LTrunner

got my upper axle truss and large diff armor in yesterday....waiting on the 3/8spring pad for the to begin

yotasavg

sub'd. nice build!

LTrunner

got the upper axle truss welded on, the large diff armor and knuckle ball gussets have been tacked. using the welder at work it rules

pics to come later, cause my cell broke and that's my only camera right now

LTrunner

everything is all welded up...can u say BEEEEEFFFFYYYY.....

nosfanatic2006

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BEEEEEFFFFYYYY

Anyways, nice lookin truck! Can't wait for pics and for it to be done and on the trail (with more pics of course)

Beaniam

if you use a putty scraper and put a very thin layer of jb weld on the knuckle balls then let it dry and sand it down, it will take care of the pitting.

LTrunner

yeah i was checking thst out...seems easy enough

LTrunner

axle is primed...and will be ready for paint and gears shortly

91FREERUNNER

Your truck is badass dude Pretty much what i have in mind for mine couple questions....Whered you get that soft top and when you do the 63"chevy springs what do you do about the mounts weld in new ones?

LTrunner

the soft top i got used for a steal at $200....it has seen better days,i've had to sew some seams and put in a few pacthes...the chevys you can buy the kit that sky's off road design makes...

91FREERUNNER

thanks man going to look into that trying to give myself some options gunna have some cash to put into my runner when i sell my cobra

LTrunner

so i dove intot the 3rd member today and found some strange things...1st off the ring gear had 37 teeth, and the pinion 9, whichs makes it 4:11s,odd knowing mostly all toyotas came with 4:10s...secondly it had a solid spacer not a crush sleeve. i didn't think toyota had solid spacers stock. also there was bearly ANY wear on any parts in the 3rd, as if 4wd was bearly ever used. and come to think of it when i 1st disasmebled the axle i remember there being a stock toyota 3rd gasket. any input

91TPU

im dropping my 1st gen off tomorrow, pick it up in a few months sound good? cool...lol

runner looks great, i have a lot of similar plans, and i plan on using a lot of the pictures and information you posted up to help with mine. thanks! and good luck on the SAS, i was quote 3k to have mine done, id do it myself, but i cant weld...hoping that if i put together and rebuild the SFA they will come down on the price.

LTrunner

im good on a budget....really only run me about $800 or so without the price of the axle, so with the axle about $1,000.

LTrunner

any input on this factory 4:11s and a solid spacer not a crush sleeve.

SKULLYOTA

i don't know what year your third is, but when i rebuilt one for my rear end i used one from an earlier truck(81 i think, it had 3.90s) and it had a factory solid spacer, cast iron lookin' thing.
i think crush sleeves came out later sometime?

LTrunner

huh.?. the axle is an 82...maybe pre-84 they where like that

SKULLYOTA

i've seen a few others before, and i think they were all first gen trucks.
good thing you got one, i think crush sleeves are kind of a pain, especially if you muck one up.
what ratio did you say you were gonna run?

LTrunner

front: 5:29s open(for now)
rear: v6 case, 5:29s, detoirt(gonna get a solid spacer)

the front is eventualy gonna get a v6 e-locker

LTrunner

slowly picking away at the front axle still...but you all shall have pics tomorrow