All Pro Offroad 4" Long Travel Rear Spring Install

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With 60,000 miles on my 2005 Tacoma's rear springs it was loftier time for a change. AllPro Off Road is synonymous with stone crawling Toyotas and has developed some of the best Tacoma suspension kits on the market place. With their reputation as leaders in the Toyota aftermarket since forever their "APEX" line caught my attention, specifically their new Trek leaf springs.

Bachelor for 1st and 2nd Generation Tacomas, the AllPro Trek heavy duty foliage springs feature a 20% college spring rate than their standard springs and are rated to maintain a 3 inch lift top while carrying 400-500 lbs of cargo. Since I'm a bit heavier than most I also opted to add the Timbren crash-land stop kit. And since it would all exist autonomously it was a good time to install AllPro'southward U-bolt flip kit and their longer 24" stainless steel braided brake lines. Combined with my Icon rear reservoir shocks this should be a pretty cool setup. Here'southward my initial thoughts on the springs, a comparing to the Former Man Emu's they replaced and some install pics.

Each leaf pack weighs about 60 lbs and upon inspection I was impressed by the build quality of the Apex springs. Nicely finished and accompanied by a full set of Energy Break polyurethane bushings these springs compare nicely to the Onetime Man Emu Dakars they were replacing in both heft and structure. Here they are side by side for comparing.

A comparison of the all important center department and bump stops. The AllPro "APEX" springs measure up very well with comparably sized leaves. The obvious difference is the overload leaves with the trade off being the Noon pack having 10 full leaves (including the special "torque leaf" on top designed to forbid axle wrap) and the OME having 6+2 overloads. The Timbrens are considerably taller than the OEM bumps. They characteristic a progressive hollow "bellows" design and softer "aeon rubber" structure and so they should be quite an improvement over the harder solid rubber bumps. If the truck squats nether load these are designed to act like an airbag.

Leaf size and thickness appears identical. Note the full military wrap eye and Free energy Break polyurethane bushing on the APEX spring, and the chewed upwardly Dakar safe bushing after 60k miles - this was not fully apparent or even possible to see until the leap was off the truck. I think the Energy Suspension polyurethane bushing will stand up improve to the the twisting of the spring centre in technical terrain.

A central difference is that fact that the AllPro springs are custom made in United states of america by Betts Spring Company of Fresno, CA while the OME'south are made in Indonesia for One-time Man Emu of Australia. This was besides a central factor in my interest and subsequent pick of these springs over the other options bachelor for the 2005+ Tacoma.

Now that nosotros've looked at the springs, let's briefly embrace the install with a few key recommendations for your prophylactic and sanity and some pictures of the process:

1. Get a buddy to assistance you, these are heavy. Safety Starting time.
2. Get good jack stands (6 ton) that become high enough and a couple good BIG floor jacks. Car size stuff volition not work on a lifted truck. Exercise not trust any jack - always use quality jack stands on the frame!
3. Tools. Air is best, and a gear up of breaker bars/alignment tools for bolt holes etc.
4. Atomic number 82 Blaster is your friend. Apply liberally on all interruption fasteners days or hours before you kickoff work.
v. While it'south upwards in the air, check EVERYTHING. Grease all fittings. Look for impairment, cracks, and missing or loose parts.
6. Take some pics of how information technology is assembled BEFORE you tear it autonomously for reference during re-assembly.
7. Use Red Loctite on ALL break fasteners. Losing an eye bolt on a stupor tin ruin a trip and be quite expensive.
eight. Apply a quality grease on all fittings and lube upward the bushings for an easy install and longer life. I use #2 Lucas red grease.

ORDER OF WORK:

1. Make sure you have all parts on hand before the you begin. Assemble new spring eye bushings and install in springs.
two. Spray everything with PB Equalizer several days before.
three. Block front wheels. Loosen lug nuts.
4. Jack up the rear of the truck, set jack stands on FRAME. Go along floor jack nether rear axle. Remove wheel.
five. Loosen all bolts/nuts from the rider side bound. Loosen u-bolts and lesser of rear shock cushion too. Practice not remove anything however.
6. Install longer lines before you driblet axle. Bleed brakes, etc.
vii. Driblet rear axle (lower jack) to remove pressure level from old springs.
viii. Remove old u-bolts, bumpstop and bottom commodities of rear daze cushion. Keep the shock middle out of harms way.
9. Remove rear eye bolt from FRAME HANGER side of shackle. Leave shackle on leafage pack for transfer to new pack.
10. Remove front main center bolts (I was able to do it without having to cut them)
11. Remove old spring pack. Inspect bushings/leaves on former pack and note any wear/damage.
12. Install new bound pack, install forepart eye bolt first, so to the rear shackle hanger and commodities both up loosely.
13. Align bound pack with axle (might need to push axle forward a bit or move up/down). Ensure center pin on leaf pack drops into pigsty in axle plate.
14. Install new U-bolts, re attach bottom eye of rear daze absorber using Red Loctite. Torque U-bolts to eighty ft/lbs using Ruby Loctite. Torque leaf leap eye bolts x3 to 89 ft/lbs using Reddish Loctite.

