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Built by a 14 year old (with some help from my dad)

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Builds (2005-2015)' started by jwarr, Aug 17, 2021.

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  1. Sep 20, 2021 at 6:24 AM
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    So rad man! Sub'd :cheers:
     
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  3. Sep 23, 2021 at 4:34 AM
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    I blasted my spindles to get them ready for gussets:
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    Keep those bump extensions tacked until you are completely done and can flex the suspension out and see. Then you can easily fine tune them. Trust me with as much frame flex and all there is on these trucks real world > forklift flex > math. The math gives you a good reference but from experience doesn't get you all the way there.
     
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  5. Sep 24, 2021 at 5:22 AM
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    Sub for this! Great work, I see a little of myself in this thread. My dad and I rebuilt a '74 VW Bug starting when I was 14, I drove that thing all through high school. Keep up the awesome work my dude!
     
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  6. Sep 28, 2021 at 4:42 AM
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    We found a tundra booster local:
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    Should give me some inspiration to get off my butt and work on my truck.
     
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  9. Oct 7, 2021 at 11:59 AM
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    Drive shaft rebuild day. None of the u-joints seemed bad, but we decided to replace them all while the drive shafts were out along with the carrier bearing:

    upload_2021-10-7_14-46-38.jpg

    After removing the clips, we used 2 sockets to hammer out the caps:
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    Then got all the old grease cleaned off to get everything ready for the new parts:
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  11. Oct 7, 2021 at 12:15 PM
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    Very nice work man!
    Hats off to you and dad!
    It’s gonna be a sweet ride!!!
     
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  12. Oct 11, 2021 at 4:43 AM
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    The yoke wouldn't slide off so we cut the carrier bearing metal part off so that we could tap the yoke:
    upload_2021-10-11_7-37-15.png

    Then used a 3 jaw puller to pull the bearing off:
    upload_2021-10-11_7-38-14.jpg

    New carrier bearing on with the arrows point forward:
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    Front driveshaft done ($22 total cost):
    upload_2021-10-11_7-41-20.jpg

    Rear Driveshaft done ($149 total cost):
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    And the total chaos spindle gussets came and my dad started welding them:
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    That boy could weld. :thumbsup:
     
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    Oh man, so these just reinforce the OEM spindels? Thats awesome. I wish I had a real welding setup to do this.
     
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    and the rear shocks came from accutune. These are FOX 2.0x12 performance series 985-24-054

    upload_2021-10-12_8-22-32.jpg
     
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    We reduced the bump stop extensions to 1" and got the new shock towers welded on along with the lower axle mounts:
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    Then started stripping down the engine to get it cleaned up:
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  19. Oct 21, 2021 at 12:13 PM
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    great job kid keep up the good work and ask a lot of questions.
    and to DAD great job with your son sounds like a great and smart kid..
     
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  20. Oct 27, 2021 at 4:39 AM
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    Thanks. It has been a great project so far
     
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