WME Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 OK absolute most low budget way of temporarily fixing a saggy rear end , get longer shackles in the back. It will work for awhile but its tough on the springs long term life. http://www.jcwhitney...t/p2031542.jcwx Also another cheapest way. http://www.jcwhitney...erid=c11305u0j2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackP Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 Thanks WME. That looks as though it might be ideal. And after all, life's a temporary place for human beings, felines and vehicles. Temporary might prove to be exactly the right distance. Gracias, JackP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WME Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Don't forget the rear spring bushings while your making improvements. Other interesting stuff http://www.rotdoctor.com/test/penetration.html. A little modern science, treat the damaged wood, reseal the windows, seal the roof with a coating and live with the existing damage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackP Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Don't forget the rear spring bushings while your making improvements. Other interesting stuff http://www.rotdoctor...enetration.html. A little modern science, treat the damaged wood, reseal the windows, seal the roof with a coating and live with the existing damage Thanks WME. The nearest neighbor has a lathe, drillpress and a lot of bushing material left over from a lifetime maintaining heavy machinery. He's offered to let me use all to replace whatever I can get loose to replace. In fact I'll be replacing those dolly-wheels that way, too, even though they aren't badly reduced in diameter. I figure cheap and easy's too argumentative in favor of doing it. Thanks for the information/link on the rot issue. I'll study on it. I've got ten gallons of metal roof repair cement I bought at an auction a couple of years ago for the cabin roof that's still sealed in the can, and another ten gallons of a paint-on grey/silver colored metal roof sealer. So I can go crazy on the roof. I've also got some cans of an expanding foam crack and hole sealer I've thought I might use to fill voids where wood's rotted in the walls and the vibration caused it to collect below leaving places I wouldn't mind seeing filled in. The stuff dries hard enough to provide something a screw might hold to, thinks I. I'm trying it out on the two places where the wheel-well trim has fallen out because the screws didn't have anything special to hang onto. I figure I'll fill it with steel wool close around the opening gap, tape it to the proper width and let the foam figure out what's empty in there needs filling. I'll landmark the rot doctor page and figure on spending a bit of time there. Incidently, I had a friend with a credit card order the helper springs from JC Whitney for me yesterday. Any thoughts on how to figure out what sized shocks go on that thing? They don't look to be standard Toy-truck. In the pic they look huge. Gracias, Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek up North Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Here's some more pages on rot repair I had bookmarked. I like looking for DIY solutions! http://www.factsfacts.com/MyHomeRepair/rotrepair.htm http://www.acbs-bslol.com/Gadgets/D97WoodRot.htm The shock mounting points are standard Toyota pickup. Just buy the most 'Heavy Duty' you can afford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WME Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Take the old shock down to an auto store and see if it will cross to anything. New HD shocks for an 83 Toy pickup are hard to find. This is about all I could come up with... http://www.shockwarehouse.com/index.cfm?mode=results&selected_model=4489&selected_year=1983 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek up North Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Jack, you might want to read up on the 'ZUK mod' if you want a 'down home' solution to your sagging rear end. https://www.google.c...lient=firefox-a Here's a direct link to one of the many, with lots of pictures:- http://www.gearinstalls.com/coilphilbert.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackP Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 Take the old shock down to an auto store and see if it will cross to anything. New HD shocks for an 83 Toy pickup are hard to find. This is about all I could come up with... http://www.shockware...ected_year=1983 Thanks WME. I'm hoping I won't have to do that because the truck is my transportation to town. Thanks for the link. I'm not certain at the moment where to go with the shock issue, but it's my next priority. I can feel the banging on the steering wheel from the lousy front shocks when I hit bumps. Gracias, Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackP Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 Jack, you might want to read up on the 'ZUK mod' if you want a 'down home' solution to your sagging rear end. https://www.google.c...lient=firefox-a Here's a direct link to one of the many, with lots of pictures:- http://www.gearinsta...oilphilbert.htm Thanks Derek. The shocks have moved to the forefront of my puzzlements. Already got the helper coil springs orderd from JC Whitney, so I count that one all over but the workage. Gracias, Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WME Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Well if the shocks are that bad then almost anything will be an improvement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackP Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 Well if the shocks are that bad then almost anything will be an improvement WME: Understatement. I test drove it on pavement, knew it needed shocks but didn't recognize how badly. But it's a mile of sometimes 4wd road between me and the pavement and it's bad to the feel. Seems to be deteriorating fast, but maybe it's just a growing awareness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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