ALL MY TRUCKS ARE BUILT NOT BOUGHT!!!
Chapter 2 The SAS
Start date: may 16 2009
finish date: july 2 2009
The 84 axle
The Axle is tore down and in need of fresh oil
My brother from another mother (michael) grinding away
The Guts if the hubs. i have a good memory so thi pile of bolts is no worries!!
the right side was the 1st to go
May 15 2009 my SAS kit from trail gear made it... and judging by some of the boxes they just made it...
All the parts sept the springs and front hanger
My stock berfields... still holding up!
A mock up of the axle.. well kinda.
(some may be thinking that "man that shop looks small" and ill have you know it is! there is hardly any room to walk between the truck and wall, but it sure beats doing it outside!!!)
my other brother from a different mother (jason) workin on my toyota in his GM clothes
The right spring hanging from the front purch . note my 2 12ton jack stands yes 12tons there beast! and thats 12tons a peace!
The frame rail... nice to see it clean
Scrap pile
As you can see i have mocked up the hole set up. once the Rotor gets here the left side of the axle will be done, then all the welding can start. also check out the TOYOTA axle brace on top.
Finally we started welding on june 15th 2009, it has been along road to get here and still so much to go... we are using a stick welder because we have nothing else.. and where the 4runner is there is no 220V. so we had to bring out the generator th power it. but it was not strong enough so we got it as good as we could there now we have to move the truck down to the house to get to true 220. so maybe sometime before christmas it will be done
To all of you who know... this is what a stick weld looks like... it is very VERY VERY ughly yes i know but nothing a little grinding wont take care of..
Ok FINALLY!!! its rollin june 16th 2009 No brakes,No shocks, No bump stops No streering stabalizer,... the left hub is just peaced together and so i can roll it to the house to finish welding it all up
Drove out side w/ no brakes to get to the 220V. thats about 6 or 7" more than stock.. those are 31s i have 35s for it. the rear is stock w/ the toyota back sag of about 1 or 2"s
Ok so its been raining for 4days, and the front driveshaft is about 4"s to short even fully exstended... so basicly its 2wheel drive w/ an open rear diff... and the 4runner got stuck in wet grass trying to go up a hill to the backside of the house...... nice... less that 200yards out f the gate and its stuck.....
finally we got to where we can do some welding, on the upper right side of the pic is where it got stuck doesnt look to bad but its a step hill when wet
OK FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i put my boggers on! 6-29-09
Ok here we have the 4runner out testing out the new gear, the front is all trail gear stuff the sas kit, the rear FOR NOW is a 3" block and some very cheap auto zone shackles. i know i know these shackles are a no no but i needed a cheap lift and in total the rear kit was $25 i already had the blocks and u bolts so i just bought the shackles.
here is a pic of the cheap rear lift, go ahead and hate but its only a temp till i get the rear lift!
LOVING IT!!!! i put a bumper on it at the damand of mom and GF to picked this one up till i get a stinger! just to give you an idea the hood is 4' 10"s off the ground!
As it is for now lookin good
My old 79 4WD gave it to my buddy he is workin at hard!! I WANNA GO WHEELING!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH
