Papasmurf's 07 4x4 LT Build Thread and now with more other stuff too!

easier with the bed off

 

Yeah I ain’t doing that...

 

Wednesday update....

Got the frame cleaned up , and bed cage is now fully bolted in to the frame.

Finished grinding and cutting off both upper shock mounts. That took some work!!


Got both sides painted...


Got the lower spring perches fitted


Took a little grinding to get them to sit almost straight .. once I get the truck back on it’s wheels Friday I will set the pinion angle and tack weld them in place then break everything down and weld them in completely... this weekend my goal is cut holes in bed for shocks, mount shocks, and work on lower shock mounts. After I tear down the leaf packs to two main leafs for cycling. As well as mounting bumps and guesseting the leaf spring mounting plates.

That’s all for today. I ran out of light and steam. More on Friday and this weekend

 

Yeah it’s no joke at all... there is a reason shops charge so much... just glad I have the know how and tools to do it and time... it’s interesting for sure... I at least get to say I built my truck myself

 

Good work man. Did all this on my tacoma. It was roughly 80 hours total so I feel your pain.

It’s sweet that you have that bolt in cage though, designing and fabbing it took a long time.

One question, why are you planning on putting it together before setting pinion? If you know roughly your ride height you should be able to measure everything at droop, bump and ride. May save you some time, that’s how we set mine up.

Good work!

 

I have no idea on ride hight so I have to put it on its wheels on the leafs to find ride height and set pinion angle that way.

 

So much respect for you Bruce doing this yourself. I spent a lot of time at the shop when they were working on my truck so I saw first hand everything they did and all the work they put in to it. Doing it yourself is an entirely different thing and I am sure much more satisfying for you, I can't wait to see it together.

 

Or deeper lol

 

Thanks Greg!! Yeah man it’s daunting but I’ll get it there I’ve committed now lol no going back hahaha

 

up to his nuts in guts

 

yeah dude LT rear is a HUGE upgrade. So many guys do LT front and then neglect the rear. I started with the rear and then did the front. Its way more important. For technical trails and gofast

 

i know a guy who would love to film it...

 

Go on... I’m listening

 

Yup should have some good stuff third week of October... going to my desert house at the river for some pre running of the Parker 425 race course and other trails.. my god kids dad is going and brining his drone so hopefully some epic shit will come out of that...

 

i've got some day job stuff to get through this morning. i'll get back to you later today.

 

So true I did the front and ran a MT rear for 6 months and it did ok... but limited me for sure.. and now we are here

 

I think I'm a type but all I can say is

 

Made good progress.

Had @jc153 and another buddy from work came over and helped me Saturday morning.

We got the holes in the bed cut for the shocks. We got the pinion angle set and tack welded in the leaf spring mounts.


then broke down the leafs and remounted just the main two leafs


working on the lower shock mounts this week.

Ran into an issue with the Camburg bump mounts. Basically their mounts they sold me limit up travel...

If you see in this pic

the bump mount alone is 2-3" lower than the bottom of the shock body... however if you look at this pic of the bump mount on their LT tundra its much higher and flush with the frame allowing full uptravel.



so basically I'm left with making my own using Kartek bump mount parts and returning these or, modifying these and making them work. But the cost of modifying these seems silly since they are 400$+ I can just return them and buy 100$ or less of material and do it my self. I'm starting to think that is the better option.

Let me know your thoughts.

Either way should have the lower shock mounts done today or by Wednesday and start to button up everything. Although the bump mounts will slow me down from putting the leafs back together at this point at least for a few more days.

 

Huh??? Their add is definitely depicts something different than the mounts you got. If they sent the correct mounts I think your mad fab skills could make something far better.

 

Just make your own mounts for the bumps. Like you said Kartek has them cheap. All you need besides the bumps is some plate to gusset them. This is what I did on my tacoma. Simple and worked.



You can just tack the cans in and cycle, then plate after. All the work you have done, this will be way easy. Also, make sure you put some 2” tube in the can before welding them so that they don’t warp. Makes it hard to get the bumps in and out after that happens.

 

Thanks gents, yeah sopke with camburg again via email. And because Im running kings, i need top buy these now and make my own. So thats what it sounds like ill be doing...

https://www.kartek.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=KT&Product_Code=kng-bs2021

I already have plate steel and dimple die plate sitting around, so ill just make my own. Positioning them will be a little more work only because i dont have the ability to adjust the bump height once the mount is in place so i have to be very sure about placement. BUt i think you are correct and i will need to just make my own. Oh well. Thus is life.

 

Just cycle it a couple times and you will be good. I wouldn’t stress it too much. I set mine 1/2” lower than I could have when I did it. Thought process was that I’d rather keep springs happy and not run the risk of over arching them and reducing life span.

How much travel are you losing with those mounts?

 

with the camburg ones, they are not for LT they are for their "performance kit" so i loose like 2-3" of uptravel

 

Yeah that’s a lot. Return them bitches and break out the cut off wheel haha

 

Planning on it

it not ill have a set of bump mounts for sale soon LOL

 

the way i understand it as well is that these require a hole in the bed for the top of the bump. probably not the case for your setup but would have been for mine if i wanted the king bumps.