Lt, I seriously appreciate your dedication to this channel. The breakdown, your explanations, the camera angles, every step of the way you show the process. It's impressive the fact that you are building it yourself but it takes it to another level where you take the time to show everything. I've been subbed for a while now and you've come so far, I aspire to be like you one day.
Excellent video LT 👏👏 You don't have to apologize. This is an excellent explanation of what needs to be done if someone else wants to do something out of the ordinary. This is why we stick to you! Only RUclips channel that will take the time to explain to us and not send out the project to a professional shop. Have a Great Christmas LT and a Great New Years Thanks LT
Take your time, we (me at least) are here to see all the details and enjoy. There are thousands of other channels which just slap it together with almost no technical details which the impatient people can go to!
Anyone complaining about a detailed video, showing how to build a proper suspension, capable of holding your goal power levels, is just nuts. You learn real quick that cutting corners and cheating out often leads to catastrophic failures. That is why you see so many guys running twisted up chassis on their “ budget drag cars”. They don’t even realize how much quicker that car would be if it wasn’t twisting and running squirrelly down the track. Not to mention how utterly unsafe a bunch of these budget builds are. I think your videos are GREAT! I am soaking up as much as I possibly can. I am stoked for the Mustang videos to drop, but this is awesome stuff. I have zero plans of building a high HP AWD truck, so for your videos to keep my limited attention span, you gotta be doing something right. 🤣
When you have to custom fabricate something like this it is always fun to watch and you have some incredible building skills no doubt! You mentioned "cholesterol" early in the video, if you have high triglycerides too the best advice I will share with you and everyone else (trust me on this one) is to please stop drinking any soda that has high fructose corn syrup in it. I researched this and our bodies cannot digest it and does not know what to do with it but what it does to is mess up your liver. I will never drink soda ever again and it was messing me up and now I am fine because I stopped drinking it. It is east to do, I did cold turkey a couple of years ago and it was the best decision I ever did! Thanks for a great video LT and looking forward to seeing more!
Love your CAD (cardboard aided design). Thanks for sharing the project. This is the part most people don’t get to see, or forget about when building a serious vehicle.
the amount of fab and mechanical work you get done in your home modest size garage blows my mind! Also makes me feel guilty for not tackling more projects in my own garage. love the details!
Love the format. I have a California clean ‘97 Burb that will be built differently but as well I hope. Thank you so much from those of us that appreciate the last 10% in quality and the 300% increase in output required to attain it. We see you.
Don’t apologize. This is good stuff for some of us to learn. You never know which one of these little details someone will pick up for their project. Good shit
LT. For your frame paint, go with SPI (Southern polyurethane Inc.) Epoxy primer. Its DTM and tough as nails. Their black epoxy will dry to a satin sheen and looks great! Probably the best protection you can get on a frame. If you have questions or anything the owner is the tech department and is probably the best customer service person ive ever had to talk to. Just a 10 out of 10 product and company.
My 97 GMC Suburban; a mere 400 HP but I also have a wicked 4L80E that will bark the tires in a 1-2 full throttle shift. I think I've knocked something loose in the rear end. I have a clunk when I go over a speed bump. I'm pretty sure that with better than four times the horsepower, you're gonna knock something loose in the rear suspension. Keep an eye on it and keep up this awesome build. I dig it!
Just found this channel yesterday and my mind is blown... I bought my truck used in 2015 a standard cab z71 its been all over USA for work I've got a few trucks now and I've almost sold in 4 times but I couldn't bring my self to sell it so started building it to be a 10 second 4x4 street truck. love the suspension video not a lot out here for guys doing 4x4 1/4 mile trucks . Lots for lifted mud trucks tho!
No apologies LT. Anyone that’s built a vehicle from the ground up knows what it takes to make it happen. Anyone that hasn’t built a vehicle needs to know what it takes. Sometimes it’s repetitive and not a lot of fun but that’s the way it is. Personally, the more detailed you make these videos, the better. Someday someone will find this an invaluable resource. I already do and I know I’m not alone. 👊🏻
This is, in my opinion, what folks want to see more of. The tedious work...ALL the steps, configurations, and renditions of the build. I appreciate what you do and what you decide to put forth as content. Looking forward to all the technical mumbojumbo!! Hope you have a happy holiday!
