@Ay_arontrd’s you dun messed up 2wd to 4wd work truck build thread

Incredible photos man. The truck looks right out in the desert.

 

Stopped by JDFab today on the way home. Picked up the Howe TC pump and tie rods.

 

Howe tc pump and billet tie rods installed!

 

Had a leak on the steering cooler, good thing is JDFab is within driving distance and was able to get the truck over to them. Bad thing is, JDfab is within driving distance .

have a Basikbiker tundra rack on order, should be shipping soon, and a few more JDfab goods to come soon.

 

Today I received my tundra steering rack from @Basikbiker . Should be getting this thing installed within the next few weeks.

 

Niceeee! Any modifications required for install? What tie rods will you run?

 

Did your idle drop after the install?

 

Idle did drop a little, but was a little high with the truck being tuned so just about stock idle now. Maybe a little less.

 

A few slight modifications needed, mostly shims and shortening the steering shaft. It will be a tight fit. I won’t be installing this myself. Passing this one on to JD fab for the install.

currently have JDfabs billet tie rod kit.

 

Mine idles so low it's concerning. Truck drives fine but isn't happy at stop lights, etc. Need to figure out how to address.

The tuner that flashed the ECU doesn't want to bump the idle up either.

 

Maybe try to just get input from a different tuner. The pumps there to stay so wouldn’t need to adjust back unless you ditch the pump.

just out of curiosity I googled what my warm RPM’s should be at idle and says 5.5-6. So this morning while driving the truck I checked at a stop.

 

Picked the truck up Thursday afternoon from JD fab. So far it’s driving nice. Been driving it around all weekend and went and check out some local back roads to see how it feels. Overall truck feels good, well planted.

Parts installed-
@Basikbiker tundra rack
Welds_taco diff mount reinforcement
Coastal offroad off mount gussets
PRG poly motor mounts
JDFAB pivot kit
JDFAB front shock towers
JDFAB new front skid (had to make one due to truck having a crossmember delete)

 

Did they re-work the shock to make a greater extended length? the shock towers were designed to make a 10" shock fit. It does look like a different eyelet & spring retainer than the JD spec.

 

No, we ended up using the shock towers to raise the shock up 2”. Then replaced eyelets with 2” king eyelets. Reason being was the tie rods were hitting the shocks when turning.

 

Did JD stop using their sealed uniballs on the UCAs?

 

Haven't had time to go through the whole thread yet, but curious why you swapped out the BAMF front bumper?

 

I had the CBI T3 prior. Just went with something lighter, more clearance and a change. Had been wanting a tube style bumper

 

Diff fluid, transfer case, oil changed and some new brake pads. Just some maintenance done this week

 

Big thanks to both @lit_taco4x4 and @Ricardo13x for discovering these boots. Boots are off a ford raptor, who would have thought.. great find!

 

Hell yeah brotherrrr