Rockcrawlindude
a rock crawlin’ dude
My friend has 550,000 miles (yes, over a half million) on his first gen titan, same color.
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Poolmonkey
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Thing still drives like a smooth and pretty darn fast, fat Camaro...and simple, makes looking under the Ram scary with all it's what-is-that. Can definitely make me a ton of money running another 300k, for sure.
Rockcrawlindude
a rock crawlin’ dude
So I took some time this weekend to work on the Toyota crawler.
I cut the old steering box stuff off the frame and drilled the frame out for the 3/4” DOM sleeves for the new steering box bolts. Always sleeve your steering box mount bolts through the frame.
Plated the frame inside and out. 1/4” plate outside and 3/16” plate on the inside. Got it welded up and threw some paint on it.
So this is where the steering box lives now.
Moved forward about 2” and rotated it so I can run a flat pitman arm. Just enough room for the hydraulic fitting between the box and the freshly-clearanced core support.
Used a little rubber door edge trim on the area I opened up so it’s not sharp. Nothing fancy but keep people from cutting themselves if they reach in. I need to cut or flip the pitman arm to drag link bolt
I cut the old steering box stuff off the frame and drilled the frame out for the 3/4” DOM sleeves for the new steering box bolts. Always sleeve your steering box mount bolts through the frame.
Plated the frame inside and out. 1/4” plate outside and 3/16” plate on the inside. Got it welded up and threw some paint on it.
So this is where the steering box lives now.
Moved forward about 2” and rotated it so I can run a flat pitman arm. Just enough room for the hydraulic fitting between the box and the freshly-clearanced core support.
Used a little rubber door edge trim on the area I opened up so it’s not sharp. Nothing fancy but keep people from cutting themselves if they reach in. I need to cut or flip the pitman arm to drag link bolt
Great White North Eh
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Where is the Peanut Gallery picking apart your work?? Bolts are wrong, welds are farmer-esk.
They wouldn’t put door edge moulding on their Lambo…………
oh wait it’s a Yota. Just want to say good work before anyone climbs to the top turnbuckle.
They wouldn’t put door edge moulding on their Lambo…………oh wait it’s a Yota. Just want to say good work before anyone climbs to the top turnbuckle.
Rockcrawlindude
a rock crawlin’ dude
The bolts are standard now because the standard bolt fits snugly in the DOM sleeves and the metric bolts would’ve been loose fittingWhere is the Peanut Gallery picking apart your work?? Bolts are wrong, welds are farmer-esk.
oh wait it’s a Yota. Just want to say good work before anyone climbs to the top turnbuckle.
Farmer-esque welds get the job done and don’t worry, I have my YouTube welding class certification. Actually, My ESAB Rebel makes me look like a better welder than I really am so I can’t complain. I love that machine.
No need to hide yo kids, hide yo wives cuz this bad boy never sees pavement lol.
Where is the Peanut Gallery picking apart your work?? Bolts are wrong, welds are farmer-esk.
oh wait it’s a Yota. Just want to say good work before anyone climbs to the top turnbuckle.
Not picking but kinda wondering what was going on here:
Rockcrawlindude
a rock crawlin’ dude
Half ass cut off and ground this bracket. That’s where the top steering box bolt used to live
Makes sense, it looked like a cold weld/crack but must have been the bottom part of that bracket. Makes perfect sense now.
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Bought new in 2018, added twin turbos almost immediately. Car made 913 whp on about 13 psi boost. Motor popped about 5k miles into it. Damn thing ran HARD!! Trapped near 150 mph with a soft leave. It's stupid fast.
Bought new block, heads, crank, forged piston/rod combo, all the hard parts to make it live at 1000+.
Now she's going back together!
NightTrain
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Rockcrawlindude
a rock crawlin’ dude
Tightened my bolts down and cycled the steering by hand. Everything clears, No binding, smooth operation. Ram is the perfect length and the steering runs to the stops on both sides.
20 second vid
20 second vid
Poolmonkey
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Pow...beautiful.
Rockcrawlindude
a rock crawlin’ dude
If anybody was following along.. the hydro assist Toyota project is finished. 
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Shiny . Now we need some picks of the paint removal process.
. Now we need some picks of the paint removal process.I tore my 91’ apart 15 years ago. Turns out I’m really good at tearing stuff apart.'99 Ram supervised while I dropped the new motor into my Mustang.
I tore my 91’ apart 15 years ago. Turns out I’m really good at tearing stuff apart. Life gets ahold of you. What can I say. Finally have the mortgage paid off so maybe I’ll have some money to play.'99 Ram supervised while I dropped the new motor into my Mustang.