LT, we love the content. Fab work is all part of it. Suspension, engine, trans, it don’t matter. U could do a whole month of suspension. We’d all still watch 💪
You will absolutely love those mevotech ttx lower ball joints super fing strong! We use them quite often at the shop I work at because nothing else really holds up as well!
Quality man quality. I'll watch 10 suspension videos as long as you're happy with it. The knowledge about doing is all the part of the process. Happy building LT. I'm one who has been here since the first 1000 subs or so.
Dang, LT, your welding is on point! Hey I farm full time, we dont get sick days.. OR holidays for that matter, either. We just do our best... Thanks for the update and greetings from the farm in S Carolina! ..; And, Merry Christmas!!
Keep it going LT, show us every little detail, I'm pretty excited to see this build and along the way get some ideas for my own build/modifications for my truck. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
In the future you might use a nice straight clean piece of angle iron with the mill scale removed to use for your fixture while welding jobs like your control arms, doing this way would allow you to clamp it solid to the angle iron and not have to worry about the material pulling while you're welding it, you could use C clamps with a v group cut into it on one side so that it will grab hold of the edge of the angle or you can use a couple of hose clamps strategically placed out of your way while welding
Really interesting tubes LT, keep em coming please. Great explanations along the way including addressing the alignment issue. The most popular vehicle in Oz is the crew cab ute - small truck in US speak - and all bar the VW Amarok are manufactured in Thailand. This includes Mazda, Mitsubishi, Ford, GM and some Toyotas so there is probably not too much wrong with that hub!
A lot of other guys already stated my thoughts on the video. Merry Christmas and happy new year to you and your family. Can't wait until your next video!!
We’re here to see you work and enjoy the journey. Shoot, I hit like before the video starts. I kind of laugh that you apologize at the END after the real fans already watched the entire thing.
I know this was in your other video but I think the issue with the tierods on high power trucks is related to bumpsteer rather than tie rod strength. You can check when you have the steering rack in and tie rod installed, if you move the control arms up and down and the if spindle wants to turn then you have bump steer.
I believe that bushing material may be called "Hytrel". It's often used in motor shaft couplers as a flexible element, and has the same torsional rigidity as brass.
*_If you wanted zero deflection use what professional road race cars use needle bearings or fab set with wheel bearings. I put a set on a truck one time and it was like magic perfect alignment and perfect articulation of the supension. Down side it had to replace the bearings every 6 months lol 😆..._*
Delrin is DuPont trade name for POM or polyoxymethylene. Commonly called Acetal or polyformaldehyde. Very low deflection and also has self lubricating properties making it excellent for bushings and drive gears where lubrication cannot be introduced like electronics. Do not get it hot or you will have a bad day. It off gases formaldehyde gas once it reaches temperatures above degradation.
I was kinda worried about clearance for the upper end of the coil over, but it looks like you’re keeping the bracket sides far enough apart to clear. I initially thought you’d need some kind of arc on the inside of the bracket. I like the 1/4” plate with doubler-but you don’t need anybody else’s approval! Thanks for all the details!
you should eastwood rust encapsulator then chassis black it. brush the encapsulator on brush stokes goes away as it drys. chasis black will make it look great!
ARE YOU going to shorten the wheelbase and put a crew-cab bed on it? This is a mod I've very rarely seen done, PLUS the 134" trucks in general are rare. It'd be extra cool if you were one of the few who had one, and one of ONE who had a 1700HP AWD version of one.
I put zerk fittings on my control arm bushings so I could grease the Delfina bushings, I didn’t see you put any grease on yours. You want the suspension to be able to move freely and the shocks control the movement
You could do different wheel sizes front/rear to help with ride height. Of course you would have to gear accordingly, but hey - it's an idea. Smaller diameter wheels in front would help take some stress off the drivetrain as well...
The fact that your doing this work with basic tools that anyone may have in their garage or shop and just thinking things out to come up with a way to do it whereas someone w a lathe and a mill could machine these parts would they be better I don't believe they would be much better or to much closer tolerances no . Bravo I often think you go too far and are well you know the word lol but I couldn't do what your doing so ..
