lifting ttb's is a PITA!!!!!

[BlackBII]

I've done it 4 or 5 times...

Took me maybe 5-6 hours total.

 

[Shran]

TTB lifts are easy. The first time I did it was in my driveway with minimal tools and I had never touched an axle before, let alone installed a lift.

 

[GoodOld85BlueBalls]

You don't have to drill all the way through the rivets to get them off. Just about a 1/4 inch into the head and chisel it off. Air chisels are tits when it comes to doing a TTB. I have done 3 different trucks with TTB and it always takes about 2 cases to get one done if you have two friends helping.

 

[bahndrvr]

Dude,

TTB Is EASY to lift, so much easier than all the other IFS's out there, seriously, WAY easier, you don't even want to know about a mid 90's Toyota Torsen based IFS...

And a SAS on a TTB vehicle is Easier than any other IFS vehicle, seriously, you unbolt the stuff and you have bare frame, every other vehicle you have to CUT off of the frame..

 

[Nater]

+ what the other guys said... Took my wife's uncle and I about 5-6 hours to do mine...And that is with someone that is helping that doesn't speak any english at all, except for "sh!t" and has no clue what the purpose of a lift kit is....oh the looks I got when I showed him the drop brackets.... LOL!

 

[ragajungle]

well what was a pain for me, was you have to grind off 4 rivets holding the drop bracket on the engine crossmember. we got one side mostly off the rivets, then our grinder broke. so we had to spend a while drilling all the way through the rivets.
and when putting it back in, the 2 sides of the axles had spread apart alittle- the easiest fix for that was to strap a come-along to each side and just winch the sides together.

biggest advice though, is make sure you have AT LEAST one helper, but 2 was ideal for me, cosidering we didnt have a hoist nor all the ideal tools.

Do you mean the(2) TTB frame parts moved apart? Assuming once you removed the axle pivot bolts?

 

[bobbywalter]

5 Years ago, I started my lift after work at 5pm and drove it home drove it home by 11:30pm. It still needed an alignment, but it was all together. With the right tools, and a hoist...its pretty simple actually.

just depends on level of rot.


no rot means cake install

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Well...yes...my truck has pretty much no rust on it.

 

[xkotyx]

Do you mean the(2) TTB frame parts moved apart? Assuming once you removed the axle pivot bolts?

yeah the ttb had spread apart alittle bit.

 

[ragajungle]

Koty,
Did you wind up using the sway bar on the front? If so did your lift come with the Sway bar bushing extensions?

 

[xkotyx]

Koty,
Did you wind up using the sway bar on the front? If so did your lift come with the Sway bar bushing extensions?

haha im guessing you realized this when you went to put your swaybar back on?

i did the same thing, didnt even think about it. i got a skyjacker and it didnt come with the swaybar extensions so im currently running it without the front swaybar. i cant tell THAT much difference, just being that only the front one isnt on.

 

[ragajungle]

No, havent done it yet but spent some time eyeballing and pondering under my truck and the sway bar issue occurred to me...


What if you got some 4" extruded steel tubing pieces and used them (Or one long extruded tube) in place of expensive extensions... hmmmm...my creative juices are flowin' !

 

[xkotyx]

No, havent done it yet but spent some time eyeballing and pondering under my truck and the sway bar issue occurred to me...


What if you got some 4" extruded steel tubing pieces and used them (Or one long extruded tube) in place of expensive extensions... hmmmm...my creative juices are flowin' !

im sure it wouldnt be too hard to fab up some stuff if you have the tools.

me, i have no fabrication equipment whatsoever

 

[The_Dealer]

TTB lifts are easy. The first time I did it was in my driveway with minimal tools and I had never touched an axle before, let alone installed a lift.

x2

the hardest part to me is getting the front tires off, and getting the coil retaining nut off

how are the rivets giving so many problems? hell i grind em flat with the bracket, plus a tiny big more, break out my bfh and chissel, hold the chissel with channel locks or vice grips, give em a couple of whacks, then pry the bracket with a prybar...isnt hard.

took me 1:45 minutes to do a shackle hanger flip on my 00 and install deavers, and thats taking the bed off

 

[ragajungle]

Koty,
Here's a sketch of what you could do as an extension. You really wouldn't need an torches or welders to do it. Just a band saw or a couple cutting wheels and an angle grinder - Oh and a drill to drill the holes.

Background: I was literally falling asleep in a certification class I had to take this week so I drew this.

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Hopefully it shows up okay