Wow! Amazing video series! If I learned one thing, it's.....put a Tacoma motor in a jeep....hahaha. Nah man, your skills and dedication were great to watch. Thanks for sharing, looking forward to trail videos with this bad boy!
Nice build. I respect your patience to build it well. I wonder if your time/materials made since to build vs buy from TG. I guess it depends on how much you make per hour at work.
going to be doing something similar when i put a gear driven passenger drop case in my 99 4runner. have you had any strength issues with the cross member?
I assume you are referring to replacing a rear driveshaft on a Tacoma with a single piece shaft. Going to a single piece rear driveshaft eliminates the center set of U-joints as well as the carrier bearing that tends to fail pretty often. I also find the the carrier bearing fails even more commonly when wheeling, where it gets into contact with a lot more water and dirt than with street use.
It should hole up fine, considering most bumpers etc aren’t much bigger, but if you tend to high center a lot, you could go 3/8” like trail gear. Especially with the vertical brace he’s installed.
That's right, Chevy springs in the rear and setup shock mounts for those 14" shocks. Haven't had much time to get around to it, been working on other projects and life stuff that always gets in the way. Thanks for watching!
If I recall correctly it was around $450. I already tine made by Tom Wood's Driveshafts, and have been very happy with it. They were quick and it bolted in perfect based on the measurements I gave them.
@@TheSelfEsteemer1 no not at all. Between keeping the ride height low and using a high pinion diff, my driveshaft was not steep at all. I just went outside and measured it, it is at a 14.5 degree downward angle.
Awe yeah I went with the smallest ifs eliminator kit I could find. 3" and it's almost a 30 degree angle so I'm struggling there lol I had a quote from Jesse at high angle driveline and he quoted me almost like 1300 bucks
