Tech Questions Here - Page 33

cruzersoul · 07-06-09, 03:26 PM

Brakes is what I am lacking.... I have some severally leaky wheel cylinders and I don't know if it is worth it to actually pay for the parts and fix them. I just think that would be a waste of money to spend 300-400 dollars on new brake components on drum brakes and then turn around and spend another 500 dollars for a disc brake front axle.

-Cruzersoul-

P.s Hey Larry can you send me a pic of your early fj40's tail gate if it is original. I found one on ebay but want to make sure it will fit and I believe that you have a 67 which should be the same as a 66. drewsmith1984@gmail.com Thanks in advance.

Volunteer · 07-06-09, 03:45 PM

Gotcha and will do

cruzersoul · 07-06-09, 04:53 PM

The tailgate that I am looking at is a 2 piece tailgate and i think that is the one i need.

raevenzero · 07-07-09, 12:57 PM

So after taking my rear third out and putting it back in again with worse results, I have decided to break down and just take the 3rd back out one last time and take it to someone who knows what they are doing. I just don't have the tools to do it right.

My question is...who in Lafayette does a good job on setting up gears and isn't too pricey? I have all of the parts needed and I will bring just the third so it should be a pretty quick job. Any info on a good shop would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks....

GOT@TACO · 07-07-09, 02:30 PM

I took mind to B@M it was over $8oo.oo that was only one.

raevenzero · 07-07-09, 05:12 PM

That's a little high. Did you have it out of your axle or was it still in the truck?

raevenzero · 07-07-09, 05:13 PM

Oh, and thanks for the PM's. I will try to contact the persons and establishments mentions within.

GOT@TACO · 07-07-09, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raevenzero

That's a little high. Did you have it out of your axle or was it still in the truck?

I had out of the truck then i brought it to them.

raevenzero · 07-07-09, 08:38 PM

That's crazy. You could buy one that's already set up for less than that. Most places I've talked to so far said they would charge about 2 hrs labor - so about $150.

GOT@TACO · 07-07-09, 08:57 PM

Yep i know i got

but i wanted go to OCC and it was at the last min.... thing.

kjnarmyfj · 07-07-09, 10:59 PM

brian at cajun off road! did gears on my jeeps never hada prob , 291 2800 hes no chump raced broncos

BikerTrash · 07-11-09, 11:49 AM

I second Cajun offroad. They suplied my spool, gears, install kits, and labor and it was only like 1600 for everything. and that was front and rear, if you already have all your parts, and the third member pulled they should be very fair with their pricing.

EDIT: Wooo Hooo! this post was lucky numer 777 for me!

kjnarmyfj · 07-11-09, 02:14 PM

he just did my bistine shock in stall on fron fj 140 no tax for bslca

raevenzero · 07-11-09, 09:24 PM

Nice, well it is up there right now. I am just waiting on a phone call. I guess they are pretty busy right now.

cajun65 · 07-19-09, 05:29 PM

When I've had a few spare minutes on this trip, I've watched the FJC Trail Teams videos on my iPhone. On one video, the black Gibson badged FJC looked like it had a Lowrance GPS mounted on the center console. It looked like the fishing style units that go on boats. Did anyone see that before? I think that rig was at our first SCC. I was wondering because the Lowrance units for boats don't use regular power connectors like a car based one would.

kjnarmyfj · 07-20-09, 06:08 AM

lowrance makes one called the baja 500 are sumthing it just uses a reg hot and ground and has a twist connect be hind the unit , like every truck in the baja 1000 uses them . and it ha a gps puck u have to mount on top the truck

cajun65 · 07-22-09, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kjnarmyfj

lowrance makes one called the baja 500 are sumthing it just uses a reg hot and ground and has a twist connect be hind the unit , like every truck in the baja 1000 uses them . and it ha a gps puck u have to mount on top the truck

Bingo, that's it. Word in the forums is that it's awesome for offroading. Tough, and great for trail ID's, especially long distance, remote ones.

kjnarmyfj · 07-23-09, 10:02 PM

ha yea my uncles fried has one mounted in his 600hp sand buggy , i rember him telling me about it not shre the exact name

kjnarmyfj · 08-01-09, 09:10 PM

paul when i get that buggy in some times this week maby nest week can i bring it to ya so u can service it out , and stuff let me know wher ya shop is

lostinafog · 08-02-09, 04:09 AM

[QUOTE=kjnarmyfj;4654169]paul when i get that buggy in some times this week maby nest week can i bring it to ya so u can service it out , and stuff let me know wher ya shop is[

10-4

when ya get it holler at me

raevenzero · 08-02-09, 02:23 PM

I wanna see some pics of this thing!

kjnarmyfj · 08-02-09, 08:44 PM

85 yota d44 f/r locked efi 4cl hand thottle dual marlin crawler tcase 39 i rocks 12k winch ac air pump , and lots of tree protection!!

kjnarmyfj · 08-02-09, 08:48 PM

id like 2 cut the back off some and put a coil spring set up like fj are 4 link with coil overs but dam coil overs are $$$$

raevenzero · 08-02-09, 08:48 PM

Me likes!

kjnarmyfj · 08-02-09, 08:49 PM

are u coming to next ride ??

raevenzero · 08-02-09, 09:29 PM

Coles Creek right? I am going to try to make it to that one if I am on land. That comes right at the end of my next hitch. I just got the rear axle on my yota back together and need to see if it runs smooth or not. If all goes well, I will be there.

Forget shortening up the rear! You already have a pretty short wheelbase.....do rear steer instead and be different!

kjnarmyfj · 08-03-09, 10:34 PM

ok i had j@*ps and always had run round normal drive shafts . only latley i have been seeing pepeol make the squar drive shafts on stuff , just wondering why ? this truggy im got has the square shafts on it and was told u cant drive fast with them y not just put normal H/d shafts?? just wondering are is it just a $$ thing ? and also does any one know what would the low range be on the yota with dual t case set up ? i seen vids and its LOW ! and SLOW! but i was wondering around what it is is it lower than 4 ;1 they guy told me i have 15 gears to choose from , with on the trails , input please ?

cant wait to get this thing gota get a name for it lol
i call my fj THE blue J its home is the trees lol

raevenzero · 08-03-09, 11:45 PM

Square drive shafts are stronger because they have straight angles that are hard to bend. They also allow for a longer extension and compression. They aren't good for high speeds because they are impossible to balance.

Let me know the ratios of your front and rear t-case along with your diff ratio and I will be able to tell you your crawl ratio. If you had say 2.8 t-case, 4.7 t-case and 4.88 in the diff you would have a 207:1 ratio on the w56 tranny. That's about 2mph at 5000rpm with 39 inch tires.

kjnarmyfj · 08-04-09, 01:10 AM

the dude said he think it was like 4.11 gears in the diff and i dont know what t case , butt geezzzz thats gona be crazy crawlin slow should have it soon! the truck picked up my bike this after noon at like 3 and they said they going drop bike and p/u truck soo hopeflly fri sat

raevenzero · 08-04-09, 11:40 AM

You can tell your diff ratio by spinning the tires and watching the drive shaft. Lift the rear tires with the truck in neutral, spin the tire 10 complete revolutions, since you have lockers the driveshaft should turn about 41 times if you have a 4.11 ratio.

If your happy with the ratio and don't really need to know your crawl ratio, I guess there would be no reason to put the work into figuring it out except for bragging rights. If you do figure out all of your gearing, I have a nice little calculator that I made that can tell you final ratio, speed, enging rpm, and output torque.