Tacoma Spring refurbishing

I already sold those! I still have the air compressor and lines onboard....

 

with no experience in this feild how long would you expect it would take me?

 

just a guess, but a day or less, if you prep the donor spring before puling the pack the down time will be shortened.

 

Depending on mech. ability & tools, it'd take you about a day, it takes me about 4 hours to break down/cut donors/re assemble/install as an example

 

That's because you are OMD, us mere mortals only cower in fear of breaking down our leaf packs.

 

HA ! If only !!! Sir !! You flatter me !!...

Actually it takes me a couple hours if the donor leafs are already cut/groomed & ready, like jake said it does save on time, I wish it was as easy as just grabbing any leaf, hack on it to fit, paint it to match, it takes at least a day on my own dime to locate/retrieve, sometimes a weekend to get the right leafs for 1 build & I haven't even put a cut wheel to it yet...

But the end result is worth it.....

These are going to New Mexico.....very functional linear spring that kills axle wrap in its tracks, carry a decent load & still articulate well offroad "with" a load...

 

& it gives right at 3" of lift...


1st gen..




Not a very good pic of diamond cuts but they're there..

 

please dont make his head swell anymore then it already is...



Hey Doug, second picture would make a great sig, tire and bed debris floating in limbo FTW!

 

Haha, zero gravity with OMD...

On a side note the new springs I'm running on the rear were butter smooth on landing, pretty much the reason I hucked it in the first place was a little shake down R&D....

 

So for a while ive been thinking my Rancho shocks were too short for my OMD packs so i decided to investigate today. Turns out theyve been my limit straps...

Heres how much droop i should have:

(Shocks are unbolted)

you can see where the shock is ussually mounted is about 3 inches lower then where the bottom of the shock is. The shocks are fully extended.



With what I put the truck through, these are the strongest shocks ive ever seen. They are definately limiting my travel though so time for new shocks

OMD Spring update: still kicking ass

 

You need 9" travel for shocks.....

 

who are they going to from NM???

 

the only guy i could think of is chad but he has the chevy 63's so idk

 

Haha, yeah Chad did my MOD long time ago with great results, he did another members truck too IIRC..

I'd say who but until they say its ok to "out" them I have to maintain professional anonaminity....

 

I no.. Gotta make a run to dsm and get some billies soon

 

If You's guys are referring to me, I haven't done the 63's yet unfortunately. Probably going to wait till I do the SAS before I do it.. & I actually did this mod a loong time ago before this thread was created iirc, then since I've done probably 4 other members trucks, I lost count,, or maybe I just didn't know about it! Either way, keep up the good work Doug!

 

You got it buddy !!!...

 

Found a spring place near school. Is $20 per leaf too much? This is for brand new, individual leafs. So $80 for 4 brand new leafs. He even offered to cut them to length for me but I can't find the lengths in here again.