Budget Solid Axle 2nd Gen

Steering pump made a huge difference.

 

Sky made it.

 

Yep me to it brings back fond memories and is much simpler

 

Been busy working on the house. Renovations for the wife and what not.
Found bit of time tonight to work on my roll bar/cage. Main hoop is bent up. Gonna do a ladder rack style with some X braces for side impacts.




angles were tough to figure out for the notches, but turned out perfect.



A buddy of mine and I split the notcher and bender a few months back. We’re still figuring it out so there’s a slow learning curve.
Here’s his tacoma we 3 linked a few months ago.

 

You bought the pit from sky pre-notched, circled in yellow?

 

Read through this whole thread. There's some good work in here nice to see that. Just noticed you are in Greensboro my yoingest daughter lives there. A friend @ovrlndkull is down around thee also. Where's your buddy at in Va? I'm kinda North central Va

 

I totally recognize that truck before you SAS'd it. Looks pretty damn sweet. I wheel URE pretty damn often. @singletrack_ftw here's your leaf SAS project.

 

Damn man @Van-go nice work! Looks like you’re living the dream. Let’s see pics of the honeydoos

 

Yep. It didn’t show it on the website but I was pretty happy when it showed up that way.
Probably has to be that way so a TRE will fit through.
I bet a hole for heims wouldn’t have that notched out.

 

He’s from Richmond. Lives down here now in Sophia. It’s an old tag.

 

So far I just gutted our master bath.

 

That’s freaking sick. I love it. If I do end up SAS it won’t be leafs, mainly because I want a lower ride height. I have nothing against leafs besides the tall static height.

 

And please don’t regard my leaf height comment as negative, OP you have done an incredible job on this truck and I really love it. It looks like it sits great and the fab work you’ve done on it looks top notch. I salute all your hard work!

 

I appreciate that. It’s alotttt of work lol.
I think some stock fender flares would really make it appear lower.
There’s only 4 to 5 inches between the top of my Diff and the motor.

 

Good to hear! I've got all my parts at the house on the bench. Its 2nd in line to get done after I finish pulling the transmission.

 

I bought the sky pitman arm bored for a 3/4 bolt so I could use my heim joints. It came notched like that, let's the bolt head sit flush so I could hug tje frame even closer with the arm.

 

Alright, I need some opinions. Here’s what I have tacked together. Need to pull it out of the shop to get a better view of what’s going on.
What should I add to this main frame or change before burning it in?
I plan to add an “X” right behind the cab for side impacts. I need to brace it front to back too somehow. And I plan to add a rack just below the window above the fuel cell ran to the back for a cooler etc.

 

Too square. Run it back then angle it down and just be vertical in the very back for like a foot or so. Unlesd you plan on doing something like WheelEveryWeekend on IG then it looks good

 

I wanted to keep it somewhat level up top for hauling stuff up there. Kayak, lumber, metal, whatever. I do think I could drop it a little in the rear, but I don’t want to drop it too much.
it would probably look better lowered, but I’m more about function on this than looks.

 

Sweet build stumbled in here from the SAS forum. I did a low rider SAS on my 1st gen and had the same problem of banging the drag link off the oil pan and tie rod off the steering box as I only have about 2" of up travel and 12" of down travel. Start saving for airbumps now, they will cure it. I'm the cheapest bastard ever and I'm glad I dropped the money on a good set. Really smooth things out offroad and on road it's like having a sway bar up there. My drag link still kisses the frame but it's much more controlled now.