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The center ball has the needle bearings inside and is part of the shaft. How would that work? I’d be interested in rebuilding it if I can find parts
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lol it turns brown this time of year and everything catches on fire. I’ll be weed whacking every weekend as soon as it rainsgood god man.... where all the green at in the yard.
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It's just a bearing pressed into a hole. Drop a bolt down in there, give it a few tacks, slip a socket over it and pull the thing out.
Need to measure the seal and the stud to be sure but I'll guess that its this one. Lemme know if you cant round one up and I'll send one your way
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andrew_ln65
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****, that's a good tip to remove them. I've been doing it the hard way.It's just a bearing pressed into a hole. Drop a bolt down in there, give it a few tacks, slip a socket over it and pull the thing out.
Need to measure the seal and the stud to be sure but I'll guess that its this one. Lemme know if you cant round one up and I'll send one your way
OP: suggest checking the pin for wear before ordering a bearing too. They can end up tapered and you'll still have slop even with a new bearing.
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Thanks for the help! I haven't even looked at the driveshaft since the last trip lol. I need to get that fixed so I have a spareIt's just a bearing pressed into a hole. Drop a bolt down in there, give it a few tacks, slip a socket over it and pull the thing out.
Need to measure the seal and the stud to be sure but I'll guess that its this one. Lemme know if you cant round one up and I'll send one your way
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Finally catching up on this thread, hit Tacos on the Rubicon mid August and had a blast! Met a ton of cool people as well as old friends on the trail. Taco did good minus a broken upper link bolt and the ARB harness ****ting the bed.
I had the nut back out on the upper link and I didn't even think to bolt check it for years so who knows how long its been like that. It caused the johnny joint to break off at the misalignment end. I scoured the springs and rounded up a bolt, nut and a track bar spacer with a 9/16" bolt hole. We turned that down with a grinder and slammed it in and wheeled the rest of the trip like that and drove out tahoe side 2hrs back to the loon side.
Link hole is wallowed out so I went up a bolt size on the new johnny joint, gonna drill it to 5/8" and hope that takes out the ovaled holes. Apparently no one runs 9/16" stuff, everyone I found on the trail had 5/8" heims or Johnny Joints. I will post updates once I dig into that and the ARB harness. Thinking the harness plugs have a bad pin cause power to the switch works inter intermittently
blew a trailer tire 30 minutes into the drive, turned around and got that fixed and headed on our way.
Dude in the XJ had an electrical fire start in little sluice so we helped him get that put out, they tried to winch off the hood since it burned so bad they couldn't open it. The fire would keep starting after it got extinguished so we burned through a lot of fire extinguishers.
Tons of cool rigs on the trail, I will post some of my favorites
I had the nut back out on the upper link and I didn't even think to bolt check it for years so who knows how long its been like that. It caused the johnny joint to break off at the misalignment end. I scoured the springs and rounded up a bolt, nut and a track bar spacer with a 9/16" bolt hole. We turned that down with a grinder and slammed it in and wheeled the rest of the trip like that and drove out tahoe side 2hrs back to the loon side.
Link hole is wallowed out so I went up a bolt size on the new johnny joint, gonna drill it to 5/8" and hope that takes out the ovaled holes. Apparently no one runs 9/16" stuff, everyone I found on the trail had 5/8" heims or Johnny Joints. I will post updates once I dig into that and the ARB harness. Thinking the harness plugs have a bad pin cause power to the switch works inter intermittently
blew a trailer tire 30 minutes into the drive, turned around and got that fixed and headed on our way.
Dude in the XJ had an electrical fire start in little sluice so we helped him get that put out, they tried to winch off the hood since it burned so bad they couldn't open it. The fire would keep starting after it got extinguished so we burned through a lot of fire extinguishers.
Tons of cool rigs on the trail, I will post some of my favorites
chaplinfj60
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have you considered ditching the arb electric solenoid all together and use a air valve. i only mention it because i was watching shannons videos and he went in detail about the valves he used. well maybe not detail but i asked him about them and he responded in minutes.
and power tank also sells them. not sure if this will help or not but worth the look.
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and power tank also sells them. not sure if this will help or not but worth the look.
