Dribrus's 4 runner [Archive]

evolution

10-20-2009, 11:06 PM

Well, i go ahead and start the post for ken...:2thumbsup:

Heres what we have at this point...

ken was up on potts mountain and the truck pretty much came apart, the lift blocks busted, u-bolts bent, and the axle was under the gas tank on the pass. side.. he had to leave the truck on the mountain that night..

well, myself and jamie was able to get it fixed enough to get it off the mountain the next day..

ken and i talked, and this is what we decided to do to the runner at this point..

solid axle swap on the front with 4" all pro springs, with the added full high steer kit from all pro too.. the rear im not totally for sure what we are goin to do on it but it will be right..
i believe im taking the 3" body out and cutting them down to a 1" lift..
goin to swap out the old rotors and brakes with the ifs brakes..
the rear i beleive we are goin to put in a locker but havent made it to tht stage yet..
heres some pics of the stuff i have so far..

for some reason i can upload the pics.. will try later..

evolution

10-21-2009, 08:35 AM

heres the some pics of the new stuff..:thumb:

rubican!

10-21-2009, 09:37 AM

wow you guys are awesome. That yota will for sure be better off then it was.

Scrambled

10-22-2009, 01:25 AM

(In Yoda voice) Gears,lockers, longfields ,and twin T-cases in his future I see yes.;)

Congrats Ken your rig is in good hands. Not only is Chris a good guy but a hell of a fabricator as well.:2thumbsup:

Later
Sean

evolution

03-07-2010, 07:32 PM

well, got to start on ken 4 runner today, this winter has been bad on me in the garage..

got it in there and the whole front end is gutted out..:wings:
got a lot of grinding to do now.. will get some pics up later..

goin to do some boat sides and rear locker in it too...:2thumbsup:

dribnus

03-07-2010, 08:10 PM

evolution

03-07-2010, 10:16 PM

did some more triming after the pics, hopfully i will have the springs hanging by the end of the week..:2thumbsup:

cootees

03-09-2010, 06:40 PM

nice. One thing I should suggest is to go ahead and gusset the front axle. Thorw in an e-locker while you are at it. :)

evolution

03-10-2010, 09:40 PM

yeah im planning on the gusset... changing the front disc out for the ifs vented disc and brakes also...

evolution

03-12-2010, 08:36 PM

well, got all the frame rails cleaned up and was able to get everything made today to start hanging some springs.. now just havet to find a buddy to help me get the axle from behind the building...lol..we get that out tomorrow...:yup:

dribnus

03-12-2010, 08:46 PM

Hey Chris, if you want us too, we can come up Sunday afternoon and help get that axle out and anything else you may need help with. Just let me know. Either call, facebook, email, scc....the list goes on. :2thumbsup:

evolution

03-12-2010, 09:04 PM

well, im goin to my dads on sunday in noke so i wont be working on it then, but i thank ya for the offer thou..:2thumbsup:

dribnus

03-12-2010, 09:06 PM

well, im goin to my dads on sunday in noke so i wont be working on it then, but i thank ya for the offer thou..:2thumbsup:
Ok. We could also come up Sat, but I won't be off work till 5, so it wouldn't be till 7 or so before we got there. Probably wouldn't be much help by then.

evolution

03-12-2010, 11:01 PM

got the axle in the garage and need to set up the axles and start changing some stuff out...

evolution

03-16-2010, 09:47 PM

well, got the front part of the hangers tacked on and the springs hanging.. get some pics later.. tomorrow will get the rear part of the springs hung and welded in.. then start tearing down the axle and getting the temp made for the axle truss..

dribnus

03-20-2010, 10:57 AM

Thanx for the updates and pictures Chris. Enjoy the lake this weekend. Should be great today.

cootees

03-25-2010, 01:13 PM

Looking good. How does it feel to be the smallest yota in Chris' garage?

Sorry to get off topic but Chris do I see a rat in the works?

dribnus

03-25-2010, 07:27 PM

Yeah, my yota can't compare to anything he has in his garage. I wonder if he would trade. Hahaha :D

evolution

03-25-2010, 08:57 PM

Looking good. How does it feel to be the smallest yota in Chris' garage?