I don't know on that one to be honest, I am gonna guess that they are different on the lowers... but I do know the upper control arms are interchangeable between 2wd and 4wd trucks
@@LawrenceTolman Thank you. Just knew u had a 4ws frame & 2wd frame. Got a 2wd burban with torsion front. N want to switch to coils, without a “bracket”. Thank you again.
Your not worried about possible screwing up the alignment angles (not factoring in the ability for the factory adjustments) by possibly cutting or grind off too much material when removing the original sleeves from the control arms?
Love this project- no need to hurry the build, good quality work takes time. I'm curious about the front diff; is there a positraction available for it or will you weld it? Also, for autocrossing or running the truck around a road course, you'll want the control arms to be level with the ground or so the ball joint end is lower to the ground than the inner pivot. When the ball joint is higher than the inner pivot the geometry becomes really unfavorable as the roll center is so low it becomes impossible to control body roll without without stupid stiff springs or huge sway bars which hurt handling performance Considerations are, of course, different for drag racing and I don't really know anything about that.
Why not add threaded ends to your LCAs with heims so you can add even more adjustability while keeping it rigid? Seems like a lot of work to go from Poly to Delrin bushings. Great work as always!!
Did you check the training related measurement from side to side to make sure one wheel is not in front of the other. Just curious it does that matter a lot?
🏁Hey LT are you going to paint that frame glossy black. Would be a great time to do this when you got the chassis off the frame. You are doing an awesome job on this build!! 🇺🇲 🏁 😎 🏁
I don't quite follow today's video. Cutting up good arms and cutting a piece of steel to weld it back together. What? How did you locate the arm weld correctly?
You don’t have to apologize about another suspension upload. Build videos are the best
I like it when you show each step thoroughly. Helps in the understanding. I've been waiting to see how you did those shock mounts.
Lt, I seriously appreciate your dedication to this channel. The breakdown, your explanations, the camera angles, every step of the way you show the process. It's impressive the fact that you are building it yourself but it takes it to another level where you take the time to show everything. I've been subbed for a while now and you've come so far, I aspire to be like you one day.
Excellent video LT 👏👏 You don't have to apologize. This is an excellent explanation of what needs to be done if someone else wants to do something out of the ordinary. This is why we stick to you! Only RUclips channel that will take the time to explain to us and not send out the project to a professional shop. Have a Great Christmas LT and a Great New Years
Thanks LT
I appreciate that!
Take your time, we (me at least) are here to see all the details and enjoy. There are thousands of other channels which just slap it together with almost no technical details which the impatient people can go to!
Anyone complaining about a detailed video, showing how to build a proper suspension, capable of holding your goal power levels, is just nuts. You learn real quick that cutting corners and cheating out often leads to catastrophic failures. That is why you see so many guys running twisted up chassis on their “ budget drag cars”. They don’t even realize how much quicker that car would be if it wasn’t twisting and running squirrelly down the track. Not to mention how utterly unsafe a bunch of these budget builds are.
I think your videos are GREAT! I am soaking up as much as I possibly can. I am stoked for the Mustang videos to drop, but this is awesome stuff. I have zero plans of building a high HP AWD truck, so for your videos to keep my limited attention span, you gotta be doing something right. 🤣
When you have to custom fabricate something like this it is always fun to watch and you have some incredible building skills no doubt! You mentioned "cholesterol" early in the video, if you have high triglycerides too the best advice I will share with you and everyone else (trust me on this one) is to please stop drinking any soda that has high fructose corn syrup in it. I researched this and our bodies cannot digest it and does not know what to do with it but what it does to is mess up your liver. I will never drink soda ever again and it was messing me up and now I am fine because I stopped drinking it. It is east to do, I did cold turkey a couple of years ago and it was the best decision I ever did! Thanks for a great video LT and looking forward to seeing more!
Keep doing your thing LT. I think all of the custom touches and explanation are very helpful. We're all learning
Love your CAD (cardboard aided design).
Thanks for sharing the project. This is the part most people don’t get to see, or forget about when building a serious vehicle.
the amount of fab and mechanical work you get done in your home modest size garage blows my mind! Also makes me feel guilty for not tackling more projects in my own garage. love the details!