Pro Series Pneumatic Air Toggle Switch Power Tank
If you're like most offroad competitors, you'd rather have the simplicity and reliability of a total pneumatic air locker system. If so, here are the best air toggle switches on the market. Campbell Enterprises, themselves, requested we carry a more heavy duty air toggle switch for their Ultra4...
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That's what I did on my truck, but with switches and fittings from McMaster. 1/4" high abrasion OTR truck air line, with push to connect fittings throughout, and regular venting pneumatic switches. Pretty cheap, dead reliable.have you considered ditching the arb electric solenoid all together and use a air valve. i only mention it because i was watching shannons videos and he went in detail about the valves he used. well maybe not detail but i asked him about them and he responded in minutes.
and power tank also sells them. not sure if this will help or not but worth the look.
Pro Series Pneumatic Air Toggle Switch Power Tank
If you're like most offroad competitors, you'd rather have the simplicity and reliability of a total pneumatic air locker system. If so, here are the best air toggle switches on the market. Campbell Enterprises, themselves, requested we carry a more heavy duty air toggle switch for their Ultra4...
YotaAtieToo
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have you considered ditching the arb electric solenoid all together and use a air valve. i only mention it because i was watching shannons videos and he went in detail about the valves he used. well maybe not detail but i asked him about them and he responded in minutes.
and power tank also sells them. not sure if this will help or not but worth the look.
Pro Series Pneumatic Air Toggle Switch Power Tank
If you're like most offroad competitors, you'd rather have the simplicity and reliability of a total pneumatic air locker system. If so, here are the best air toggle switches on the market. Campbell Enterprises, themselves, requested we carry a more heavy duty air toggle switch for their Ultra4...
Been brought up a bunch
No reason to use an over priced switch though.
chaplinfj60
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first i heard of them, but i dont have air lockers. hahaha good to know. ty
YotaAtieToo
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Been used in semi's forever
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I still need to look into swapping to those style switches, I've been to lazy to track all the parts down.
I got my upper link fixed, drilled the hole out to 5/8" and slapped a 5/8" Johnny Joint in there. I also found a pin that worked its way out on my ARB switch so that was why I had intermittent power to the switch
Hit Coyote lake for a quick trip with Colin and Todd, haven't wheeled just the 3 of us in a long time. We wheeled in at night, got in around 2:30AM, hit a lot of dumb bonus lines and none of us broke this trip
I got my upper link fixed, drilled the hole out to 5/8" and slapped a 5/8" Johnny Joint in there. I also found a pin that worked its way out on my ARB switch so that was why I had intermittent power to the switch
Hit Coyote lake for a quick trip with Colin and Todd, haven't wheeled just the 3 of us in a long time. We wheeled in at night, got in around 2:30AM, hit a lot of dumb bonus lines and none of us broke this trip
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I finally pulled the trigger on a rear 3 link. I went back and forth between going full backhalf and 4 link with a fuel cell but I figured the bed and keeping it smoggable and streetable was more important since I drive several hours on the road when wheeling rubicon and Shaver trails.
I currently don't have a shop or space to work on my truck so my buddy was nice enough to let me use his shop for a few weekends. I ordered up the Martec kit after getting to check it out in person at the Rubicon and see it in action. Nick is a super cool dude and designed a really well thought out kit. I am gonna run the 2.5 coilovers I already have in back and just add the springs and hardware on them since I have them set up as smoothies. I should get the kit early December so I will post some updates on it when I get to cutting.
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I currently don't have a shop or space to work on my truck so my buddy was nice enough to let me use his shop for a few weekends. I ordered up the Martec kit after getting to check it out in person at the Rubicon and see it in action. Nick is a super cool dude and designed a really well thought out kit. I am gonna run the 2.5 coilovers I already have in back and just add the springs and hardware on them since I have them set up as smoothies. I should get the kit early December so I will post some updates on it when I get to cutting.
1995-2004 Tacoma Fabricated Trailing Arm 3 Link Rear Kit — MarTec LLC
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I’ve been following MarTec on YouTube. Looks like a solid kit he puts together.
3-Link is a great way to stay smog legal and not have to swap your gas tank. And the trailing arms are a great way to link it without having to chop your bed up and loose bed space.
3-Link is a great way to stay smog legal and not have to swap your gas tank. And the trailing arms are a great way to link it without having to chop your bed up and loose bed space.
