Recent content by budke

I haven't really looked much into kits. Kits are boring. lol. When I do upgrade from short arms I'm going to be doing a triangulated 4link in the rear and a 3 link in the front. Gonna flex like a champ. But I won't be getting rid of it if I get this 4runner. The 4runner will be my DD and to...

Shimmy is probably from worn TRE's, loose trac bar, or unbalanced tires. Check control arm bolts too to check if they're loose. Shouldn't have any problems with the d44 on 33's really. Though I have seen them break shafts. But I'd be more worried about the d30 than the d44. That's what I'm...

I've seen 'em always get hung up on stuff. Mostly the frame brackets. Haven't heard that they help with DW, but I don't get DW, or even a wobble so I'm not worried about it. DW is rarely caused by the control arms anyways. EDIT: noticed you removed the last question. lol. As you have probably...

Not yet. Not sure if I want long arms or not. Long arms like to drag and get hung up on everything.

Before you get all excited, no I'm not transitioning from jeeps to yota's. I will be keeping my jeep and will always be a jeep nut. lol In a month or two I may be able to get my hands on a 97 4runner in pretty decent condition. Don't know anything about it other than its a 97 with 200k on it...

Well that makes things much simpler. Bolting up a linkage with a manual shifter and cutting a hole for it is easy stuff. I had read in another write-up that the 2wd spindles don't have splines in them for the CV shafts. If I did find a donor vehicle I would just take the spindles off of that...

But the 97s have the push button t-case, correct? That's what I've seen from what I've read, though I haven't done too terribly much reading. A 4wd swap on a jeep is a weekend job as everything is already there for the swap minus the front axle, trans, and t-case and cutting a hole for the shift...

Yeah, I'll probably end up going the route of some sort of selectable locker or limited slip and throw a winch on the front. If I do end up getting this 4runner it will become my DD and save me some money over driving the wrangler getting a lovely 12mpgs. Then I can wheel the jeep harder since I...

Damn, that's what I was afraid of. I've read the write-ups on it and it looks fairly simple, just to much hassle.

The snowflake symbol means they meet the required performance testing for snow. You will find that symbol on ALL snow tires. To put it simply, they're good in snow. Duratracs also have holes in the tread to put studs in them for ice driving.

I've already looked through that thread, well, most of it, and didn't see anything of a t-case removal. He had just swapped in a trans and t-case so I'm not sure if you can just add on a t-case.

No, before this gets to serious, I'm going to say that this is all hypothetical. My nephews father has a 97 4runner that he doesn't use because he got a newer one and I may possibly acquire it for a real good price in a couple months. Its a 97 with 200k miles, that's all I know so far. I've only...