Yea, i decided to skimp on the D60 for now..

[99ranger4x4]

but this should work.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04955.jpg


:glasses10:

[SparkyXplorer]

HOO WHEY!!! When is she gunna be rolling...looks like its not to far, but cant tell to much from the picture

[99ranger4x4]

i drove it today. i had all that tacked up with an ancient arc welder friday night and used a nice Lincoln Mig welder to weld it up solid.


there's no shocks and i need to somehow get the rest of the air out of the p/s system.. so between little to no power assist it was a pretty epic journey.. that and when i got on it, then put the clutch in to shift the truck would want to shoot into the other lane haha


shocks should be here from Trail-gear tuesday or wednesday.

[SparkyXplorer]

lol, I wanna see some picutes of the whole thing then...
How does compare to the previous lift...similar height etc?

I know I asked you about the RCD a long time ago when you were looking for the kingpin 60 but whats up with it?

[99ranger4x4]

i wanted a 60 but i had a chance to do the SAS in school. and funds were kinda tight so i went with the D44 because i got gears and shit for cheap.

as for height, i put on longer shackles than you see in the picture, so the steering clears the springs a little better, it sits a few inches higher than when the RCD was new and un abused..

78 F150 HP D44 (failed... shoulda gone 77)
-Full Spool
-5.13s
-Mile Marker hubs
-Stock 30 spline inners and 19 outers

Yoda box
-$203 worth of **** from PSC - nevermind... 4-500
-All Pro Pitman arm
-hydro assist once i get the rear axle under my truck

Waggy Springs
-3/8" plate shackles ~8" tip to tip 6" eye to eye? front mount for now

lots of 1/4" plate
some 3/8" plate
some smaller DOM tubing
some 1.5"x.250" DOM tubing
2 5/8 heims
2 3/4 heims

12" travel Bilstein shocks
12" TG shock hoops

9"
-5.13s
-31 spline
-locker - undecided - spool possibly
-brake setup - dics if i can get all the right stuff together



i dont really have pics of the whole thing, i'm gonna go unload some shit at my storage shed if your gonna be up for a while i can get a few then. but the picture does show about all the up travel i can get...

[SparkyXplorer]

I meant what is up wiht the RCD still got that and want to get rid of or did you hack it or all ready get rid of it?

[99ranger4x4]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04952.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04954.jpg

this is what i had before i did the steering, i only got regular spacers for the heims on the steering, but i need high mis alignment spacers on the pitman arm, i dont want it to bind up and break that bitch off..

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04918.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04951.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04950.jpg

[99ranger4x4]

oh idk, i have a few people interested. but its pretty beat and your gonna need to buy the stuff to lift the rear since thats what im using right now..

[SparkyXplorer]

well if I did that I would just Spring over axle since explorers come with the leaf springs under the axle I cna just move them up for cheap lift

[bronc_17113]

that 44 will do ya fine

[Hypoid]

Too bad you couldn't source one of those T&T trusses. They prototyped the one in this pic, could probably set the coil buckets where you asked.
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showpost.php?p=243855569&postcount=13

Oh well, you could always do more later. This looks pretty sturdy as it is.

[99ranger4x4]

if it puts a smile on your face then the project was worth it right?



oh yea, after going over enough bumps and turning enough on the street my power steering decided it would burp up all the air :D so now i have power steering again

except something is squeaking and its driving me crazy lol, i think its the heim on the intermediate shaft..


i think this is my new favorite picture.. soon to be replaced by it all flexed out..

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04960.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04958.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04961.jpg

i think thats a pretty much stock explorer with some mud terrains.. sorry about how it turned out, that damn Cali plate screwed the camera up
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04966.jpg

[99ranger4x4]

Too bad you couldn't source one of those T&T trusses. They prototyped the one in this pic, could probably set the coil buckets where you asked.
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showpost.php?p=243855569&postcount=13

Oh well, you could always do more later. This looks pretty sturdy as it is.


i may need to pick one of those up for the 9" i have laying on the porch..

and it should stand up to my abuse, i need to box the shackles in and get some high misalignment spacers for the drag link before i do too much..

[PaleBlue90]

its looking nice

[99ranger4x4]

the shocks and bump stops are actually on the truck now

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04972.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04967.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04976.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04982.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/SAS/DSC04985.jpg

[SparkyXplorer]

Looking good, now that it has been on for a bit...how is it holding up? have you put it to work yet? street driving ok?

[99ranger4x4]

now with the bump stops i have no up travel.. so dips in the road make me slow down instead of speed up :mad:

the shocks and bump stops definitely made a HUGE difference though, no more wobble in the steering or any more cases of death wobble. UHM, i need to get cross over steering even though i don't have much bump steer, i just want less of an angle coming off the pitman arm and due to the spool hydro assist is going to be going on pretty soon as well


it turns a LOT sharper than it did with the IFS and i've got it to the point where the tires are having to slip sideways in parking lots. idk if its a good thing or not lol

i've been wanting to take it out and flex it out but i dont have anyone to pull me out when i get stuck again :confused:

[99ranger4x4]

please excuse the cell pics for its all we had and we were trying to take pics into 2 sets of head lights lol, the pass. rear was hella drooped but my phones battery was too low and wouldn't let me take a pic

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/1223366235.jpghttp://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/1223365895.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/1223365718.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/1223365345.jpg

and one for fun
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/yellowblurrx81/1223367708.jpg