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Oh don't worry @MattJakobs uses an angle grinder to do u joints

 

But did it work?

 

Oh deff yes and saves time too.

Dang bro we were productive new upper and lower rad hoses for me and an alternator swap back to my 200 amper and she's kickin solid now.
You got your whole engine bay rewired and a new rear u joint.

 

Sorry, I'm not getting it. Why would you hack off two sides? Are you using oversized U-joints? That still seems like it would F up the needle bearings and lead to an imbalanced drive shaft.

 

yes it destroyed the needle bearings, but those were worn out and we put all new caps, needle bearings and u joint. instead of pressing it back through to get the second cap off we cut it out. we didn't have a press so we were using a vice and a hammer...made it a bit quicker and who doesn't like using a grinder.

@MattJakobs had vibes under acceleration and coasting, after we finished they were magically gone.

 

Using an OEM U Joint but that sucker is pushed in there tightly. With the amount of time it took to get two sides and caps off, it was just easier and faster to cut it out. The U Joint kit came with new caps with needle bearings so I wasn't worried about destroying the old ones, especially after looking at the insides and seeing some of the needle bearing gone

 

Monday's suck and to think I was just here yesterday.

 

You guys are actually doing shit to your runners. I washed mine

 

Gad I want 17s and 34s soo bad. Imma come steal yours and leave mine in place with a 12 pack of coors light.

 

OK I miss-read it and thought they were doing it to a new U-joint.

 

Hahahah no worries that would deff be a waste of a u joint.

 

Funny cause I have another set of F5s sitting on my patio and I could steal my boyfriend's 34s

But seriously 34s or bust..

 

Anybody know of some lightweight and (equally important) cheap 16" wheels that fit a 4th gen?

 

If @4x4runner2002 steals @swalters 17s and 34s, I'll steal his and my Konigs will be for sale for cheap

 

Any 3rd gen owners running the CS-144?

 

@LTDSC are you running Heim steering?
I'm building a set of stock length LCA's with a horizontal Ballistic Uniball. I need to pull more steering travel.

 

i am not, i wanted to but everyone kept saying how they regret it after. I guess the racks hate life after and thats not something i wanted to dabble in.

 

I think I'm on rack number 5. I'm legitimately going to add quick disconnects to the lines next time I pull it. I wish Ballistic made small joints that I could use instead of heims.

 

just use FK's and be good to go.

 

My only concern is building castor into the lower control arm. MCM fab for example mounts the lower ball joint an inch forward of stock for their long travel kit. Might get bump steer with the steering rack pulling forward