Recent content by chandaman_05

Well after 3500 miles, I swapped out the Eibach coils for the slightly beefier Toytec lift coils. This allows me to run the same lift (~3") without having to set preload and my added weight Addicted Offroad bumper. Again, using the jack method and having done this 3 times now in the last 4...

Alignment sheet has it a 1.7* on both sides. IDK what it was before with the stock UCAs and my 3" lift. I just got home from a 2500 mile road trip to Glacier NP and up to Banff NP and I broke one sway bar end link but other than that, everything else held up great! Got about 15mpg with the...

I'm going to toy around with it today as its my last day before a 10 day camping trip in the car. I should have UCA clearance without the spacers (I got them to clear factory UCAs on the 1st lift). I think they just aligned my car yesterday to pretty "standard specs" but the guys I usually use...

It became even more useful because I'm an idiot. I ordered the eibach 2.5" lift coils and not the toytec 3" so after getting it all together my buddy and I thought, "That's a LOT of rake..." Measured hub to fender and it was only 21.5" compared to ~22.5 like we're looking for. So I know its...

Higher gears means you'll need more RPMs in overdrive to go the same speed as before. So cruising at 75MPH is ~2100RPM with stock gears and your tires and now its ~2500RPM. If you want to go 80-85, you'll be pushing ~2800-3000+ RPMS which for a lot of people on a long stretch of highway is...

You'd reduce the surface the oil seal rides in by doing that and IDK if that would affect the longevity of the seal not having a full shoulder to support it. You'd also have to fabricate or find a perfect sized washer/spacer/shim piece that is bigger than the axle shaft but also sits near...

Isn't this why may of us install the collar backwards so the beveled edge faces outwards from the car? This gives you about 2-3mm more bearing surface which should give you a better seal. I've done this on 2nd and 3rd gen 4Runenrs and have good luck. My seals I just replaced were about 70k...

IDK if maybe he's referring to that if the OEM seal is already leaking and you have gear oil in your wheel bearings, you should 100% replace the bearings. If the seal is good however and your wheel bearing is dry, you can, if you choose, keep the wheel bearing and just put a new seal in. A lot...

If the bearings feel good, you can just install new seals if you want to have some protection without going all out on wheel bearings. The oil seals are the common failure points on the rear axle anyways and then you also won't have to mess with a hydraulic press for anything. I think OEM rear...

After much delay, I finally got down and painted the frame. IDK if I got more POR-15 on my arms and legs or on the frame, but most of the rust is covered and should be good for a while now. Followed that up with a satin enamel since POR-15 doesn't do well in sunlight. After that dried, the...

It will cost a lot more than a couple hundred bucks unless you do the work yourself and get a used set of gears from a donor truck. New gears and paying a shop to properly build the front and rear for you will likely set you aside $1500 at least. I've debated the same thing or just adding a...

Yeah all of the diffs have studs. Most of nuts as you can see came off just fine. Some of them had some of the RTV or whatever gasket sealer material stuck in the threads and the entire stud came out. Wasn't a big deal. Cracking open the diff was a PITA and took a lot longer than expected with 2...

Yup. Goldendoodle or "designer mutt" as I like to call them. She's a sweet dog and the no-shedding thing is seriously nice.

My pinion bearing has been trashed for years now making the classic low whirring noise while coasting. Got a new ring and pinion from a donor that wasn't beat like mine and had the local driveline shop put it together for me. I'd love to re-build my own some day but this is one job that I just...

While trying to replace some UCA bushings with whitelines, I cracked the UCA... :censored: So I ordered some JBA UCAs which will be installed later... They look great in person and will hopefully correct my caster as I've been driving with OEM UCAs on a 3" lift for about 70k miles now...