My 84 extra cab is gone. Tacoma build now.

Yota4life · March 05, 2007, 09:09:28 PM

Finally it runs!! ok well to bad i couldnt talk to you on the phone because it sounded like ah-chi-da-ba-buble-blurp blurp.....where you under water? Oh well, come help me do my cage next weekend tube master.

Hyena · March 05, 2007, 09:15:52 PM

i can't, if i get the tubing and have the brackets built i will be doing my links next weekend.

lilbuddy · March 05, 2007, 09:18:25 PM

thats kinda gay you get it working 2 days after the run.

yotee · March 06, 2007, 07:16:24 AM

Quote from: Hyena on March 05, 2007, 08:36:12 PM
steering wise i can turn them easily on the pavement with the hubs locked.

let me know how it is when you put it in double low turning.

mike

Hyena · March 06, 2007, 05:21:09 PM

Quote from: yotee on March 06, 2007, 07:16:24 AM
let me know how it is when you put it in double low turning.

mike

is is easy. i am not sure what is wrong with yours. i can't turn it with one finger but i can turn it with one hand easily.

Hyena · March 08, 2007, 05:38:10 PM

just ordered these to help out with the links. im so freaking tired of making

so i am buying it now. so i won't be able to link it now for another 2 weeks. the tubing is coming in on monday. getting it for $9.25 a foot

smoking deal for 2 inch .250 wall.

http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/assets/images/innerframe3holea.jpg
http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/assets/images/brackets/linksuspensionbrackets/adjustableflexjointsystem1.jpg

inmyownsummerami · March 08, 2007, 06:22:26 PM

Those link mounts are sick.

Have you planned it out with the 4-link calculator yet? Or are you just going to wing it?

Quote from: Hyena on March 08, 2007, 05:38:10 PM
the tubing is coming in on monday. getting it for $9.25 a foot smoking deal for 2 inch .250 wall.

Kind of easy getting deals on steel when you work at a steel shop

Hyena · March 08, 2007, 06:25:56 PM

no calculator for me. Jason knows what he is doing. make them as trianulated as possible, uppers must be about 70-80% the length of the lowers. keep them parallel and as flat as possible. i have plenty of room to work with under there. i never believed much in that calculator.

and working in a welding shop does have its advantages.

Yota4life · March 08, 2007, 07:41:12 PM

Hey i dont know if i am going to go to greenhorn. I hella want to but i also want to get some tube work done....Maybe i will go up there and head home when it gets dark....I dunno

yotadork83 · March 09, 2007, 12:36:42 PM

Quote from: Hyena on March 08, 2007, 06:25:56 PM
no calculator for me. Jason knows what he is doing. make them as trianulated as possible, uppers must be about 70-80% the length of the lowers. keep them parallel and as flat as possible. i have plenty of room to work with under there. i never believed much in that calculator.

and working in a welding shop does have its advantages.

i was always scared to do links because everone talks all sufistcated and

, but that statement is basicly all i wanted to know. cool thanks for the info i am going to link mine now. it's amazing that in all of the articles that i read i never got that out of them. and are you still going to put a bend in your lower links.

Hyena · March 09, 2007, 04:22:17 PM

I wanted too, but i have no way of bending that big of tubing.

Hyena · March 09, 2007, 04:45:31 PM

O ya, i might be putting together a rear disc brake setup here shortly. having some brackets cut for the rear axle that work with toy rotors and calipers.

Austin W · March 12, 2007, 10:09:14 PM

This truck just keeps getting better

, i want to check this thing out wheeling some day, new link system is going to fawking sweet. Keep up the great work man!

toy4x4ota · March 13, 2007, 07:55:45 AM

where are you having the brackets cut for the calipers. i have heard many people using the stock SA rotors and calipers but i cant make the brackets and cant find anywhere that has them.

dallas

Hyena · March 13, 2007, 05:35:58 PM

we are having them cut through my work by another company that does all of our lazer cutting. i am not sure what the company is called. and i am not sure when they will be cut.

Hyena · March 13, 2007, 05:37:29 PM

Quote from: yotawatts on March 12, 2007, 10:09:14 PM
This truck just keeps getting better , i want to check this thing out wheeling some day, new link system is going to fawking sweet. Keep up the great work man!

Are you going down to the Hammers for the Tin Benders Clean-up Jambo run?

Hyena · March 13, 2007, 06:00:01 PM

kiyul4130 · March 13, 2007, 07:07:14 PM

wheres all that water at? it looked like it was a dry area where you went.

Hyena · March 13, 2007, 07:31:45 PM

Greenhorn is a big riverbed. with trails going up the sides of the hills surrounding it. I fallowed the river for a few miles. there were some deep spots.

Austin W · March 13, 2007, 09:12:43 PM

Quote from: Hyena on March 13, 2007, 05:37:29 PM
Are you going down to the Hammers for the Tin Benders Clean-up Jambo run?

I don't know man, i'm 17, never been on any run's, not a member of any organized groups or whatever, we'l see.

How did your new tires and steering work?

Hyena · March 13, 2007, 09:35:57 PM

haha, i was 18 last year when i went, what a trip for sure! the tires and steering worked great, no problems at all. well, there was smoke coming from the engine compartment for a good 30 minutes. couldn't find where it was coming from. it went away and all is good now. steering squeels just a little mostly when turned hard. not that big a deal. tires hooked up better then my MTR's in the dirt/mud hills. took a lot of power away though. it doesn't drive at all in regular anymore. looks like it is low all the time.

Austin W · March 13, 2007, 09:45:53 PM

Quote from: Hyena on March 13, 2007, 09:35:57 PM
haha, i was 18 last year when i went, what a trip for sure! the tires and steering worked great, no problems at all. well, there was smoke coming from the engine compartment for a good 30 minutes. couldn't find where it was coming from. it went away and all is good now. steering squeels just a little mostly when turned hard. not that big a deal. tires hooked up better then my MTR's in the dirt/mud hills. took a lot of power away though. it doesn't drive at all in regular anymore. looks like it is low all the time.

When i went from 37's to 40's i defanitly felt a power loss to, I'm running 5:29's and still drives fine on the road, sort of lol. What gearing are you running in the diff again?

inmyownsummerami · March 13, 2007, 10:00:25 PM

I'm pretty sure hes running 5.29s

Ramrod · March 13, 2007, 10:02:07 PM

haha you kids and your 22re's. 3rz 4.88 and 4dzs is what its all about. see you never......

Austin W · March 13, 2007, 10:32:39 PM

Quote from: TEAM RAMROD on March 13, 2007, 10:02:07 PM
haha you kids and your 22re's. 3rz 4.88 and 4dzs is what its all about. see you never......

Mines better on gas

rude86 · March 14, 2007, 09:24:13 AM

did you ever get any pics of the f-toy all up on the side of your ride at the hammers last April. was sweet lookn

Ramrod · March 14, 2007, 09:37:50 AM

Quote from: yotawatts on March 13, 2007, 10:32:39 PM
Mines better on gas

yeah right!!!, actually my truck gets a hell of a lot better mileage than my 86 on 37mtrs

Hyena · March 14, 2007, 05:43:27 PM

yai got 5.29's. my motor is trippin or something. something is worng with it. i am not worried though. I will run it till it blows.

rude86, you talking about this picture?

then Pat's old truck on the side of mine

Hyena · March 14, 2007, 05:44:40 PM

O, and i got my ARP hub studs in the mail, but i am waiting to order cromo hub gears before i put them in.

Austin W · March 14, 2007, 08:27:21 PM

Think it might just be your timing, i know you already had problems before since you replaced the chain.

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My 84 extra cab is gone. Tacoma build now.