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Post by **hypo** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 10:55 pm

yes but ruff and pos dont both u guys run dual transfers therefore lengthenin the font shaft and decrease the drive line angle therefore reducin the amount that the slip joint moves ??

Post by **beebee** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:15 pm

Probably a valid point.

Hypolux, don't you run rears up front?

Post by **RUFF** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:16 pm

Yes Ben we do and i had never even thought of that.Dont all toyotas have dual cases? I thought it was standard :finger:

Dave you could be in trouble. Or you could buy a dual case kit off me :lol:

Post by **beebee** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:19 pm

Swap for a towbar?

Post by **hypo** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:26 pm

yes i run rears up front but i got a custom shaft that has 300mm travel in the spline ill get sum pix and post em

Post by **beebee** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:26 pm

Tell me more about the duals

Post by **RUFF** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:37 pm

Nick will PM you he is the man you need to deal with for the adapter. He has a couple on there way at the moment from the U.S and they are both 4 sale.He also has some 4.7 gear sets comming too but im not sure how many or if there are any available still. I think he is using a set and one set will be mine.

Post by **beebee** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:42 pm

Quite the entrapeneur (sp) isn't he. Were these the ones that were talked about on pirate?

Post by **RUFF** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:45 pm

Sort of he bought these i think just before the new deal came out so they cost him a little more i think.

Post by **beebee** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 12:10 am

Thanks ruff,
I'll be waiting for nick's pm.

Post by **beebee** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 12:12 am

I appologise to the author of this thread for getting off topic.
:oops:

Hope you got the info that you were looking for.

Post by **Hybrid** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 12:55 am

Beebee

Keep in touch if your getting the inside line on duals. have a fair lump of dough coming in in the next couple of weeks. Should be enough to finish the truck and then some. If they are a good deal I might put them aside. Meant to tell you today but I forgot.

John

Post by **dave** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 10:57 pm

Big red , i did remove the torque rod off the front diff & killalux i had to lenghten my front sharft but the standard slip has enough travel . sitting on level ground its about 20mm extended

Post by **big red hilux** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 11:01 am

thanks dave hey also did u have to put longer shackles on the front springs so they dont touch the frame, cause i put my rears in the front and the and the springs rest on the frame.

Post by **NICK** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 11:22 am

big red hilux wrote:thanks dave hey also did u have to put longer shackles on the front springs so they dont touch the frame, cause i put my rears in the front and the and the springs rest on the frame.

someone said that you need to in one of the very first posts.

NICK

Post by **big red hilux** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 5:20 pm

since the topic was changed half way through i normally skip the first two pages :lol:

. Dont worry guys ill have the same problems with the front axel when i finish my rig.

thanks away Nick ill have to pay more attention in future.

also Nick did u say that ford F 100 shock towers fit on to the hilux????

Post by **GRUNTLESS** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 9:15 pm

i would probably just run snakes shock hoops if you are gunna change towers? i think by memory that they give you an extra 2-3 inchs of up travel and allow you to run eye to eye shocks
i paid $180 for mine and thats hoops,braces and bolts
just my opinon any way ?

Website · Post by **killalux** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 9:29 pm

i think the snake shock hoops raise the upper mount about 7" where as the ford towers only raise it about 4.5".
there's some good info on the ford mounts here http://www.wildyoats.com/ford_shock_mounts.htm

Post by **dave** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 10:59 pm

JUST MAKE YOUR OWN ITS NOT HARD!
& a lot cheaper to.

Post by **big red hilux** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 8:45 pm

The ford shock hoops look more like OE so the transport department have less things to crack the shits about if they pull me over. :lol:

But i really dont care.

hey which shocks is everyone running, I know that some of u guys are running rancho's RS9012's but which ones the five or nine speed

Post by **POS** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 8:59 pm

I run 9012's, five way adjustable's.

I am yet to use every setting, when i was able to drive my rig on the road i would use 5 for heavy loads, 3 for general use and 1 for off-road.

Now they just stay on 1.

I could not see how anyone could use or even feel the difference between 1 and 2 on the new 9 way adjustables.

Post by **big red hilux** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 9:24 pm

i know that the nine way are longer. but i agree u only need three settings.

Post by **beebee** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 9:37 pm

Big red,
the same length can be obtained in either the 5000 series or the 9000 (including the new 99000 series) with one exception as far as I believe. I have a pair of the new 99036 which is 36" extended and longer than the 99012 (shich were the longest previously) which are about 14 3/4" or there abouts. The 9 stage adjustment is just a few extra numbers on the dial to split it up. For example 1 on the new = 1 on old, 3 on new = 2 on old, 5 on new = 3 on old and so on.

I don't need the extra length of the longer 99036 but for the same price I might as well as I have to make custom mounts anyway.

I can't tell the difference between say 5 and 7 let alone one number apart.

I find that the breaking up of the dial is pointless as the dial doesn't want to locate itself into the "in between" settings. So as I said, the extra settings are no more than a few extra numbers on the dial.

BTW I think that the new series may be called 99000 "x" for extreme or something

Post by **beebee** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 9:39 pm

To be brutally honest, I've hardly noticed (with fairly limited testing) a difference from one end of the scale to the other. Mine also have a tendancy to change positiion over time. That is unless someone is *ucking with me!

Post by **big red hilux** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 9:59 pm

i was told that the nine speed 9012's can be bought at an open lenght of 950mm which is about 38 inches of down travel.

Post by **RUFF** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 11:00 pm

Buy Munroe Magnum 60s they are cheap and do just as good a job and are very close in length to a 9012.

Post by **beebee** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 11:18 pm

This is from www.gorancho.com

RS5012
Comp 19.000
Ext 32.500
Trav 13.500

RS9012
Comp 19.000
Ext 32.250
Trav 13.250

RS99036
Comp 21.125
Ext 36.00
Trav 14.875

There shouldn't be any difference between say one 9012 and another 9012 as the part numbers refer to the physical dimensions of the shock absorber.

Hope this helps.

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