And to answer your question about it holding up a roof top tent burnin4x4 im not sure the most ill be putting up there is my spare and highlift, and other misc. things. I'm not to familiar with the roof top tents but i would assume it would be fine.
thanks for the kind words guys not sure on the weight but it is super lite. I'll get some pics of the cross members for ya young bull and as far as the rear bumper heres a link
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/377685-started-my-rear-tube-bumper.html
and yes working with alum. is a...
Got a spool gun for the welder and thought id put it to use in building an alum roof rack. The rack is 4ft by 5ft, mounts are just universal defender mounts. Its nice and light and i am happy withh how it turned out.
well i now smell of gear oil and have my driver side axle out of the truck.
Can i get away with keeping the tie rod connected when i pull the steering arm off the knuckle?
offroads4x4 i bought the front axle gasket kit from toyota, with all seals and gaskets, i will look at my wheel and trunion bearings while im in there, and if i need to replace them i will, if not i will just repack them
Tool R Us, i havent tore into yet, so i dont know if i have birf soup yet, still waiting on some things, and am in no hurry as i am out on break from school so I have a couple weeks play with as far as finishing this project. heres a pic of the knuckle side, pretty messy, what do you think?
So i noticed i was leaking grease and gear oil out of my hubs, so i guess my inner axle seal has given way. I have been reading the faq on here and it has persuaded me to try and fix the problem for myself. I orderd a front gasket kit from toyota, and inner axle seals. I got home to look at the...
Thanks for the info, forgot about the airbag deal, thought just getting a new wheel would be the easiest/cheapest way to go, guess ill have to check in with getting it re-wrapped.
My steering wheel has seen the last of its days, the leather is all worn out and is bugging the s***t out of me so i have been searching for a new one. I found a decent one locally for a fair price but it is out of a 91, and I have a 96. Will this steering wheel work for me or should i stick to...
no i didnt weigh it is not to bad but does have some weight to it with all the added support in it i sleeved the bottom and top bars for extra strength.
finally im painting, here are some pics of the progress. the paint is drying now, and i hope to have my cruiser back from the body shop at the end of the week.
pics
not much progress to be seen i have done some finish welding but i am in the progress of removing my flares filling holes and paintong the sides so I have a lot going on rite now hopefully i'll make good progress this weekend.
I finally got started on my rear bumper, had the idea in my head for a while. I cut the frame just behind the rear mounts, here's some pics still alot of work to do.
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