Long Travel BS Thread

So that was added to a steering rack right? If I understand that right it looks like it will help prevent bending the steering rack, but what about the teeth? That is what I am concerned about with going to a larger steering size. My rack is about fucked from rock crawling with my 33's. Front lockers are hell on steering...

 

I was already thinking about doing that too. And if that doesn't work then maybe design a swing set setup with a steering box.

 

I have room for 37's but won't be going that route til I'm supercharged/ full floater rear...there is just not enough power for me in a stock 4.0

 

That's pretty much my plan too. If the slider doesn't help I'll build swingers and use a saginaw box. But somehow I'm still on my stock rack with 37"s and a heavy truck. It's leaking now though.

 

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finally rolled a 42 next to my truck and holy moly its huuuuge.

 

I was looking at tire weights and a 37" BFG at is 69 pounds and a 35" grabber is 78lb so the rotating mass would be better then what a lot of guys already run. Plus a little softer tire would take more of a blow without sending it to the rack. Even the good years are 73 in a 37" and 65lb in a 35.

 

I ran some 35" Grabbers for a while and felt the weight for sure, especially in the MPG's

 

The 37x12.50x16.5 Military BFG Baja's I run are 87 lbs. Mounted on double beadlocks they weigh right at 160 lbs per corner. I average 14.7mpg highway running non ethanol premium and about 8 mpg in the dirt. I did have to adjust the bypass screws a few turns to compensate for the extra weight. I also haven't had a single flat tire, not even one. To me that's worth it, I hate breaking wheels and tearing sidewalls out at speed. Freaks me out a little.

 

i know the mm is fucked but how do the purches look?

drivers side




i removed the diff so i can gusset them.

 

Id get the trail gear solid mounts my your at it. Do you don't have to keep replacing the stock ones. But gusset the hell out of em

 

He knows that. He's asking if the frame side perch is bent or not

 

looks like som tim wong, I dont recall them having that bend should look like this /\ at least on my prerunner V6 thats how they are

 

I think they're a bit to symmetrical to be bent. Glad you pulled the diff now start plating the mofo.

 

I'm curious to see how much stress it takes off the rack. I know he just got his truck rolling again just recently. It is a much cheaper and easier fix than trying to convert to yota steering box. Few other guys tried it on Dr and so far I haven't heard anyone blowing out a rack since doing that upgrade

 

pulling the diff alone was fun...lol

time to make some cardboard templates, going to go with tg solid mounts and 4x solid transmission mount

 

Mines a 99 and are straight , Im guessing 98

 

He's a 97 and 4wd if that matters

 

Yea more on this please