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.
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New shackle angle after moving hanger flush.
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My dad working on clearancing for 4.7 gears in t-case. We worked on the 4.7 case for part of the day.
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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.
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We also removed tranny and t-case from 4Runner
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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.
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How I left my garage Sunday night. Dirty and smelly like gear oil.