check my rears up front

[88runner]

Does it seem to be OK, it should be at this height on the ground, it may seem to be thick but damn the front is heavy.

I got supports at the crossmember and with 4 35" tire and rim + a bunch of IFS crap, a third member in the back and the thing was lifting from behind when I lowered the front 

[WHITE_TRASH]

That doesnt look too bad, just remember that the driver side will need an extra leaf to match the height of the pass perch.
WT

EDIT: I dont feel so bad about my messy shop now lol!

[88runner]

  where do you see a mess, you just got to see the rest of the garage.

I got like 3' on this side and 2' 1/2 on the other side to work all the space that is left is in the front so all the stuff go there.

Can you say tight space.


I knew about the spacer on the driver side but thanks anyway.

[brainlessfool]

HEY, have you been working in my garage?

[mr4x42u]

You should add another leaf or two..You may find the stock springs alone are too soft..I found a used 2 inch lift spring had about the same arch as the rest of the rear pack and fit in pretty good..

Looks good though!

[84runner]

Instead of adding another leaf to compinsate for the differnent perch hieght, I would just weld a plate on the drivers perch and redrill it.  That way your running the same springed wiieght and you don't have to worry about sagging on one side 

[yotaboy79]

i was just gunna say that runner

[yotaboy79]

oh and that shop isnt to bad
i helped a friend to a tranny and motor swap in a 83 that wasnt in a garage it was parked on the side of the streat  next to his house, that was alot of fun espetialy when it was raining, who would think of using rain gear will swapping  motor and tranny lol.

[YotaYota]

You guys wanna talk about rough'n it, try rebuiding a motor, installing duel cases, and doin the allpro extreme this feb in NY w/ no garage but a carport big enough to hold my tools and motor. it was a very cold, very long 3 weeks.

[yotaboy79]

sounds familiar

[84runner]

Haven't you ever heard of building you motor in the living room  just wheel the engine the stand on in next to the end table with the phone, lamp and remotes on it 

[88runner]

Now have you ever tried to work outside at -40°, that wath I had to do this winter cause the truck wasn't starting and I was trying the get the truck in the garage the start de damn SAS.

Man you can't even imagine this without beeing there it takes 2 seconds for your hand to freeze and every thing you do hurt your hand really mad and after wen you get inside your hands burn for like 30 minutes.

Now try to beat that

[yotaboy79]

well that must of sucked, lol

[KYOTA]

Three options
a. get a place with a shop or garage
b. move south
3. dont break sh*t (not an option)

[Jared]

hey runner, what do you need to do to a stock front suspension setup on a 82 to run the rears up front?

[WHITE_TRASH]

Not much needs to be done depending on how high you want it.  On my 81 i used 81 2 wheeldrive springs for the front.  It worked out pretty good just needed longer shocks and crossover and it would have been great.  I pulled the overloads out of the pack, put a long slightly arched spring in the driver side pack and a long spring with a bit more arch in the passenger side to level it out.  I finished it off with 5" (center to center) shackles.  I just took 2 1/4in. out of the draglink pulled the torque arm and the swaybar. 
WT

[88runner]

got some work done today, still waiting for u-bolt,spacer for the disk(I'm using ifs hubs), modifying the drive shaft cv joint and adding 2" to it.
Should be done about next week.

[88runner]

Hey white trash, I cleaned the floor 

[brainlessfool]

Well thats not my garage the jack stands are to nice

[WHITE_TRASH]

You sure did!  I had no idea you had a floor under all that stuff.  I found the floor in my shop today too!  Ok only found part of it but at least it was the part under the truck!
WT

[88runner]

v6 owner's who are SAS'ing and using high-steer be aware

look what I had to do to the oil pan so it clear the tie rod  :.order: :.order:

[88runner]

this is with the axle moved 2" foward without this it would have been worst.

[WHITE_TRASH]

Looks like you had no fun with that swap!  But at least its done right not hammered out of the way like I might have done.
WT

[88runner]

in fact, i said I had to do, but I didn't do it, a friend has.

I'm not a good enough welder to do pretty welds like those.

Oh and total cost for this modification, 0$ 
so it's not so bad at all.

[88runner]

Finaly got the spacers 100$canadian for the 2 aluminum spacer.

if anyone want the drawing I can post it, this is for ifs rotor on ifs hub.

[TigerToy]

Speaking of working out in the cold, they are building a trans-siberian hiway in Russia and they have to leave the equipment running all winter because if they don't they will never get the diesels motors hot enough to crank again.
P.S
I put my transimssion in in my gravel driveway.  OUCH!

[Jared]

If i do the rears up front can i use a 3 inch push n pull drop draglink or do i ahve to shorten the stock one???if so, how do i do it?

[WHITE_TRASH]

When I did the springs on the 81 I just shortened the draglink.  The draglink is solid steel, so it wont loose any strength.  I sleaved it with 3/4" 3/16ths tubing.  I would highly recommend you have someone that you trust weld it for you.

[shawnb]

WT  do ya think the that the washers could be part of our alignment (death wobble ) problems??

[TigerToy]

If I put my rears up front and got a set of those cute little shackles that move the spring back would I still have to cut my draglink?  I thought you had to go with crossover steering, now I'm reconsidering doing a rears up front swap.