Robb's SAS

[Robb]

James,

The running boards are coming off. Cory is putting some rocksliders on before it leaves his shop.

The flares may stay on until ripped off. I have an extra set of front flares coming from taxxman2 (Thanks Dave!!) just as a single set of back-ups. Of course, the flares are molded into the running boards, so it may depend a little on looks as to if the flares really stay on. If they look REAL dumb, I will just pull them. I do like the look of the flares tho, so I may end up with a little glass work to finish off the flares where they used to meet up with the boards. Basically........I have no idea right now!!

Thanks for the compliments guys!!

Robb

 

[Yomie]

Originally posted by morrisey0
I have an extra set of front flares coming from taxxman2 (Thanks Dave!!)

Robb if you don't mind.....I'm spending this weekend in Indy (it's my B-Day weekend) I met up with Dave yesterday and grabbed thoes flares from him, they are in the back of my truck. I'm going back to louisville on Monday and i will stop by the shop and put them in your truck. We thought it was easier this way, instead of shiipping them.

 

[Robb]

Yomie,

Yea, Dave PMed me and told me the plan. THAT IS AWESOME!! Thank you very much for doing that!!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

Robb

 

[JSA6916]

Lookin good. Might I ask why did you chose a D30 front tho? Seems a D44 would be the extra 50 bucks.

 

[TarHeel085]

Originally posted by JSA6916
Lookin good. Might I ask why did you chose a D30 front tho? Seems a D44 would be the extra 50 bucks.

its the same bolt pattern, same width, and what robb has done to it, its stronger than any "normal" Dana 44.

 

[JSA6916]

What all upgrades did he do to the D30, I really didn't read the thread just checked out the pics.

 

[Robb]

JSA6916,
Right now, nothing has been done to the axle. I have Warn alloy one-piece inner axles waiting to be installed. They are stronger than stuck and throw out the vacuum engagement system. I also have some x297 u-joints and am in the process of looking for a deal on the Warn outer shafts. The subject of how strong a D30 with alloy shafts is compared to a stock D44 is debatable. In my opinion, an HP D30 with alloy shafts is stronger and more problem free than a LP D44. That is just my opinion tho, gathered from as much research as I could do. I don't believe it will be as strong as a HP D44. For the tire size I plan on running and the terrain that the truck will see, the HP D30 should be fine. IF I happen to decide to increase tire size in the future or if the axle can't handle what I want out of it..........then an upgrade to a D44 won't be that difficult. The hard part of actually setting up the suspension and steering will already be done, it will really only be a matter of swapping the axle.

Robb

 

[JoshC]

Robb, have you found a one piece axle shaft for the passenger side? That is the only side that is 2 pieces, drivers side is one piece. I'd be happy if i could get just a 1 piece shaft for that side so that i could ditch the vacuum thing also.

Happy trails!!

 

[Robb]

Yea, I got the shafts off eBay with the Powertrax, all used. The guy I got them from ran alloy inners and stock outers. His theory was that the outers would be the "weak link" in the chain and if anything broke on the trail it would be the u-joint tabs on the outers and they would be easy to replace. I am not sure how much I buy that theory, so I will prolly get some alloy outers also.

I know that Warn and Superior make such alloy one-piece shafts. I have only found "complete" kits with inners and outers, I am not sure where to look for individual pieces.

Robb

 

[JoshC]

Well, if they sell it as a kit then it would only need to be 2 pieces. The axle shafts themselves. Unless you call the part after the u joint a shaft too. I'm just looking for the shaft that is from the ujoint to the carrier, one piece on the passenger side to get rid of the 2 pieces on there now. There is only the one on the drivers side and it is the short shaft.

Happy trails!!

 

[Robb]

 

[TarHeel085]

AWESOME robb & cory!! robb what size tires are you gonna run, whatever you can find a good deal on?

 

[Robb]

35"s of whatever M/T I find a deal on.

BTW: That pic isn't full-flex..........(needs trimming)

Robb

 

[JoshC]

Originally posted by morrisey0
..........(needs trimming)

Ah man, that's what i didn't want to hear. I don't know about you, but i want to keep my flares on. Mine didn't come with them, so i bought them aftermarket, but i like the way they look. I hope there is someway to keep them after the trimming.

Looks great there. Looks like Cory got a steering link made up. Should be to much left then huh?

Happy trails!!

 

[jasonb]

yeah when i measured my wheel well opening at the bottom before i trimmed, it was under 35" by a little. like 34.5" or something. i think your gonna have to trim no matter what lift you have if you want to stuff a 35.

looks good though..

 

[JoshC]

Originally posted by jasonb
i think your gonna have to trim no matter what lift you have if you want to stuff a 35.

Jason, you aren't helping my feelings any! haha

The last time i talked to Cory he said he thought there was going to have to be some trimming.

Cory--how much more can he go if you do enought trimming, flex wise? You have a picture of the rear axle with that flex on it?

Happy trails!!

 

[taxx]

If you take that plastic off the bottom of the bumper and move the axle forward just a bit you can get away without trimming. You may find you have to move the bumper out just a tad, but spacing that out is easy. I don't think you have as much room to move it forward with a leaf spring setup and it depends on what happens when you flex, but I think it will work well with coils.

 

[JoshC]

Thank you Dave, finally someone with some positive news!! j/k Jason.

Yeah i mentioned to Cory about moving the axle forward just for that reason. Right now there is more room between the tire and bumper then the tire and rear fender. And he is going to make a new front bumper after he mounts the axle (hopefully) that was we have enough room to work. Cory did have a good point that we can move it up, but you don't want to move it to far because of the wheel base. Dave was right, not a whole lot you can do with leafs in this situation, coils you can mount where ever you like.

Happy trails!!

 

[jasonb]

yeah.. i wasn't thinking about moving the axle though.. that would be perfect if you had it moved an inch or even more forward (if possible) and just cut the bumper down. the rear has more spots to rub than the front by a long shot. if i ever get to the SAS, i hope to move forward an inch or two for that reason. btw.. since your getting a new bumper anyway.. just design around that.

 

[Robb]

Yea, the position of the leafs is a pretty permanent one because of the front mount placed perfectly in the body mount bracket. Right now, I think Cory is going to take off whatever plastic is in the way and flex it from there to measure for shocks. I will take care of whatever permanent trimming needs to take place. I am not to worried about it, the function of the flex is much more important to me than the looks of the fenders. I was planning from the beginning to get a cheapy set of "tin" fenders and trim them to whatever was needed (and try to use Dave's flares on them in some fashion). I would rather take off the original fenders with original flares and store them somewhere safe.

Robb