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Post by bmizi2 on Nov 7, 2006 20:36:23 GMT -5
I have a 00 taco and my rack and pinion is shot. told about a grand to fix. After i have this done i'm going to install a 3 in. lift. I was wondering what kind of money i was looking at to do a solid axle swap. I do a fair amount of wheeling but this is also my daily driver. I thought of the sas so i'm not replacing the rack in an other 50,000 and have a sagging. lift. I only wanna run maybe 3in over stock and maybe 33's but eventually i'd want to go bigger but i've never seen anything smaller than a 35 with the sas.
Any input, experience or advice on this would be great
Thanks
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Post by fourwd1 on Nov 9, 2006 9:35:14 GMT -5
A good SAS job will run you a lot more than $1K, especially if someone else does it for you.
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tacobel
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Post by tacobel on Nov 9, 2006 10:40:49 GMT -5
SAS won't give the best on-road handling. Is truck more daily driver or more off-road rig? It's a trade-off.
Are you going through a new-car dealer? $500 to $600 seems more likely with professional (not dealership) installation.
Steering racks drop out as complete units. You can get better, after-market replacements for less $$ than OEM parts.
It should have greaseable parts, not the "permanently lubricated" OEM junk.
The OEM stuff is sealed up and has to be replaced when all it should need is a lube/repacking job.
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Post by yotabogger on Nov 10, 2006 11:56:44 GMT -5
I got a 99 Tacoma. i wanna do an sas also. i've heard toyota axles are to narrow for newer tacoma's. my friend said you can make up the difference with offset rims. can you really still use the old toyota axles? everyone seems to use dana 44's?
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Post by 82yota on Nov 14, 2006 15:26:27 GMT -5
Well if I am correct another problem with using the Toyota axles for the Tacomas is that the diff is on the wrong side. Im pretty sure on the Tacos the diff is on the drivers side as the one on my truck is on the passenger side. I think Toyota switched which side the diff was on when they introduced the Tacoma. I think thats the main reason people dont use Toyota axles.
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Post by snorkleman on Nov 18, 2006 12:42:18 GMT -5
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Post by yotauki7 on Nov 29, 2006 20:37:35 GMT -5
I am almost done with my taco lift. It is true, mini toy axles are passenger side drop and have roughly a 55 inch wheel base with 1.5 wheel spacers on each side. Tacoma are 61 inches wide. Either a 44 from a jeep wagoner or a dimond axle from front range offroad fabrication. They will both have a driver side drop and are 61 inches wide. I took a couple weeks to get the housing but you can use stock toy front 3rd. You would have to get custom axles with the dimond, 30 spline chromoly (nice and dam near unbreakable) This would keep everything toy. Also with the dimond, mini axle knuckles, hubs fit. You can also upgrade the solid toy rotors to FJ 80 vented rotors, 1981-1990 with 2nd gen toy calipers that are bigger. And the best thing is the breaklines all fit to the tacoma. By the time you buy all the parts it gets pretty expensive and labor intensive.
I still have all the suspension off my 99 taco 4x4 if you need anything.
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riseagainst88
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Post by riseagainst88 on Dec 11, 2006 9:34:25 GMT -5
All Pro Offroad now has solid axle swaps for tacoma's they even make a hybrid Dand 60 w/ a third member but you will need lots of $$$. www.allprooffroad.com/ |
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Post by awsumdc on Mar 9, 2007 23:28:54 GMT -5
SASing a Taco can be simple or difficult. It all depends on how crazy you want to get. You can do the older modles or the newer ones. Just depends on your tastes. There are a ton of places to check. Just search and you'll find it.  ![]() [http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-10/1096673/2799472900089640444OaudoK_ph.jpg/img] |
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