Love the format. I have a California clean ‘97 Burb that will be built differently but as well I hope. Thank you so much from those of us that appreciate the last 10% in quality and the 300% increase in output required to attain it. We see you.
Don’t apologize. This is good stuff for some of us to learn. You never know which one of these little details someone will pick up for their project. Good shit
LT. For your frame paint, go with SPI (Southern polyurethane Inc.) Epoxy primer. Its DTM and tough as nails. Their black epoxy will dry to a satin sheen and looks great! Probably the best protection you can get on a frame. If you have questions or anything the owner is the tech department and is probably the best customer service person ive ever had to talk to. Just a 10 out of 10 product and company.
My 97 GMC Suburban; a mere 400 HP but I also have a wicked 4L80E that will bark the tires in a 1-2 full throttle shift.
I think I've knocked something loose in the rear end. I have a clunk when I go over a speed bump.
I'm pretty sure that with better than four times the horsepower, you're gonna knock something loose in the rear suspension.
Keep an eye on it and keep up this awesome build.
I dig it!
I expect a lot of build videos back to back of same area of truck multiple times. Your one man making a monster of a truck, and I can't wait for more!
No going to lie this has to be the best build I've seen in a while. I dig the 4wd/Awd race truck. Keep the build process coming.
hey thanks!
Nothing keeps this guy away from his work. Keep healing well LT.
Just found this channel yesterday and my mind is blown... I bought my truck used in 2015 a standard cab z71 its been all over USA for work I've got a few trucks now and I've almost sold in 4 times but I couldn't bring my self to sell it so started building it to be a 10 second 4x4 street truck. love the suspension video not a lot out here for guys doing 4x4 1/4 mile trucks . Lots for lifted mud trucks tho!
sounds like a fun project you've got in the works, and glad you found the channel!
No apologies LT. Anyone that’s built a vehicle from the ground up knows what it takes to make it happen. Anyone that hasn’t built a vehicle needs to know what it takes. Sometimes it’s repetitive and not a lot of fun but that’s the way it is.
Personally, the more detailed you make these videos, the better. Someday someone will find this an invaluable resource. I already do and I know I’m not alone. 👊🏻
This is, in my opinion, what folks want to see more of. The tedious work...ALL the steps, configurations, and renditions of the build. I appreciate what you do and what you decide to put forth as content. Looking forward to all the technical mumbojumbo!! Hope you have a happy holiday!
Love the videos explaining every little aspect of the build. Kind of fills in the blanks where other vids just skim through stuff like that
I love this nitty gritty suspension work! Awesome stuff man
LT, we love the content. Fab work is all part of it. Suspension, engine, trans, it don’t matter. U could do a whole month of suspension. We’d all still watch 💪
You do what you know best, don't worry about what other people say. Think you're doing great.
Lt this is so sick! I'm getting ready to start an awd project myself! Thanks for the inspiration!
This is another great series of videos. Merry Christmas and feel better.
Love the channel and what you are doing man!! Glad to see you landed here after your TV career
Take your time, it's really fun to watch. Get well soon 🙏🏽 Merry Christmas.
You will absolutely love those mevotech ttx lower ball joints super fing strong! We use them quite often at the shop I work at because nothing else really holds up as well!
Quality man quality. I'll watch 10 suspension videos as long as you're happy with it. The knowledge about doing is all the part of the process. Happy building LT. I'm one who has been here since the first 1000 subs or so.
Dang, LT, your welding is on point! Hey I farm full time, we dont get sick days.. OR holidays for that matter, either. We just do our best... Thanks for the update and greetings from the farm in S Carolina! ..; And, Merry Christmas!!
I love it LT keep it coming don't change how you are doing anything. Merry Christmas to you and your family and friends.
Keep it going LT, show us every little detail, I'm pretty excited to see this build and along the way get some ideas for my own build/modifications for my truck. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
thanks, and same to you!
I love the attention to detail of your fabrication videos
She's gonna be a ripper.Merry Christmas 👍
I love the extra details on a build like this. Keep it up
Another very cool video LT.
Merry Christmas to you and your family we’ll see you in the next video hope you’re feeling better
Keep doing what you're doing, it's awesome.
