Solid Axle Swap BS Thread

Well...that's not too bad. If you add the time it takes to rebuild and drill/tap an almost 20 y/o from a junk yard, I think their asking price is "OK" for those of us lazy asses that do not like to spend time doing that kind of work

 

This is a strange statement coming from the dude that is always talking about spending less money.

 

I think you may have misunderstood my sermons

My argument about saving money is not on things like steering boxes or "smaller" items. My sermons are about big ticket items like axles and entire suspension systems.

So here's the sermon again: Typical dude says, "I want to keep it all toyota, leaf springs and will never go bigger than 35"s"

Three years later the same dude gets 1 ton axles, 37"-40" tires and links with coilovers; essentially doing a SAS twice.

That's all I preach about

Besides, this is the SAS B.S. thread

 

400 bucks for a tapped steering box is insane!! Send your junkyard box to west texas offroad and for 100 bucks more than allpros ass rapeing, you can have a ready to go HA system.

 

Sorry to change the topic but i'm still working on my spread sheet and thought i'd stop back in. Was hoping for some quick advise on running taller than 12" shocks/coilovers. I'll probably do a coilover over say an ORI. The big thing for me is I want to do all the big stuff (axles, suspension, gears, t-case, etc) once, so want to be sure a 12" coilover is the right decision and was hoping or some insight.

Edit: This is for the front, haven't looked into the rear past the Chevy 63 leaf swap.

 

Good approach (bold letters above)

I am afraid there is not a simple answer to your coilover question. There are a lot of variables, it all depends on what you want to accomplish with your suspension travel/movement.

I think most guys have 12" coilovers. I have 14" coilovers, no regrets there.

Few local guys have 16" and 18" and I can tell you they had to be aggressive with how they designed their suspensions to get the best out of those longer coilovers.

I think you will be fine with a 12" or 14" coilover. Anything longer and you will probably need to do some heavy frame notching or build and entire new front end section of the frame with square tubing. You need to bring those coilovers as far up as possible to keep the ride low, but you also need to make sure nothing binds when the axle moves up/down.

It's really a lot of trial/error and compromising. It would be ideal if you had a couple of different coilovers of different lenghts at your disposal to mock your suspension as you go.

 

You can have a general idea but you won't really know for sure what you can fit until you get the axle under the truck and start to measure. The packaging on the front can get interesting depending on ride height, up/down travel you are able to run, and how much cutting you want to do. There are a ton of variables when picking shock size.

 

I wouldn't go bigger than a 14".. All the websites, like All Pro, have hoops you can just buy for 12" shocks. Basically wondering if a 14" is worth the extra work.

Hah, I hate that. I'm the type to plan everything before jumping in when it comes to heavy financial investments. Sure it'll be fun once I get there though

 

Agreed with the above posts, shock length is really going to depend on after you fully cycle the suspension and get real numbers. i.e. up-travel/down-travel, compressed and extended lengths.

Common sizes are 12" and 14" tho.

 

Budget for 18s and then you'll get some $$ relief when the project starts

 

Budget? What the hell is a budget on a truck build?

 

VonWilsonator on p4x4. I think he's $120 shipped for a rebuild tapped IFS box. Hes up to like 100 or so hes done for people...

 

Someone just sent me a link to them. I was gonna coll them. I need a box as well, mines fubared so I'm hoping I can buy the core from them. Is there system worth a fuck? The price is sure right

 

It's not even tapped! just rebuilt. Well if anyone wants to make an offer, shoot me a PM. Like I said, brand new from all pro.

 

Yea they have been around forever in the jeep world. They make a system called the "redneck ram", bascially a cost effective hydro assist system. I would 100% use and trust them, i just recently found out they did toyota stuff after forgetting about them.

 

Lmao WOW!!

 

Drilling, tapping, and rebuilding an old Toyota steering box is seriously the easiest part of a SAS. You can do it for less than $100 including the price of the box from a salvage yard.

 

You must have done a bunch of them then

 

Just get one from lowrange? (Trail gear) alreadg tapped and rebuilt. Don't mess with junkyard ones. Paid 90 buck for it snd took a crap within less than a year.

 

Rebuilt with lifetime warranty at autozone for less than $300....
I think I will take that gamble.