Keeping ifs

[zookiemike]

I need to know the best way to keep the ifs. I  dont want the drop bracket lift and dont have the money for the long travle stuff, but i like the way it drives. I have 31 10'5  baja claws on it and they rub a bit. I was thinking about going with the downey bars and some blocks, How well do those bars work and if not those sway aways. Or do i even need them? My torsion bar adjustment bolts are locked up tight so i know those are going to get replaced. It also has 200k with bad shocks so i thought the bars would be shot?

Some body point me in the right direction.....

[reklund5]

 

I need to know the best way to keep the ifs.

IFS is best kept at ambient temperature in a pile of scrap in the backyard.  When kept under a functioning vehicle, it tends to greatly diminish said vehicle's offroad ability. 

Spray down your torsion bar bolts with some PB blaster every day for a week, then loosen them with an impact and crank 'em up until the front end is up about 1.5".  Put a 2" block in the rear, an extended rear brakeline, and some new longer shocks and you'll be set.

Ryan

[CTENG in KS]

IFS is best kept at ambient temperature in a pile of scrap in the backyard.  When kept under a functioning vehicle, it tends to greatly diminish said vehicle's offroad ability. 

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[reklund5]

I'm honored! 

[CTENG in KS]

Anytime...it was a good one!   8)

[crawlerdan]

i tried to keep ifs also, couldnt do it, cheaper to sas then keep fixing it, and if you like the ride, i know how to make your truck ride like a 8 ft caddy with sas

[CTENG in KS]

Hmmm, crossover for the caddy-ease steering, and some good monotube shocks?  Shackle angle will be critical for ride quality..

[crawlerdan]

what he said, in a nutshell

[CTENG in KS]

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[crawlerdan]

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[CTENG in KS]

 

[Rocksurfer]

I ran IFS in my 86 4Runner, the only question I have is can you stay in your seat while you constantly are 3 wheeling. If you can here's what I did to enhance my wheel-ability. Downey/Rancho torsion bar and upper a-arm. Then get the flat bump stops, a custom fabbed spacer between the upper a-arm and mounting bracket behind the backing plate. One piece of steel in the triangle shape of the mount with the three holes lined up and grade 8 nuts and bolts. That was it for the front, you could just do the spacer on the stock a-arm too it will give you more travel and lift. On the rear a 2 inch shackle and Downey's long leaf add-a-leaf which makes it to where you can toss that flat load leaf from Toyota. In the diff's I put 4.88's and lockers front and rear. Took that thing everywhere. I miss that truck.

[Rocksurfer]

Oh, one more thing to remember if you try to do the spacer, you will need to accomodate for the bubble in the middle too, plus that's where the zerk comes out.

[zookiemike]

well for the time being i'm trying to keep it cheap   Iknow it's a joke. i really dont need any more lift right now either. I'm just trying to cure the "I'm going to bottom out on the train tracks and bounce for 10 feet" syndrome. Do shocks on toy pickups really play that much of a part? Excuse my ignorence on this i'm just getting out of a 3 year fling with suzuki's

[Rocksurfer]

The Doestec's I have on the front of my current truck are too soft and bottom quickly, I put Rancho 9000's on the rear and they work fine. I also ran 9000's on my 4Runner and could run parts of the race track in Stoddard Wells at 70 mph without bottoming the IFS to hard. Had Rancho 5000's in my 84 truck and they were tanks, but they were strong. I would say they matter and would go with an adustable since you can play with the settings until you like the feel.