Saturday 2/17/07

My dad and I worked on front springs, front spring hanger, and gettting the shackle angle where we thought it would work the best.  We orginally had the front spring hanger 3/4 of an inch forward of the stock hanger.  We hung the springs and got the axle under it and weight on it.  The shackle angle was bad, 0 on one side and 3 degress forward on the other.  We ended up moving it even with the frame and it worked better.






New shackle angle after moving hanger flush.



My dad working on clearancing for 4.7 gears in t-case.  We worked on the 4.7 case for part of the day.


I welded truss and armor on front axle as well as steering stop covers and getting knuckle gussets in place.


2/18/07
Worked on 4.7 case for several more hours.  Finally got it back together.









We also removed tranny and t-case from 4Runner



One good thing about removing tranny is now I can get to my EGR to remove it and put block-off plates in place a heck of alot easier 

I've had a rear main leak ever since I've rebuilt the motor 500 miles ago.  So, out with the tranny and in with a new rear main.



How I left my garage Sunday night.  Dirty and smelly like gear oil.