cbielat's 2011 SR5 Build Thread

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NEA Badlands, VT 11/16-11/18/2018

Badlands property and OFR with the crew. Third broken air locker line for me, a broken axle shaft U joint for Eric and Dave broke his rear driveshaft U joint and rear diff ring and pinion.

 

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Wheel/Tire Swap 11/26/18

Took off the 37s and put my 35s back on for the winter.

 

[bsa70]

I love your rig. I just could not beat it up like that. I just dont have the heart of an off roader.

 

[cbielat]

I love your rig. I just could not beat it up like that. I just dont have the heart of an off roader.

Thanks. At least you're honest with yourself lol.

 

[Dave 41079]

So I mostly creep on these forums now since most of the content is garbage, but this thread is relevant to my interests. I just went from 35s to 37s on my 2018, and was curious if you ever came up with a steering solution. The 35s already destroyed one PS pump, so I added a cooler and filter. I have plans for beefier TREs, but the rack and mounts are now going to be the weak point.

Having wheeled with your 37s and enjoying hindsight, in general what would you have done differently from the beginning?

I really love what you do with your rig. I'm not quite ready for major body damage yet, but I don't mind some minor bumps and scrapes. If you're ever in the Southeast, let me buy you a beer.

 

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10-11/2019 Various Events

Haven't posted to my build thread in quite a while. This past season I had a lot going on with my truck and buying a new house so wheeling and working on the 4Runner took a back seat.

I rebuilt master cylinder. Had barely any brakes for almost a year. Had to take it to the dealer afterwards because I couldn't get fluid to bleed out of any caliper. They had it hooked up to tech stream and bled for 3 hours I was told.

Broken rear shock pin one day while wheeling an easy property with my Rock Bottm 4x4 club at Gremlin Graveyard.

NEA/Rock Bottom meeting/wheeling at Jericho

Gotham City Land Cruisers club wheeling at Dave's Place

Yankee Toys club Fall Gathering at Field and Forest

 

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Crawler - 11/2019

Retiring the 4Runner from buggy trails. Planning on rebuilding somethings on it and keeping it for mellow runs/camping.

Crawler:

87/88 frame
89 body
95 2.7 3rz 5 speed
2.28/4.7 twin sticks
GM Dana 60 front with Spartan locker
14 Bolt rear and welded
39.5s
Chevy 63 rear leafs
Toyota rear leafs up front
bobbed and doved bed
NEW - I had installed a Trail Gear Power Flow power steering pump, cooler and reservoir. Factory pump pretty much died on me when I got it and couldn't push enough fluid to the ram for the hydro assist. Waiting on new radiator to arrive to completely finish the install.

I plan on linking the front and rear in the near future but want to see how it does with the leafs.

 

[nb rob]

awesome updated posts. That master cylinder sounds like a major headache.
I hope you had a spare radflo shock when that one let go.

oh man!!! the new rig looks unstoppable! Those trails look like a lot of fun, and out of reach of about 99% of us.

Don't be a stranger. I'd love to see some pics of the new truck in action.

do you visit NE offroad? I had some work done on my titan there ages ago. great little shop