Sorry to get off topic but Chris do I see a rat in the works?

yeah thats a 50 ford pick up... its goin to be lil crazy... i moved the front axle forward 24in, the rear 16in, its 3in off the ground.. leaving the leaf springs, just because it was said it couldnt be real low with them on there... ford 9 in and a 429 pushing lil over 500 hp in a 1500 pound truck...lol... chop the top 5 in and bob the bed 2 feet and raise the bed floor up.. im goin to get back on it when i get done with kens runner...

and yeah trading is always a givin...lol just depends on what it is....:yup:

dribnus

03-25-2010, 09:20 PM

trading is always a givin...lol just depends on what it is....:yup:
Yota for yota LOL
See ya Sunday dude.

cootees

03-26-2010, 02:52 PM

yeah thats a 50 ford pick up... its goin to be lil crazy... i moved the front axle forward 24in, the rear 16in, its 3in off the ground.. leaving the leaf springs, just because it was said it couldnt be real low with them on there... ford 9 in and a 429 pushing lil over 500 hp in a 1500 pound truck...lol... chop the top 5 in and bob the bed 2 feet and raise the bed floor up.. im goin to get back on it when i get done with kens runner...

nice, I love those kind of projects. You keeping the fenders off?

and yeah trading is always a givin...lol just depends on what it is....:yup:

I can remember a time when you had that silver yota listed on ebay.

evolution

03-26-2010, 03:16 PM

yeah, and building a new grill.. the stock one is uuuuggggglllyyyy!!!the tires will stick out in front of the grill bout 2 in or so...

and yeah back to the yota...lol ..well got to get a new starter, gauges and door poppers for it before its up for sale again.. im ready to move on from the project... sounds like you want to buy it...:yup:

evolution

03-26-2010, 11:15 PM

well, got the axle tore apart and cleaned everything really good and painted the knuckles and other stuff.. got the new fj rotors on order...goin to get new bearings and start putting everything back together after i put the truss on and welded..
hope to get the axle back under and then put it back together when the rotors come in...:2thumbsup:

had to take pic with phone and get ken to upload it, my camera is screwed up at the time being..lol

evolution

03-27-2010, 09:06 PM

lil more done today, truss is on and axle was cleaned and painted... welded up all the holes in the frame in the front to try to keep the mud out when wheeling.. axle was installed and sitting back on the springs...:2thumbsup:

dribnus

03-28-2010, 02:36 AM

yotacrawller

03-28-2010, 08:54 PM

lookin good Chris.

rubican!

03-28-2010, 09:24 PM

i cant wait to see dribnus back on the trails. Looking good!

dribnus

03-28-2010, 11:57 PM

i cant wait to see dribnus back on the trails. Looking good!

We can't wait to get back either. We have been having withdrawals. But yes, it's looking great. :2thumbsup:

Scrambled

03-29-2010, 02:48 PM

Be good to see you back out again Ken. Swung by Chris's place Sun to drop off Lucky so he can TIG the bellhousing back together for me. Saw Kens Yota, progress is looking good and top notch work from Chris as usual.:2thumbsup:
The paint on his show truck is amazing BTW.

evolution

03-29-2010, 10:02 PM

thanks sean...was able to get some more done today
tore down the rear, and this must been a lil show truck before.. haha the brake cabliers and the rear drums is painted purple... but they wont when im done..
tore out the axles and the center sec.. goin to need some rear brakes also..:thumb:

evolution

04-27-2010, 05:49 PM

well, been a bit on the updates...

the front is done except for the reordered fj rotors, wrong ones.. pick up new ones tomorrow.. and installing the shocks and brake lines..the frame is primed and painted, high steer mounted,new bearings and seals... everything is good to go..

the rear is just about done except mounting the ubolts and shocks.. had to use some other rear lift springs i had laying around.. new brakes also installed..

be up on flexed i hope by this weekend:2thumbsup:

evolution

05-03-2010, 11:31 PM

well, i tried to get it runner out today for a lil flex pics but ran out of daylight...got everything done besides bleeding the brakes and putting shocks on...

there will be lil fine tuning i have to do and will finish it up on weds and do lil test driving on the road and see how she handles... :driving:

ken will be up and ready for the shoe creek ride.. and picking it up this weekend...:wings:

dribnus

05-03-2010, 11:48 PM

Yippppy, it won't be long.

