samatulich
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My brother picked it up in Anchorage when he had the cruiser. It was a Craigslist find, not sure who built it.Where did you get that brush guard?
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My brother picked it up in Anchorage when he had the cruiser. It was a Craigslist find, not sure who built it.Where did you get that brush guard?
Where did you get that brush guard?
My brother picked it up in Anchorage when he had the cruiser. It was a Craigslist find, not sure who built it.
I’ve always heard cruiser lean was to the driver’s side. Would love to hear some opinions as to why mine is tilted right.
How many square feet of Kilmat did you use?Got the glass put back in the hardtop using new rubber from CityRacer, used the rope method with a lot of help with my daughter. She loves to see this thing coming back together.View attachment 2557075
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Also fwiw, when I installed the HFS lift from CCOT last summer, they give a rear passenger side spring prepared to fix cruiser lean. Previously I thought the same as you that it was more the driver side so I even questioned this, but I installed it as stated, and it sits really well. So I guess the cruiser lean is usually passenger side.Replaced the spring bushing that I blew wheeling I’m thinking I’d overtightened it.
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but I might still need to loosen the U-bolts and try nudging things a little - the spring seems “cockeyed” in the mount.
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All told I was hoping maybe something was binding up and fixing this would address my cruiser’s gangster lean, but no luck...it’s still leaning about an inch to the passenger side.
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I’ve always heard cruiser lean was to the driver’s side. Would love to hear some opinions as to why mine is tilted right. I could always put in a leveler block bandaid on the high side but I’m trying to rule out there isn’t something else up before I go that route.
New shocks and springs, might still need to settle but I’ve had it offroad for a weekend and put about 500 road miles on it. Almost exactly an inch low on passenger side.
I bought 36 sq feet and had plenty for the tub floor front and back and for inside of the front doors and still have 4 or 5 pieces left over. I think it really helped putting it in the doors.How many square feet of Kilmat did you use?
Also fwiw, when I installed the HFS lift from CCOT last summer, they give a rear passenger side spring prepared to fix cruiser lean. Previously I thought the same as you that it was more the driver side so I even questioned this, but I installed it as stated, and it sits really well. So I guess the cruiser lean is usually passenger side.
I think it works the oposite of what's intuitive... I always thought you put a shim on the HIGH side (so shimming the passenger side would mean it's leaning low-driver.
Is there anything special about that shim, or it just a piece of 3/8 plate with a hole in it? If that's all it takes I can make one in my garage. I imagine you need a longer center pin, but I've used grade 8 cap screws with great success in the past.
Ok I get that, it makes sense now. Here's a pic of them before installing where you can see the extra plate on the top of the spring. Then after.
Got it - what's that plate look like from the top down? I imagine it's just a hole for the spring pin to go through (just like you'd see with a caster shim). How thick is it? I always assumed it was around 3/8 or 1/2" - looks close to that when I compare it to the thickness of the leaves in your spring pack, but then mounted on the truck it looks like it could be thicker.
Here's a pic of the stk Toyota cruiser lean blocks. I think CCOT sells them too. They're really nothing more than 3/8" plates w/a hole. My 40 leans to the right side too. Back in the late 80's I got tired of looking at my 40 leaning to the right, so while having some beers I decided to swap springs side to side in the rear to correct it. I did all the work and ended up with the same result,. I then blamed it on some frame repairs I did previously. Later after the turn of the Century, I looked into the lean blocks and decided I didn't want to use them because they would lower my 40, which seamed to me, like that was going in the wrong direction. I decided to make a longer shackle for the low side to level things out.
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Thanks man. You got it ... 15s with some 31" KO2s. Now I just need to decide on black or grey wheels .... leaning towards grey.^^^stock 15s, “stock” 16s? Good looking 40!