Thanks, guys! My intention was to install it while the dash was out, but it looks like I'll be moving forward with reinstallation now. Will I need to pull it again when I find a bar?
Does anyone have wisdom about a current source for 74670-60040-B0 (or E0 if miracles still occur?)
I thought I could still order them through Toyota, but I guess I was mistaken. Need one to finish up Julia's truck, and I'd like a second one for my project 80.
Toyota has to make an educated guess about how much load the typical customer is going to carry and go with that. A full tank, cargo, and kids in the back is going to be a completely different height scenario than empty and unladen.
Additionally -and I'm not sure this applies to the 100 series...
here you go
(second picture shows the wheel/tire positioning with a 315 - get rid of that stock front bumper and the approach angle starts to become sexy)
I did it just in case it reduces the initial startup rattle - in which case it certainly can't hurt. I don't think anyone is doing it to make a less messy oil change?
oof - the 80 series upper link mounts are significantly different than the 3rd gen T4R (as expected) - but seem really under-engineered vs. the lighter platform. And that passenger side mount kinda makes me cringe with it's limited attachment to the axle...
might draw up some ULRs for this...
The 3rd gen T4Rs are tearing them off the axle due to the short upper link and extreme angles once lifted, so I designed the reinforcement to fix that (for most use cases.) If the 80s are seeing a similar failure, I'll happily work something up for our axles as well - although I'm not aware of...
not yet - I just got 3ph to the shop this month, and everything is being wired. It should be functional, and all my project vehicles moved in and set up by mid-December so I can get back to work! :)
also interested if Clint passes. Are they brown or grey? (Don't say grey or I might have to wrestle Clint for them even though he was first)
BTW, I'm from Beaufort! :)
Well, in a multilink setup, I agree with you. But in this situation, there's no pivot occurring on the axle end - so the "link" is an imaginary line from the frame pivot to the axle center line (regardless of the shape or path of the RA.) That's why pinion angle is so touchy, right?
and like...
I think "fix the geometry" part is about where the new mounts are being welded (caster correction), not a function of inverting the arms themselves unless I'm missing something. The axle centerline and RA pivot point aren't changing, so any fix (caster) comes from the fabrication work.
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