Long Travel BS Thread

Any of you guys running a gate shifter? I was told that even with the Tacoma specific A340 shifter, the TH400 is still the model to get.

 

Is it possible to convert a TC long travel LCA into a uni-ball as opposed to a ball joint? Pics of it being done?

 

@anthony250f posted a while back. its alot of work to do. im planning on doing the solo spindle and their conversion

 

Not that simple.

You need to convert the spindle mounting too.

 

yea i want to do it. someones was talking to me about ball joints failing and it made me scared. i drive 80mph on the freeway all the time

 

Ball joints last longer then a uniball will.

Just change them every 80-90k with OEM ball joints and you'll be fine.

I've blow two but was my own fault.

 

what happens when they go out? doesnt your LCA fall down off the spindle

 

x2... ive blown mine out also after i installed my LT around 90k miles i should have done them since i was doing everything else but i got moog ones and havent had a problem since

 

damn im lucky then cause i got my LT used and never replaced them im gonna buy some hahah

 

doesnt hurt to have an extra set also

 

$45 for one does that sound about right?

 

Uniballs don't fail catastrophically. You can still drive away.

 

my driver ball joint failed when i was coming back home from Colorado. completely fucked my alignment and made my tires bad cause i had positive toe in.

 

Exactly wh I want the ball joint gone

 

A lot..

How so?

 

Uniballs don't pull out of their socket when you pick a poor line or hit a hard edge going to fast. Like what happened in your picture when you ball joint failed

If you had a uniball in the pictures posted you may have bent something else like a tie Rod but your wheel and steering knuckle more than likely wouldn't be stuck under your frame

 

I don't see how a ball joint does that and a uniball wouldn't..

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th3DPAX27sA

 

A uniball is in the cup with a bolt all the way through it. There's there's the c clip holding it in as well. The hall joint just fall out the spindle adapter piece. The uniball will just get play, not fall out of the cup

 

I've never seen one that does. Especially as easy as ball joints will let go