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If you don’t mind, I may take you up on that if you’re available next week one evening.
da ***... did they give you a break down of whats what??Well, I'm open to other suggestions for places to install an ARB air locker... ECGS quoted me $3,400 which I think is insane. I was expecting more on the order of $2,000-$2,500. From other folks I've talked to, $3,400 for one axle seems excessive, considering I'm not re-gearing or anything like that.
Debating doing it myself for that price.
Yeah that's high even with labor added in.
When I was shopping about getting the TJM locker put in the front of my 100. I was quoted by ZUK $250 for installation. Now this was me removing my front housing myself and sending it to him with the locker but still. Torfab quoted me about the same for the same service.
Seeing as how the rear diff is much easier to get to and remove than the front I can't imagine where the rest of their quote comes from.
Well @S4Cruiser , I got motivated this evening...
Tore the old axle out and slapped the new one in. It's all located and what not but will hook up the brake lines, speed sensors and other misc. items tomorrow.
Old Axle vs. New
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Also snagged some springs from a 2003 Land Cruiser (non-AHC) from the junk yard for cheap so threw those in to try out. Going to play around with the AHC pressures to see if it helps or if it's too springy. LX springs on the right, LC springs on the left. The idea is that the LC springs didn't have AHC to help out so they're stiffer and *should* provide a little relief on the AHC system and help with towing.
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But....just in case, I also threw in some Air Lift air bags that I ordered. I'll be towing my autocross car around a few places this summer and last time I towed by Dad's Austin Healey 3000 up to VA, the AHC defaulted into low a few times. This should solve that issue! New axle located.
Really need to get some POR on it. Looks very out of place since the rest of the underside is POR'd
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no worries man. I have a BMW S1000R. Planning on 2 track days this weekend if the weather holds out.Well, dang. You did get motivated. Sorry I hadn’t gotten back with you yet this week...I’ve been busy dealing with an investigation at work.
What bikes do you have?
Good to know. I was reading more and more last night and was seeing that it may be too much spring. I'll try them out and crank the TB's a little to see if I can get a workable pressure. If not, I'll go back to the LX coils until I find reasons to finally buy a rear bumper, if ever.I put some well used 80 series rear coils on my LX with AHC. If I didn't have the extra weight from my bumper the hydraulic pressures would be too low for the AHC to function properly. From what I have read the 80 series springs have less spring than the 100 series. You may have to add a lot of weight to get your pressures right.
Is there any sound that comes from the shifting feeling in the truck? Also, did you torque the linkage to spec on the ground or with the truck in the air?Ok it's all back together and running but I have an issue.
When going over uneven bumps, I'm feeling something shift in the rear end but also feel it in the wheel. I know this is super vague but any advice for things to look for?
The bolts on the panhard bar and upper and lower bars are all tight. Going to disconnect the sway bar next and see if that affects it...
Wondering if I cracked a bushing or something during reassembly.
Is there any sound that comes from the shifting feeling in the truck? Also, did you torque the linkage to spec on the ground or with the truck in the air?