In the future you might use a nice straight clean piece of angle iron with the mill scale removed to use for your fixture while welding jobs like your control arms, doing this way would allow you to clamp it solid to the angle iron and not have to worry about the material pulling while you're welding it, you could use C clamps with a v group cut into it on one side so that it will grab hold of the edge of the angle or you can use a couple of hose clamps strategically placed out of your way while welding
Great video, please post more videos like this. Its really enjoyable to see the process.
Really interesting tubes LT, keep em coming please. Great explanations along the way including addressing the alignment issue.
The most popular vehicle in Oz is the crew cab ute - small truck in US speak - and all bar the VW Amarok are manufactured in Thailand. This includes Mazda, Mitsubishi, Ford, GM and some Toyotas so there is probably not too much wrong with that hub!
Keep up the good work sir!
Plz don’t apologize I love this content!
I’m tripping shrooms rn and this is the best video 😂😂 love u LT 💪🏽
A lot of other guys already stated my thoughts on the video. Merry Christmas and happy new year to you and your family. Can't wait until your next video!!
Keep crushing it doing it proper!
Merry Christmas! And all the best to you and yours this holiday season! o7
We’re here to see you work and enjoy the journey. Shoot, I hit like before the video starts. I kind of laugh that you apologize at the END after the real fans already watched the entire thing.
SOMEBODY NEEDS A HEATER FOR CHRISTMAS 🎄 Happy Holidays LT.
Lt remember you need camber in the front wheels so when you launch you don’t break axles
I know this was in your other video but I think the issue with the tierods on high power trucks is related to bumpsteer rather than tie rod strength. You can check when you have the steering rack in and tie rod installed, if you move the control arms up and down and the if spindle wants to turn then you have bump steer.
Anxiously awaiting this build & shakedown 👍
Thanks for sticking with it LT
So freaking cool, wish I was your neighbor I’d volunteer to be a cameraman whenever I could.
Cheers from one white monster ultra drinker to another. Having one myself as I watch your latest.
I'll cheers to that!
I believe that bushing material may be called "Hytrel". It's often used in motor shaft couplers as a flexible element, and has the same torsional rigidity as brass.
Excellent vid lt as usual 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice start to your project.
Thanks!
LT great work by the way, on the front shock idea. So you don't have to cut the tab and move it, try just turning the shock 180* so knobs face inward
I enjoy seeing the method as good things don't happen magically
*_If you wanted zero deflection use what professional road race cars use needle bearings or fab set with wheel bearings. I put a set on a truck one time and it was like magic perfect alignment and perfect articulation of the supension. Down side it had to replace the bearings every 6 months lol 😆..._*
Delrin is DuPont trade name for POM or polyoxymethylene. Commonly called Acetal or polyformaldehyde. Very low deflection and also has self lubricating properties making it excellent for bushings and drive gears where lubrication cannot be introduced like electronics.
Do not get it hot or you will have a bad day. It off gases formaldehyde gas once it reaches temperatures above degradation.
Your build, be happy with your project. I am.
good job man just started watching you! Love it keep up the good work:)
You're definitely going to want to add some form of gusset to spread the load on the top of the frame rail there.
I was kinda worried about clearance for the upper end of the coil over, but it looks like you’re keeping the bracket sides far enough apart to clear. I initially thought you’d need some kind of arc on the inside of the bracket. I like the 1/4” plate with doubler-but you don’t need anybody else’s approval! Thanks for all the details!
you should eastwood rust encapsulator then chassis black it. brush the encapsulator on brush stokes goes away as it drys. chasis black will make it look great!
How does that compare to say Por15?
@@beetlebuilder5882 I thinknits just as good and just easier ti apply. theres videos on you tube. check them out. good stuff!
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I've been wanting to put coilovers on my GMT400 and eliminate the torsion bars. Now I know I CAN.
ARE YOU going to shorten the wheelbase and put a crew-cab bed on it? This is a mod I've very rarely seen done, PLUS the 134" trucks in general are rare. It'd be extra cool if you were one of the few who had one, and one of ONE who had a 1700HP AWD version of one.
Dont apologize like the in depth show that you do.