NOTE: For rubber, do not re-utilize old U-bolts.

*Echo steps on passenger side.

Pics to illustrate the procedure:

Dakars with 60k on them and OEM bumpstop

Getting it prepare for the transplant

U-bolts and crash-land terminate removed. Be careful with the E-brake cables. The guide that is hanging on the E-brake cablevision in the movie was removed.

OEM bump and Timbren side by side.

Ready for the new spring.

Looking through the rear bound hanger to the forrad spring eye mounting signal on the frame.

Use of floor jack and jack stands to move the axle up and down for alignment of leaf pack and hardware. Patience is key here. I did this alone, only ii guys would be easier.

Armed forces wrap heart into frontward mountain commencement.

Pack in identify, set up for tightening upward. This is likewise a good fourth dimension to inspect the frame etc and spiff things up

Detail of AllPro U-bolt flip kit and Timbren bump stop. This is an outstanding kit!

Rider side installed.

Moving on to the other side now.

Driver side going together.

A view from inside. Annotation the longer stainless steel braided restriction lines from AllPro. Down travel is pretty good with my setup so these were needed

Close up of Timbren bump finish. As you tin meet up travel on the Tacoma rear suspension is pretty limited from the factory - the Timbrens will contact sooner than the mill bumps but they are softer and progressive due to their hollow "bellows" structure. This is meliorate than the hard solid rubber OEM bumps "striking" the frame plate and allowing the flattening or inverting of the springs. The Timbrens should help meliorate spring life and ride quality.

Mission complete! I'll allow you know how they work on the trail!

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Looks good. I just ordered mine and will be doing it in a calendar week.
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Overnice writeup!
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Perfect timing, I only got my complete rear suspension in the mail yesterday. Front LT kit should be showing up effectually monday, I'm hoping to tackle this on wed/thur. This write up volition definitely help me, thanks!
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From what I tin deduce, you and I are on the aforementioned path in terms of truck build (including running heavier than most). I currently accept OME all effectually, plus an extra Deaver leaf and airbags in the rear. I'm curious as to your thoughts in comparing your old OME to your new AP Expo? I've often considered going the same route when the time comes...
nice write up.. sub for review of them after driving.
Thanks for the write-upward, Mine are coming in this calendar week.
Ran the truck up to Saline Valley this weekend. Came in through the n pass and exited via the south pass so we ran some good distance at speed on i of the more notorious washboard roads in North America. Headed out from south pass to Lee Flats and on to Darwin and China Gardens - pretty good shake downward prowl over four days.
Thoughts? These springs rock. Solid feel (but plush) and soaked upward the washboard much ameliorate than the Dakars did when I ran this aforementioned stretch in January of 2013.

Very happy that I went this road!

This pic gives you an thought of the kinds of speed I was able to attain - this suspension was fully cycled on all 4 corners time and once more
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Very squeamish write upwards. I added the AP Expo's a few months ago and love them.
A couple of tips I learned.
ane. Just tighten the AP ubolt a until they are tight. They come with lock nuts (like stovers) and volition non loosen. Over tightening will limit the jump from maximum flex, you don't want to compress the leafs.
2. Buy some nylon lock nuts and supplant the 4 OEM nuts on the factory shackle. This will allow you to tighten just enough without over tightening that will make the shackle bind. You would exist amazed at all the tacos I await at that have their shackle bolts tight to the bespeak of binding.

Run across you lot out there some day.
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Hey man, what size jack stands did you use for this? Doing mine next weekend. Renting a 3 ton floor jack and going to buy 4 jack stands, merely desire to make certain I buy jack stands that go high enough... whatever idea what the travel is like on yours or what make/model they are?
I have seen some guys take to put boards under their jack stands and I dont feel comfortable doing that
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Merely change 1 leap at a fourth dimension and you lot volition be fine. Jack stands under the frame and jack under the axle to help position it. You can even modify the foliage packs without removing your tires if you wanted to.
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In your last film of the install yous can see you actually cleaned upwardly your rear axle and undercarriage? What'due south your trick to get information technology looking so clean?
I wipe it downwards with acetone and go to boondocks with Rust-Oleum semi gloss blackness
dainty! I too am running the expos on my 1st gen and love it! Merely wanna know if your withal running eight" shocks vs ten" shocks. With that said its bc when the daze is fully extended with an 8" it is going to bottom out bc of all that travel you still have with the leaf spring and that can damage the shock over fourth dimension. Dont enquire me how I know