Colinb17's kinda sorta build thread - now with 4-link and long travel

new ones have a nice solid amount of antiseize on them. so unless i'm actually hard enough on them to distort the threads, they should come off much easier next time.

 

haha, yeah, i knew to expect quit a bang when i got through each one, but you can only prepare yourself so much.

 

I'd never take them off and put them back on. Way to cheap a part to re-use IMHO. I'm on my third set and I keep the second set as spares just in case.

Here's a very good resource for them with great tech info.

http://www.truckcomponentsonline.com/U-Bolt-Technical-Information_df_53.html

 

not bad idea well thinking

 

I didn't even consider it and when it broke I thought I was having a heart attack

 

yeah, there's definitely two mindsets when it comes to reusing u-bolts. there are numbers to support either one. there are some applications that i would 100% never reuse ubolts in, but i feel reusing them on my setup (not talking about reusing them 10 times or anything of that nature of course)

pretty sure that's two women high fiving.........what are you trying to say

lol

 

That's funny... I just saw the toytec shims in the new 4wd Toyota owner magazine. One of the "under $50 Christmas gift guide" lol.


I've been trying to diagnose some vibrations, so I've been wondering if maybe I need shims or a carrier bearing drop. When I ordered my leaf springs all pro told me the expos don't need shims... But idk how true that is. And since I'm a dclb I've always assumed my carrier bearing angle would be fine since it's a longer drive shaft than the shorter trucks. My carrier bearing its self may be shot though

 

i've never seen a CB drop solve a vibration issue. in actuality, it just throws off your angles further, since you now don't have the DS coming straing out of the transfer case.

the shims soome to be a much better option. you just see so many people with the drop but no shims because they see the 2 minute drop instal, vs a half hour shim instal.

since we don't run double cardains (sp), you want to pinion to match the output from the transfer case. shims get you pretty darn close.

 

my next tires
going european style

 

What in the world are those?

 

Those are called tires.







Matt

 

I have some vibes too with the Dakars. Shims and an extra front lean spacer are on my list soon!

I dropped the CB and it hasn't helped anything. All it's really done is made me more paranoid that I fucked something up

 

Look like ubber grooved simex tyres

 

A really really rough ride is what those are. haha

 

essentially a european treadwright. those are on a mickey thompson case. here's the same tire on a pro-comp case.
you can see the remold seam just inside of the side biters.

 

those look like rc tires.

 

We must have a facebook page in common. haha




Here is the link I saw of them.

 

How did you attach the mount for the rear shock reservoirs? Existing hole or drill and bolt?

 

That's only for the red bull resis