Jun 1, 2006
By:Jesse Katz
Picking up where our last tube bending article left off, let's install a die-set
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Dec 30, 2005
By:Jesse Katz
Welcome to The Chop Shop. This new monthly column on Off-Road.Com is dedicated to tools and fabrication.
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 | Sep 1, 2005
By:Jesse Katz
Our black TRD Toyota Tacoma came from the factory with a burly 4X4 drive-train featuring an electric locking rear differential, high ground clearance, 4.10:1 gears and lots of other off-road oriented features.
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 | May 1, 2005
By:Jesse Katz, Sean Estes
The right size tire for any truck is the one that fits at FULL COMPRESSION. This principle might sound foreign, but simply lifting a truck to clear larger tires is a flawed concept.
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 | Jan 1, 2005
By:Jesse Katz, Sean Estes
Superior Axle & Gear is well known as a manufacturer of top-quality aftermarket axle-shafts and gear-sets. Recently, we had an opportunity to tour the Superior facility in Los Angeles with Mike Denton Jr., who talked with us about what goes into designing an axle-shaft and then walked us through the steps involved in the manufacturing process.
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 | Dec 1, 2004
By:Jesse Katz, Sean Estes
Does this look familiar? Breaking CV's seems to be an unavoidable part 'wheeling an IFS truck. We've already destroyed three Tundra inner CV's in our long-travel Tacoma.
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 | Nov 1, 2004
By:Jesse Katz, Sean Estes
We've been working with various manufacturers and collecting parts for the last six months to assemble the ultimate Toyota-based rear axle. The stock axle housing will be discarded and our rebuilt Tacoma third-member loaded with 5.29 gears and an ARB Air Locker is getting reinstalled in a custom-fabricated Tundra-width housing from Front Range Off-Road Fabrication. We're also using a full-floating axle conversion kit from FROR along with 4340 Chrom-Moly 30-spline full-floating axle shafts from Superior Axle & Gear. All of the fabrication and installation work is being performed by WFO Concepts in Auburn, CA.
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 | Oct 1, 2004
By:Jesse Katz, Sean Estes
Gearing is the key to delivering useable power from an engine through the drivetrain and to the ground. In 4x4 trucks there are usually transmission gear ratios, transfer case gear ratios and differential gear ratios. Transmissions are an example of gearing that is easy for any driver to understand. Just imagine trying to start a vehicle in 5th gear or attempting to reach 75mph in 1st gear. Gear ratio selection must take vehicle speed and engine speed into consideration and is always a compromise between peak horsepower, torque and fuel efficiency.
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