Project: SAS Tow Rig

[dfl701]

No no silly the 89-00 trucks had the stupid looking crossmember stock lol.

Torsion bar cross member screams "isnt there a better way we coulda done this? Nah its got enough ground clearance whatever"

yea thats why i hate suspension lifts, those stupid torsion bars hanging down look like crap.

 

[howdiy]

yea thats why i hate suspension lifts, those stupid torsion bars hanging down look like crap.

Thats why I plan on using coilovers for the front of my 96


Edit: just saw the finished product, looks sweet

 

[USSkoval]

Nice work, and fast too! How does it ride now?

 

[greatwhitez71]

i rode in the back seat while we were bouncing it around the field...seems pretty stout and not very bad at all. drews drove it on road so he could probably elaborate some.

 

[Chevy305]

truck came out awsome!

 

[wendellk5]

nice build

 

[okieraptor]

sweet truck. All it needs now is a 900 horse Cummings in it!

 

[greatwhitez71]

drew does not need 900 hp...ive seen how this guy drives. lol

 

[Cajun4x4]

Bravo sir. Now if you had ORU brackets why didnt you just use them?

the ORU brackets belong to a friend of mine and when we found out that the front brackets that where givin to me didnt fit around my frame he let me use his... another guy who was helping on the install is in the process of making some brackets for 52s and im gonna get him to make me a set of front brackets that ill give to my buddy i took the ORU front from as we convinced him to go 52s this weekend

and im much happier with my homemade rear brackets than i would of been with the ORU rears... on my homemades i moved the shackle pivot point forward 1/2''. this gave me a slightly swept back shackle angle instead of the vertical or pulled forward shackle angle most ORU equipped trucks have

That's a ton of work to get done in a single weekend! This is what needs to be done to my k3500

its actually significantly easier to sas these trucks than it is to install an ifs lift on one just gotta make sure you have all your parts ready to go before you turn the first wrench

with that said... dooooooooooooooo it

how long did it take to make all of those brackets for the front

do all the ford axles come with a passanger side steering arm or did you add that your self.

i think i have a little over 10 hours in making the rear brackets

no axle came with passenger side steering arms... this axle has flat top knuckles off of a 70s chevy d44 that i used to run on my old 8lug 10bolt

Looks sick brotha man

thanks baw!! where you been hiding wienie washer?

 

[Cajun4x4]

Nice work, and fast too! How does it ride now?

well it currently doesn't have any shocks on it so it rides like a trampoline lol im really looking forward to ordering some bilstien 5100s for this thing, i think its gonna ride pretty damn good, maybe even better than it did with the IFS

i rode in the back seat while we were bouncing it around the field...seems pretty stout and not very bad at all. drews drove it on road so he could probably elaborate some.

bedless donuts ftw!

sweet truck. All it needs now is a 900 horse Cummings in it!

drew does not need 900 hp...ive seen how this guy drives. lol

haha that would be epic... but somehow i agree with grant

 

[Cajun4x4]

thanks for all the compliments!

i personally think the truck could stand to come down 1" in the front and 1.5" in the rear but thats me. the front would be easy to drop... springs are only 2 days old though so they should settle in a lil bit as continue to drive this thang. the rear would be a lot harder to reduce lift without tampering with the shackle flip or springs and retaining my towing capabilities... which pretty much means id have to get some 3/4 ton 2" lowering springs from alcan or something

onto the pics... 35 Xterrains

 

[Stomis]

Your frame is boxed being a 99/00 isnt it making? I thought thats what made the 89-98 kits not fit on them.

 

[Cajun4x4]

Your frame is boxed being a 99/00 isnt it making? I thought thats what made the 89-98 kits not fit on them.

no my frame is the same as all 88-98 3/4 tones... the reason my front hangers didnt work is because the guy made them wrong... the piece of 1/4" c channel was just too narrow to slip over my frame. couldnt even beat it on with a hammer... tis amazing how much 1/8" can make

 

[noJeepshere]

Oh man I'm getting this insatiable desire to do this to my Yukon

 

[79rustyk10]

too bad GM didnt have the brains to make them like that in the first place, they would have sold more I bet.

Damn, Now I need a 99 OBS CC short box too

 

[k2mslskier]

You made it look so easy. Wanna come do mine now?

I guess it's time to start hourding parts.

What years of Ford axles should I be looking for?

 

[noJeepshere]

Can they be done with minimal lift? I'd like to do a sas with ~2 in lift or so.

 

[YZEATER]

very nice. too bad they never came that way from the factory.

nojeepshere- you may run into clearance problems without much lift.

 

[jimmywannabe]

Nice. I did the same for a Yukon, but I did it on a Yugo budget. I made all the parts myself and had the welding done by Pros. I missed your transfer case. Is it Auto Track push button or a 241 stick?

 

[jimmywannabe]

You might have a front shaft already, but I got one from Drive Shaft Superstore.com for $350 for the exact same application.