Basik Built taco

So this week and next ill be doing the axle swap, abs delete and front diff swap...stay tuned

 

Whew! Front diff swapped! , time to start the real project, rear end time

 

Any tips? Maybe pre-game some cursing and just cut open my knuckles to get it out of the way?

 

It's really not that bad, only real pain is hooking the diff breather back up

 

Oh, ok cool. Found a shop next to my work that does good work on diffs, dropping mine off soon for a regear, then a solid day of install, might as well do the motor mounts while I'm at it, maybe pull the headers as well if Im already down there lol

 

If your doin the solid motor mounts I highly recommend you do em at least with the cv's out, make life a lot easier for ya

 

Yeah I thought you had to pull the CVs out anyways to swap the front diff? I need to replace drivere side wherl bearing and to do that Im gonna have to swap out the CV since the threads are destroyed lol. So I figure I'll kill..uhhh like 4 birds lol

 

Yea you do lol, perfect opportunity

 

How'd you do the ABS delete? Pull all the lines and cap off at the box? Or pull the fuse and remove the dash light?

 

Ok soo my truck was a trd offroad and it's a manual. Manual tranny trucks run a speed sensor off the transfer case so I don't need the sensors for the speedo, and it's a manual so shifting isn't affected either. Also with the trd traction control stuff from factory it uses an electric boosted brake system all combined in the abs module, it's one big unit. I bought the base model vacuum booster and master like how most car brakes are setup, put a T in the front brake lines and that goes to the master, then for the rear I put a proportioning valve and line lock in the cab by my seat and that ties to a single line from the other master port to the rear axle where it then T's off on the axle to each caliper. Thus completely removing that hunk of junk.... I haven't done it yet but will be doing it this coming week.....it will work. As it sits right now all my sensors are disconnected, I drove it a little bit with the whole module unplugged but lost my brake boost cause no electricity lol. It's really pretty simple

 

One thing I learned from my day job field maintenance on helicopters....I don't give a fuck about the weather when I got shit to do lol.... bed will be off tommorow along with a whole bunch of other stuff

 

Totes jelly of your house. What a great spot to live

 

It's not awesome when it's cold out trying to work on this thing.... I need a garage

 

Im not really sure what cold is mang. The lowest its been where i live is maybe 30 or just below a handfull of times

 

What kind of steel are you using for the suspension parts you made?

 

For a good time get a clamp style one and put it on your lip

 

Like the a arms? Just p&o 3/16, 2"x.25" DOM for the pivots. Uppers are just 1.25" DOM......no issues yet since I made em.

When I feel like making spindles and a more "race" kit style I'll use 1.5" for the uppers

 

Thanks, I was curious more specifically the mild steel plating you used. I couldn't ever find anyone saying what exact type of mild they use. I figured they probably just go with whatever HRPO that they can get at the local metal yard. 4130 is pretty far out of my price range. Plus I can only MIG.