rondo
rondo
- Location
- Boise Idaho
The project is my 2000 Nissan Frontier. I would appreciate a second opinion on the front suspension build. This will be a daily driver and i'd like to get it right. Not too proud to ask someone with experience to check it for me.
In 01 I had this thing SAS'd with dana 44s at a (crappy) shop. Anyway i've put over 55K miles on it with SAS, driving it from Fort Lewis WA to Fort Bliss TX and back 2x and all over in between. It's also registered in Oregon so never was worried about inspections. Anyway i'm comfortable with what this rig is morphing into and know it doesn't handle like a car.
My thing is after bending a rear axle shaft and busting more hubs and dana 44shafts than i care to admit, it's time for dana60s. the rear is about done. The front however is what i'm unsure about. I've got all the parts from BHR and various off-road websites, so everything is on hand. All of the links, rod ends, tube, brackets, bolts, blah blah is either on the rig or right next to it. The axle is under the rig, squared up and has lower links mounted.
Really what i'd like is for someone to eyeball this for me; i'd like to ensure the upper link geometry is right, drag link and track bar look good, and that's about it. I'm no master fabricator, but i've enjoyed doing all of this in my garage with a bender, welder, blah blah blah. The "So called" Professional shops that i've had it to never fixed the bump steer, + with more time on my hands and some bad experiences at 4x4 shops here and there have made me start doing my own thing last few years. The names of the shops are the same ones that pop up on RME over and over
I did the same transformation on YJ by the way, and while it holds the road great at highway speed i never could really get it to turn as well to the left as to the right. It's a trail junker so i haven't taken the time to dig into it again but i really don't want the same thing to happen to my fronty.
There could be some cash/beer for the right knowledgeable person!
Thanks out.
In 01 I had this thing SAS'd with dana 44s at a (crappy) shop. Anyway i've put over 55K miles on it with SAS, driving it from Fort Lewis WA to Fort Bliss TX and back 2x and all over in between. It's also registered in Oregon so never was worried about inspections. Anyway i'm comfortable with what this rig is morphing into and know it doesn't handle like a car.
My thing is after bending a rear axle shaft and busting more hubs and dana 44shafts than i care to admit, it's time for dana60s. the rear is about done. The front however is what i'm unsure about. I've got all the parts from BHR and various off-road websites, so everything is on hand. All of the links, rod ends, tube, brackets, bolts, blah blah is either on the rig or right next to it. The axle is under the rig, squared up and has lower links mounted.
Really what i'd like is for someone to eyeball this for me; i'd like to ensure the upper link geometry is right, drag link and track bar look good, and that's about it. I'm no master fabricator, but i've enjoyed doing all of this in my garage with a bender, welder, blah blah blah. The "So called" Professional shops that i've had it to never fixed the bump steer, + with more time on my hands and some bad experiences at 4x4 shops here and there have made me start doing my own thing last few years. The names of the shops are the same ones that pop up on RME over and over
I did the same transformation on YJ by the way, and while it holds the road great at highway speed i never could really get it to turn as well to the left as to the right. It's a trail junker so i haven't taken the time to dig into it again but i really don't want the same thing to happen to my fronty.
There could be some cash/beer for the right knowledgeable person!
Thanks out.