13:23 anyone who is a professional tech has almost never torqued the axle nut. Most of not all of us impact them down to approximately 6-9 ugga duggas
First!! Law.T nailed one more chapter !!!
2👍's up LT thank you for sharing
Mount the shocks upside down and no need to move the lower arm mounts. This also reduces the amount of weight cycling with the shock.
true, but that would put the coil spring mount right in the CV axle sits
Thailand-made stuff is good quality. Maxxis tires, for example, are made in Thailand.
I put zerk fittings on my control arm bushings so I could grease the Delfina bushings, I didn’t see you put any grease on yours. You want the suspension to be able to move freely and the shocks control the movement
I don't know if those particular shocks can be mounted upside down, but it looks like they'd fit much better upside down.
You could do different wheel sizes front/rear to help with ride height. Of course you would have to gear accordingly, but hey - it's an idea.
Smaller diameter wheels in front would help take some stress off the drivetrain as well...
This is the best portion of the build. The worst part is we can't see everything through your eyes and brain!
I can relate to the OCD and perfection mentality 😄
The fact that your doing this work with basic tools that anyone may have in their garage or shop and just thinking things out to come up with a way to do it whereas someone w a lathe and a mill could machine these parts would they be better I don't believe they would be much better or to much closer tolerances no . Bravo I often think you go too far and are well you know the word lol but I couldn't do what your doing so ..
Truck in the 8s‼️🤾♂️
Ahh the art of spending $$$ on something just to cut it apart and make it the way you want it. Lol good to see I'm not the only one!
Any plans to add grease zerks? Also instead of moving the tabs could you just rotate the shock 180 so the adjustments are inboard
Love the content. I had a question about the lca! I sent it on insta, but wondering if the 2wd n 4wd lca mounts the same! Thank you If you can help.
I don't know on that one to be honest, I am gonna guess that they are different on the lowers... but I do know the upper control arms are interchangeable between 2wd and 4wd trucks
@@LawrenceTolman Thank you. Just knew u had a 4ws frame & 2wd frame. Got a 2wd burban with torsion front. N want to switch to coils, without a “bracket”. Thank you again.
The red bushings are Energy's Hyper-Flex performance polyurethane.
Keep the suspension buid stuff coming
oh, don't worry we've got tons more to do!
For your shock mounts, it looks like you're going to end up with a pair of 1987-1993 Ford F250 shock mounts.
Your not worried about possible screwing up the alignment angles (not factoring in the ability for the factory adjustments) by possibly cutting or grind off too much material when removing the original sleeves from the control arms?
Love this project- no need to hurry the build, good quality work takes time.
I'm curious about the front diff; is there a positraction available for it or will you weld it?
Also, for autocrossing or running the truck around a road course, you'll want the control arms to be level with the ground or so the ball joint end is lower to the ground than the inner pivot. When the ball joint is higher than the inner pivot the geometry becomes really unfavorable as the roll center is so low it becomes impossible to control body roll without without stupid stiff springs or huge sway bars which hurt handling performance
Considerations are, of course, different for drag racing and I don't really know anything about that.
Why not add threaded ends to your LCAs with heims so you can add even more adjustability while keeping it rigid? Seems like a lot of work to go from Poly to Delrin bushings. Great work as always!!
if these bushings end up wearing out or anything like that, my next move will be spherical heim joints
We need a lathe! You and me both. We both need a lathe.
I know, there were so many times this week I could've used a proper lathe
By pinching the steel bushings, you're going to oblong the red bushings. It's only a matter of time.
Did you check the training related measurement from side to side to make sure one wheel is not in front of the other. Just curious it does that matter a lot?
How about fliping the shock and having the adjustment on the top??
🏁Hey LT are you going to paint that frame glossy black. Would be a great time to do this when you got the chassis off the frame. You are doing an awesome job on this build!! 🇺🇲 🏁 😎 🏁
Merry Christmas
I don't quite follow today's video. Cutting up good arms and cutting a piece of steel to weld it back together. What? How did you locate the arm weld correctly?
Upper ball joint angle looks a bit harsh at the 15.2' angle as well. Surprised the control arm isn't modified to have a "flatter" ball joint