[Ullr]

This just in: Earth Day this year is April 20th

[InsanityIsBorn]

Originally Posted by Mars

What's even scarier is the flow is dominated by TECH!!

lol my bad.... hey so whats the w3rd on your cruiser sale?? I know you got a call, but what'd they say?

[Ullr]

Originally Posted by InsanityIsBorn

So Ian you wanna help me with the c&t... and getting correct cast angles?? lol thats the only part I don't understand really..

Can do. Actually my friend has a caster/camber gauge that I used to set mine, I can probably borrow it again.

err, well, can do after ski season

[Ullr]

I just volunteered to work the IBM booth at teh Earth Day thingie in Denver.

Maybe I'll find a nice hippy chick :wink:

[InsanityIsBorn]

Originally Posted by Ullr

This just in: Earth Day this year is April 20th

HMMMM

[82-SOA-60]

Originally Posted by Ullr

I don't know what the 'ruff stuff SOA kit' is, but you probably dont need it. An SOA should cost you about:
$26 for new spring perches (dodge part)
$500 for histeer
about $100 for materials for a decent trac bar
$100 for a used drive shaft that a drive shaft shop can resize for you
$50 brake line extensions.

Originally Posted by Jman

For an SOA, you have to cut your axle housing and rotate part of it--what, like 5% is it?

Originally Posted by semlin

it is better to realign the axle so that the the pinion output points at the diff than to use a double cardon drive shaft. you get better clearance, better direct mechanical transfer of power, less stress on the pinion and t-case and less u-joints to break.

Originally Posted by rusty_tlc

I'll sell you the rusty SOA kit for a lot less. All you really need is a set of $30 spring perches from Summit, I can get you the P/N.

Why would you need a DC drive shaft? You are going to cut and turn right?

I found a set of used 36" TSL bias plys for $400 on Pirate. This helped defer the cost of tires for a year or so.

re Shock Hoops, I doubt it.

Trak bar kit from Proffitts ~ $100 cheaper than you can buy the piece parts.

Originally Posted by Ullr

You might want to read some threads in tech on SOA's. There is a thread in the hardcore section that i started concerning setting correct caster.

Originally Posted by InsanityIsBorn

FJ60 SOA Kit [60SOA] - $425.00 the ruffstuff kit..

Originally Posted by Mars

From my experience, Rusty was underestimating with his 1.25x the cost estimate...



I always find other stuff that I 'have to fix' though.

Did I stumble into tech?

WTF KNOCK IT OFF!!!!

[InsanityIsBorn]

Originally Posted by Ullr

Can do. Actually my friend has a caster/camber gauge that I used to set mine, I can probably borrow it again.

err, well, can do after ski season

yeah not till summer...thats when I'll be in Denver.

[InsanityIsBorn]

Originally Posted by 82-SOA-60

Did I grow some stubble?

WTF SHAVE IT OFF!!!!

[InsanityIsBorn]

hmmmmmm

be back in a few.....

[Hugh Heifer]

I have done very little productive today.

[monniepoo]

Metoo...im lazy today I have nothing to do for the next 2 1/2 hrs

[semlin]

Originally Posted by Ullr

Err, opposite. If you point the diff at the t-case (i.e. rotate it upwards) you have to use a double cardan as the angles on the u-joints at each end of the driveshaft will not match.

If you set the correct pinion angle, which is the exact same angle (complementary) that the pinion flange exits teh t-case, you can use a standard u-joint drive shaft.

Originally Posted by rusty_tlc

He has a 60 which has a long enough wheel base to get away with out a DC.

Originally Posted by Ullr

Yes you can.

Originally Posted by Ullr

Depends on the desired pinion angle and caster. With the bigger tires its better to have more caster (4 degrees IIRC) than factory (1 degree IIRC).

So, less rotation on the cut and turn if you set correct pinion angle, more rotation if you turn the diff up towards the t-case.

ok, so when you turn the diff you either:

a. point it right at the t-case to maximize drive shaft clearance but use a double cardon because the factory angle of the outputs is not straight

b duplicate the factory angle, use a regular drive shaft, but sacrifice drive shaft clearance.

I would vote B

[monniepoo]

Are those lures in yer avy semlin?

[InsanityIsBorn]

Guess what I'm excited for!!!

[InsanityIsBorn]

and its gonna be here tomorrow right??

[semlin]

Originally Posted by monniepoo

Are those lures in yer avy semlin?

marlin lures

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Originally Posted by Jman

That was a joke. Body lifts suck worse than shackle lifts.

Originally Posted by Ullr

I remember seeing trucks in Cali with liek 6 inch body lifts, no suspension lift

Very popular in AZ as well. I call em "stupid lifts"

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Originally Posted by monniepoo

Metoo...im lazy today I have nothing to do for the next 2 1/2 hrs

i did some w3rk, then went to Super Target. It was overrun with Morgan Stanley execs touring the place.

Gaggles of doods in suits to me are like dementors to HP. I was heebie jeebied out.

Plus the employees must've been under pressure to impress, cuz at every turn they were greeting me and asking if I was finding everything OK.

[grrlscout89FJ62]

i has bbq chikn and asparagus.

STINKY PEE!

[Ullr]

Originally Posted by semlin

ok, so when you turn the diff you either:

a. point it right at the t-case to maximize drive shaft clearance but use a double cardon because the factory angle of the outputs is not straight

b duplicate the factory angle, use a regular drive shaft, but sacrifice drive shaft clearance.

I would vote B

Yes.

I went with B.

[Ullr]

Originally Posted by InsanityIsBorn

Guess what I'm excited for!!!

Originally Posted by InsanityIsBorn

and its gonna be here tomorrow right??

mail order bride?

[Ullr]

Originally Posted by grrlscout89FJ62

Very popular in AZ as well. I call em "stupid lifts"

Yeah its totally a lift for looks, not wheelin. Truck looks taller, fits bigger wheels, no increase in ground clearance.

[Jman]

I ordered a hero sandwich, and THEY MADE IT A WRAP.

[InsanityIsBorn]

Originally Posted by Ullr

Yes.

I went with B.

so if I go with B I can use my original DS right??

[Ullr]

IIB - I just followed the link to the ruff stuff shit, waste of money dont buy it. For $500 you should get a cut and turned axle (pretty much what Proffit charges IIRC)

[InsanityIsBorn]

Originally Posted by Ullr

mail order bride?

nope! Olives!


lol

[Ullr]

Originally Posted by InsanityIsBorn

so if I go with B I can use my original DS right??

Yep, just need to lengthen it a bit, which a driveshaft shop can do pretty cheap.

[InsanityIsBorn]

Originally Posted by Ullr

Yeah its totally a lift for looks, not wheelin. Truck looks taller, fits bigger wheels, no increase in ground clearance.

But if oyu have a lift and need that much more clearance to fit the size tires with little or no rub then they make a bit or sense...otherwise I totally agree that they suck...

[InsanityIsBorn]

Originally Posted by Ullr

IIB - I just followed the link to the ruff stuff shit, waste of money dont buy it. For $500 you should get a cut and turned axle (pretty much what Proffit charges IIRC)

Really I can buy the c&t axle from Proffit for 500?? would that be worth it you think? or is that per axle? cuz front and rear axle need c&t right?

[monniepoo]

Originally Posted by InsanityIsBorn

nope! Olives!


lol

YAY!!!!!