:wings:

cootees

05-04-2010, 12:03 PM

What did you come up with for the driveshaft?

evolution

05-04-2010, 10:19 PM

What did you come up with for the driveshaft?

the front or rear? the rear i had to go and buy a used one from a buddy down the road.. when the blocks was broke in the rear on the mountain, it broke the ujoint and bent the ears on the shaft...
the front was clearanced lil bit.. it was easy to do...:2thumbsup:

evolution

05-05-2010, 08:16 PM

well, got lil flex pics in for it.. a lot better than the old ifs...:2thumbsup:

dribnus

05-05-2010, 08:23 PM

WOW, that's great Chris.

bajonesy77

05-05-2010, 08:37 PM

WOW, that's great Chris.

that is great he even took it back in time to 2004......amazing ! lol great looking flex, much better than the other pics i saw when the axle was sideways under it.

evolution

05-05-2010, 10:50 PM

yeah it does great!! it was at full droop in the pic of the creek bed... awesome place for flex in my back yard:harhar:
goin to need the tires balanced and will see what ken thinks about taking the body lift out sometime..

im friends with a few state troopers and go passed there office everyday.. driving it tomorrow and goin to stop by there and let them look at it and make sure everything is good with them.. i do that with all trucks i do...:yup:

cootees

05-06-2010, 09:09 AM

Looks great. I'd planning on flipping those u-bolts in the future.

Bluewaterrider

05-06-2010, 01:40 PM

Looks good !!:thumb:

It will look even better when the body lift comes off:2thumbsup:

I have seen somewhere, a johnny type joint that replaces the spring eye bushings to take the bind out of the spring eyes when at full droop or compression...., maybe All Pro has them???

evolution

05-06-2010, 07:16 PM

well, im sure theres goin to be more to come on it, everything was done on a budget to get it done with.. didnt havet to buy a lot of parts, most of the parts and stuff i had off all the show truck stuff i had laying around so i gave it some go use.. and none of it was hurt...

cootees

05-07-2010, 12:06 PM

evolution

05-07-2010, 04:36 PM

Curious what type of springs did you use?

we went with all pro in the front and i believe the rear was superlifts that had been painted...

you was talking out the front being wider than the rear.. on this one the axles are the same width...

only thing i would do is go with a 10 inch set of wheels sometime... i like a lil better track width than the 8's

hadfield4wd

05-07-2010, 05:01 PM

Keep the 8" of the rim and get one with less backspacing. A 10" wide rim will expose the lip to rock damage.

dribnus

05-16-2010, 08:02 PM

Chris, dude you did an awesome job on this. Thank You.

:2thumbsup::2thumbsup::2thumbsup::2thumbsup:

Bluewaterrider

05-16-2010, 11:09 PM

Chris, dude you did an awesome job on this. Thank You.

:2thumbsup::2thumbsup::2thumbsup::2thumbsup:

Ken :driving:now you can get back to some wheeling:driving:

dribnus

05-16-2010, 11:23 PM

Ken :driving:now you can get back to some wheeling:driving:

Went to Broad Run today just to put it through some minor testing. The work that Chris did was great, but there's a possibility that I did some damage to the transfer case internals at the time it originally broke down. I'm going to get it to him down the road to check that for me.

evolution

05-16-2010, 11:44 PM

Went to Broad Run today just to put it through some minor testing. The work that Chris did was great, but there's a possibility that I did some damage to the transfer case internals at the time it originally broke down. I'm going to get it to him down the road to check that for me.

yeah pal, just let me know.. if theres something wrong with it i know where theres a spare at that will fit it... get that clutch taking care of too...:thumb:.. did you get a chance to try out them sliders today too?..

dribnus

05-16-2010, 11:56 PM

yeah pal, just let me know.. if theres something wrong with it i know where theres a spare at that will fit it... get that clutch taking care of too...:thumb:.. did you get a chance to try out them sliders today too?..

I didn't really get the chance to test the rockers.....rode the river bed for a little bit between crossings, and it handled great. Then I tried to get it out of 4WD, that's when the problem started with the transfer case. So from that point, I just unlocked the hubs and ran in 2wd the rest of the day. Still a fun day, glad to get back into the mountains.

hadfield4wd

05-17-2010, 12:10 AM

Nice work. Hope you get the t-case worked out.

hadfield4wd

05-17-2010, 12:11 AM

Nice work. Hope you get the tcase worked out.

Bluewaterrider

05-17-2010, 01:30 PM

I didn't really get the chance to test the rockers.....rode the river bed for a little bit between crossings, and it handled great. Then I tried to get it out of 4WD, that's when the problem started with the transfer case. So from that point, I just unlocked the hubs and ran in 2wd the rest of the day. Still a fun day, glad to get back into the mountains.

Well now that is just an excuse to go with a new 4:1 low range gear set in the X case......or a doubler:yup: