95Runner, SAS and rear leaf conversion

[95runnerNW]

Hey whats up im new to this site. figured id make a thread of my build up. I'm doing the labor and my buddy is gonna weld everything up!

my rig:
95 4Runner 5 speed
96 3.4L swap
Downey headers
Flowmaster

My parts:
85 front axle, IFS hubs, chromo gears, locrite
All pro sas kit 4" springs
All pro rear kit 6" springs
14" Bilstiens, Sky rear shock tower
Yukon 5.29 gears
35" BFG KM2's

[ajordan1975]

 

[95runnerNW]

Btw this site is awesome  so much useful info! so i tore apart my front axle and it's locked! think its a loc-rite??  not bad i paid $240 for the axle

[pumkin toy]

looks like a lock rite to me!

[Jaysen]

yup..good comeup

[95runnerNW]

cool, i drive to the mtn to snowboard a lot in the winter how will a locker handle at higher speeds in the snow? obviously more traction but someone told me i want a limited slip in front if i use 4hi a lot?

[pumkin toy]

yeah a full time front locker sucks to drive with in 4hi.  It will pull your front end all over the place and make it hard to steer.

[yjay]

A selectable locker would be the ideal option in the front for winter driving cause you can disengage it. You should throw the locked 3rd member in the rear if it isn't locked.
Nice project. You should paint it silver.

[Marc P]

I installed a TRD e-locker in the front of mine....got it pretty cheap and the install was easy. Love being able to lock the front only when needed.

4runner will be nice when you are done, but I am partial to sas'd 2nd gen 4runners

[95runnerNW]

thanx for the compliments and input, yeah my rear isnt locked so that locker will bolt up in my rear axle??

[86bobbedtoy]

just swap diffs, front in rear

[pumkin toy]

just swap diffs, front in rear

word.   

thanx for the compliments and input, yeah my rear isnt locked so that locker will bolt up in my rear axle??

Just like 86bobbedtoy said, your diffs are exactly the same bolt pattern and fitment. They will swap front to rear with no problems, however since you do have a 3.4 swap it would be nice to keep the v6 third member in the rear.  Was your 4runner originally a v6 or 4cyl?

[95runnerNW]

right on, yeah mine had the 3.0. so the V6 3rd is stronger then right? how exactly..

[pumkin toy]

right on, yeah mine had the 3.0. so the V6 3rd is stronger then right? how exactly..

yeah the v6 third is stronger.  I belive the case has two more strength ribs cast into it and It also using way bigger bearings inside.

[95runnerNW]

i see

[pumkin toy]

nice, so that locrite in front will work in my rear V6 3rd right?

I honestly couldnt tell ya for sure, but when you go to marlins website and look at their lock rite's for sale you have to specify whether its for a 4cyl third or a v6 third.  So that leads me to believe that they have some differences.

[95runnerNW]

made some progress!

[pumkin toy]

looks pretty good dude!  welds are lookin nice

[mayberry]

ya nice welds looks like a clean start

[95runnerNW]

thanx dudes my homie welded it for me hes dialed.. i dont like my front shackle angle hope it settles a lot

[lucky7]

sweet!

[89sastoyo]

hey fool, ha got any pictures of how much you cut out of the rear. I mean like where the coil buckets were or are and all the brackets im doing the same swap to a 94 right now.. like im about to go work on it haha. I haven't ever done a leaf swap and I didn't want to cut everything out just most of it cause a lot of it is used for other things like upper controll arm is the gas tank mount and that cross member that the shocks hooked to hold the tank and proportioning valve just wanted to see what you did and how it came out. Runner looks good dude ill post some up of the one im workin on via build thread 89 extra cab on tons...

[95runnerNW]

i can take a few pics, i cut the upper control arm mount off without messing with the gas tank mount, i cut that whole crossmember out that the shocks and prop valve mounted to, have a shock hoop for the shocks and im making a custom mount for the valve, thanx man yeah im stoked its almost back on the road, psyched

[89sastoyo]

for sure it looks good. I went and started cutting yesterday I pretty much cleaned everything up what really left is the x member the shocks bolt to but ill cut it out because I plan on triangulating the rear shocks with a tower anyways.

[lucky7]

Hope the measurements i gave were good it looks good

[95runnerNW]

Thanx man yeah there were good, gonna run my stock bumpers looks like i might have to trim the rear some

[95runnerNW]

So I finally got this baby on the road, drives nice im stoked but now i cant bolt my front driveline up?? had it lengthened and balanced by six states its long enough and my pinion is tilted up im runnin 4 degree shims but it hits my pinion flange about an inch too high...any help or suggestions??

[pumkin toy]

you dont have dual cases yet do you?

[95runnerNW]

no not yet

[Marc P]

What joint are you running at the t-case? You may need to clearance it or replace it with one that has more range of motion. I used a CV from an 85.