $2.05
Oil Pan Drain Plug and Gaskets  Dorman #’s 090-038 (plug) and 097-115 (gasket)  $2.50
Transmission Cooler  Carquest # 77421  $41.86


Fluids/Chemicals
Amsoil 75W90 Synthetic Gear Oil  $11.55 x 8  $92.40
Amsoil Synthetic ATF  $8.90 x 6  $53.40
Amsoil Synthetic Grease  $5.41 x 4  $21.64

Shipping
Inchworm  $93.03
Marlin Crawler  $20.72
Trail-Gear 
Amsoil  $26.05

Labor
Rear Drive Shaft  $75.00
Gearing and Installing the Transfercase  $300.00
Differential Gear Setup  $75.00

Parts Sold
Front Differential (geared and locked)  $800.00
Icon UCA’s  $630.00
Toytec/Bilstein Coilovers  $500.00
Remington Sendero 7mm Mag  $950.00
Nikon Monarch 8-32x50SF  $480.00
Sold Total  $3,360.00


Estimated Total  $8,155.20

 

This is gonna be good!

 

Where can I get one and how much!

 

X2

 

I will hopefully have some carnage pictures up this evening. I drop her off in a hour to start the tear down. I'm taking the coilovers and brakes off the front before he torches it and I'm also taking out the rear leafs and shocks. I'm going to try rebuilding my stock leafs while he has it, worst case maybe going with some All Pro's or Deavers

 

It could be yours for the right price

Nah I couldn't sell this thing... it's going to be around for a long time

 

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Good luck, dont see 3 link swaps as often.

 

a lot of the plate style bumpers are located on the west coast. I'm in virginia and would love to have one made. Do you have the contact information. Maybe I can call the shop and see how much he would charge to make one. Very clean lines! What winch are you running?

 

Just talked to the guy at the shop. Great price

 

Yeah I was up at the shop when you called actually

He's really good, I can e-mail you some pics of the bumper build if you like. He's got some severe OCD, and his work reflects that... plus he will build whatever you want

I'm running a 8,000lb Smittybilt. It's been good so far, but I may end up running something else in the future.

 

I got all the things that I needed pulled off the truck this afternoon. He's going to start cutting tomorrow Everything went really smooth, didn't take but an hour or so to pull off.

 

Sweet, lookin' forward to following the progress!

 

If I wasn't subbed before I am now.

 

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Is that because your truck is so used to being on jackstands