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Finally getting around to updating this thread, took Ray Charles out to Johnson Valley for thanksgiving and wheeled it hard. 4 nights of wheeling and 3 full days of absolute abuse. Only carnage for me was breaking on the last day, we hit Sledgehammer and the front driver side 1550 stub shaft decided to leave the chat. I got bound up right above plaque rock and it went bang. Took out my hub and the unit bearing race exploded. Drove back down the trail in 3 wheel drive and swapped back the stock shaft and a spare hub and then went and sent it up backdoor for backdoor bash.
Made it up backdoor 3 times during the trip which was cool. There was to many drunk idiots at backdoor bash, had some dude ram into my door while I was standing next to the truck, he then tried to fight me and my group when I called him out. Oh well, just going to avoid going during events I guess. Next update is going to be cutting the truck up for the rear 3 link
Made it up backdoor 3 times during the trip which was cool. There was to many drunk idiots at backdoor bash, had some dude ram into my door while I was standing next to the truck, he then tried to fight me and my group when I called him out. Oh well, just going to avoid going during events I guess. Next update is going to be cutting the truck up for the rear 3 link
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Todd broke a tie rod end on Susan at Aftershock trail, swapped out out super quick. Right after that Colin bound up on the last obstacle and broke a ubolt and center pin on the leaf. Got that fixed and we all made it off the trail. Here are more pics cause I hate reading a novel. MOAR PICS
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This post brings the thread up to speed. I am using a buddies shop to do the rear 3 link install. I spent this weekend just cutting and grinding off all the old ****. I should have just cut the frame off and made a new one out of 2x3 I think it would have been faster.
I bought Martecs 3 link kit minus the frame plates which key everything into place so I'm winging it but everything else should install fairly easily. I took some measurements for reference, frame was sitting at 27" in back with no weight in the bed ( I usually have it at 25"). I was pulling 4.5" of uptravel with the chevy 63s ( I bumped them out when the springs were flat so I didn't keep bending them). Next weekend is going to be throwing the trailing arms on and mocking it all up. I will post more updates next week.
I bought Martecs 3 link kit minus the frame plates which key everything into place so I'm winging it but everything else should install fairly easily. I took some measurements for reference, frame was sitting at 27" in back with no weight in the bed ( I usually have it at 25"). I was pulling 4.5" of uptravel with the chevy 63s ( I bumped them out when the springs were flat so I didn't keep bending them). Next weekend is going to be throwing the trailing arms on and mocking it all up. I will post more updates next week.
chaplinfj60
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wow you broke the stub. i forget what your gearing is but the stub broke and not the ujoint. thats cool....
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YotaAtieToo
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That's lame about the guy who tried to fight you, some of the people wheelin has attracted really such these days. I've had multiple instances on Fordyce due to ******s.
Cool on the 3 link tho, what the plan for a sway bar?
Cool on the 3 link tho, what the plan for a sway bar?
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Havent check this one out in a while. Good stuff
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I thought for sure I just broke the hub but somehow it killed the stub. Running 5:38 gears
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Left line was way more fun! The right side is just to narrow for full width axles. Someone kicked a huge diff rock in the middle so it makes for a fun time
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I’ve got a tk1 sway bar that comes with the Martec kit so that should help with body roll.
YotaAtieToo
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I need to get back down there, the last time I was there, I'd swear left was the only way
Gotcha, just curious
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Updates from this week. I thrashed on the truck Friday and got the links and panhard all tacked. The kit I purchased was designed around a double cab frame so some of the measurments don't work on my extra cab frame. I have some body mounts that get in the way on the frame side lower links so I just put everything where it wanted to fit and cycled it up and down a bunch.
I will have to trim my sliders to clear the trailing arms and articulate everything once I get the shocks on but it all seems to clear nicely when I bump it all out. My wheelbase is now 124 vs 128 so not sure what that will do for the fender cutouts. I might end up cutting a lot more out of the bed than I had anticipated.
I will have to trim my sliders to clear the trailing arms and articulate everything once I get the shocks on but it all seems to clear nicely when I bump it all out. My wheelbase is now 124 vs 128 so not sure what that will do for the fender cutouts. I might end up cutting a lot more out of the bed than I had anticipated.
