Solid Axle Swap BS Thread

Yeah I don't see the point unless you got a damn good deal on a front one and want to link it to get better travel than the front IFS, but even then why not wait for a 60... The 2nd gen IFS is pretty stout and the Toyota rear is pretty much a Dana 44 in terms of strength.

 

For the cost of a built 44 (which you need under a 2nd gen unless you wanna break in the driveway) you can still have a d60 that is twice as strong almost stock.

D44 even if it was free would not go under my 2nd gen tacoma lol

 

Some people "including myself" just don't like the look of full size axles under a tacoma body/frame.

 

Hell compared to older Toyotas a 2nd are a full size.

 

you dont have a second gen so stay out of it youll probably still und up builing your 44.

Edit: i talked to your girl about it she says she wants the extra inches.

 

Yep. A double cab long bed 2nd gen is pretty much a 1st gen Tundra.

 

100% building my 44, i've never looked back and won't. I aint trying to competer in moab here...

 

i know you dont like rock crawling but also remember youre going tall like me so you want the width. and youre going to compensate with spacers.
So basically youre trying to build your truck like i did my old one.

 

I was just thinking about running spacers when i go wheeling that's all. As for the height...yes tall!!

 

^^^This haha. If you keep your 1st gen light enough you'll probably be alright. But like I said above, on a 2nd gen the IFS is probably stepping on the toes of being as strong a 44 (though probably not a fully built one). There are several IFS 2nd gens running around on 37's with minimal issues.

Hell I have 33's and I think I pretty much have to bind the tire to break a CV (which I have done once). I can lock both lockers and spin the hell out of my tires up rocks and not break one.

These two vids show it a little, but none really caught the times I just laid into it.

http://youtu.be/yJEjB2SW5NM

http://youtu.be/Zfst9ZNGLDQ

 

I'm pretty light; single cab, 3rz, bobbed bed, and gonna run 36s. I think I'll be ok for now. Depending on what I break, I'll see about going to tons.

 

Yeah if you are just going with 36's that should be fine. Hell you'd probably be sacrificing too much clearance going to tons on 36's.




I watched a guy blow up a u-joint on a SAC'd Ranger on 33's... no locker... and a really simple obstacle that I have seen a stock samari on 28's do...


He used a dana 30 to SAC Although after they checked it out I guess there was some install error on the u-joint that caused it to break

 

Who installs a ujoit wrong? Oh right the same guy that put a D30 under a ranger..

 

If I do go tons I'll also be going up in tire size as well.

 

Dont like the look...


Dont like the look


you are going through the process of converting your rig to solid axle, and you are concerned how a full sized axle LOOKS under the truck?

Interesting order of priorities.

 

lol ^^^^

 

I've got 44's under my sammi, but with that said I wouldn put them under a 2nd gen taco. If I was going to go through the effort I might as well go D60

 

And for the reason of weight. It's weight and power really, I've seen some trucks with stupid amounts of power not break smaller axles but they are a motor some frame and axles and tires that's about it. But on the other hand ive seen trucks that are heavy with little motors and gobs of gearing break all the time..

 

Perhaps you're too small minded. What you said has no relevance to my first comment. Obviously the full width is more capable. But that's not what we are talking about.
I much prefer this look:

To this look:

 

So you are going for look vs capability