Solid Axle Swap BS Thread

Hey @rctoy where you able to snag some pics for me?

 

@rctoy When you were in Moab was there was there 1 particular gear you had the Atlas in more than the others? If you had to go with a 2 speed for your truck what do you think would work best?

 

Lol then there would be like three pages in this thread.

 

Well maybe not ALL of it

 

man that thing's in rough shape since last i saw it in moab. Yay for being the only other guy that was going to run pritchette and didn't break.

sorry man i keep forgetting been working 5/14's ill set a reminder alarm for tonight and pull out the flood light.

truck lived in 3.0-1 when i was wheeling but my other gearing is 2.73-1. I know i know everyone is like why pick gears so close together and my the reason being is it's still a 8-1 double low which is kick ass when needed with everything set up the way it is the 2.73 is pretty close to factory 4low so that's why i picked that one and when climbing alot of hills or what not it's nice to have a little extra gearing to help the motor along you wouldn't thing that an extra .27 of gearing would help but it actually makes a big difference turning 42's at 3 psi when im in deep wet heavy snow .
Thinking about changing out the 3.0-1 to 4.0-1 in a couple of years you know just for the fun of it.

 

It's even worse now. He did a 3/4 roll during KOH right before finishing lap one, and then somehow blew both diffs.

 

The only 80 I have seen that I actually like!

 

Late to the party, somewhat new to tacomawold.

I Kept the stock motor mount and raised my engine with the section of frame rail attached 1” for axle clearence.

 

Nice job. Does the hood still closed? Not worth the time to do it that way since I've already plates the frame and have the shock towers welded on there but good info to know

 

Yeah hood still closes. We’ll see what happens after I get my supercharger installed though. Might need to cut a small hole for the pulley

 

Been there a couple of times but the group I go with all run IFS for now so we keep it "tame". Squids Juant is a really fun one, its pretty wide open and has multiple line you can run to vary the difficulty. I've seen some people of Too easy and Humdinger and they look to be pretty challenging.

 

@SMKYTXN


sorry that last pic was dark but you get the idea. And yes i know i should have built it lower but i was drunk and was thinking about axle wrap not protecting my drive line and so far i've been lucky with how tall the truck is.

 

Thanks for the pics bud. I don't have any kind of truss over the pumpkin, so I'll have to add something if I go this direction. Have you had any issues with those pinon bolts loosening up on you?

I may just weld my brackets to the housing, but that'll depend on how much room I actually have.

 

no issues with the bolts i used grad 8 bolts with lock washers and called it the "truss" is just a piece of 3/8 thick by 3" wide bar i bent over the housing and welded to the tubes. i also ran a short bead at the top to the housing it's self didn't get to fancy with it just migged it to the cast housing and burned not. 3 solid years of abuse under my belt with no issues. also notice the strap hooked to the "truss" it lets me have full flex but keeps the truck from unloading while climbing or dropping down ledges. cheap easy and effective.

 

Best part of this is the Toyota factory parts tag for the new frame LOL!!!

New frame?? Hack that bitch uuuuup!

 

It'll take a while but I did a thing.

 

aww yeah

 

Literally drove strait from the dealer to the shop and put it on the lift for a year and half lol. Sold the brand new lower control arms and rear leaves.

 

Very nice... any pics of the front mount?
My trac bar has minimal articulation movement, thinking the HIEM is too small.

Thanks.

 

Got the case for the swap. Prerunner down. Now if I had the money to buy the rest of the swap