FJ40 I call Shipwreck

[Deaf Bob]

What are they calling "portal"???
The Rockwell front axle with the drop in up top pumpkin?
Not getting your terminology..

[SuperBuickGuy]

ah, it's all clear now

[silver_bullet]

I was thinking more along the lines of:

[SuperBuickGuy]

I don't even want to think what your version of " carry on " means....

maybe I should just go with "needlessly complex"

[silver_bullet]

I don't even want to think what your version of " carry on " means....

[SuperBuickGuy]

I swear I'm going to corner the market on tie rod ends... anyway, tonight it should steer again then I can carry on with the exhaust

[silver_bullet]

VERY FUNNY....PLEASE, back to our regular scheduled programming....

[SuperBuickGuy]

you joke, but then you can't take a joke.

[SuperBuickGuy]

what the hell is it with portals? it creates more stress on your axles, tubes, and axle Cs all for not much lift. Not just that but you've now added more unsprung weight. Best of all, it limits the size of tire you can run because of the leverage a larger tire puts on an axle (now an axle with more leverage at its weakest point).... which is kind of funny because the limit means you get less lift then if you simply go to a bigger tire.....

and before you say "but it gives you better gearing" don't forget we have the technology to put a doubler at the transfer case thus giving you all the gears your little heart desires.... all without the unsprung weight issue.

[silver_bullet]

your frustration is understood, but I was just being facetious....

[SuperBuickGuy]

...It's a conspiracy!!

d'uh!!!! It's all Dan Barlow's fault. This thread was doing just fine until he questioned the upgrades....

[silver_bullet]

...It's a conspiracy!!

[SuperBuickGuy]

ugh, suppliers. Not to be outdone by anyone, Amazon sent me the wrong hubs....

[SuperBuickGuy]

I'll never understand why supplies don't tell the truth.... that is all.

Parts arriving today, tomorrow and next week from different suppliers so the 'identity' is fully obscured....

[silver_bullet]

Hard work and due diligence pays dividends!