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After working Saturday and Sunday, i'm only about 25% as far as I'd like to be. By the end of the weekend I got the passenger side disassembled. I guess this is going to take longer than planned. Would be nice if I wasn't working on the street, but my garage is tiny and the cruiser definitely doesn't fit. Mostly I just don't like leaving it on jack stands in the street.
When I started putting things back together last night I decided the half-moon plates and steel ring were unusable so I ordered replacement kits for both sides from the local Toyota dealer. They'll be ready tomorrow but I can't pick up until Thursday. That being the case I'm taking today and tomorrow to get the knuckle and pitman arm cleaned up and painted. The knuckle was pretty nasty, with at least 1cm of grease and crap built up on the outside. A steel brush is doing ok, but if anyone knows a better/faster method, please do chime in!
I did end up shearing one bolt. I assume I can only get replacements from Toyota? I'm going to bring it in to the parts department when I go in on Thursday and probably pick up a few, just in case.
I did have the 54mm socket. It wasn't really easy to use on those skinny hub lock nuts, but eventually I got it. I feel like most of my time spent on the weekend was sitting around waiting for the PB Blaster to work.
I looked at some other knuckle rebuild threads, including the one @hj 60 posted, and one thing I've noticed is that my knuckle had way less grease in it than other peoples'. I guess mine had been leaking for a long time
I'll get some more pics as I make more progress! I guess I could turn this thread into my BJ60 build thread…
When I started putting things back together last night I decided the half-moon plates and steel ring were unusable so I ordered replacement kits for both sides from the local Toyota dealer. They'll be ready tomorrow but I can't pick up until Thursday. That being the case I'm taking today and tomorrow to get the knuckle and pitman arm cleaned up and painted. The knuckle was pretty nasty, with at least 1cm of grease and crap built up on the outside. A steel brush is doing ok, but if anyone knows a better/faster method, please do chime in!
I did end up shearing one bolt. I assume I can only get replacements from Toyota? I'm going to bring it in to the parts department when I go in on Thursday and probably pick up a few, just in case.
I did have the 54mm socket. It wasn't really easy to use on those skinny hub lock nuts, but eventually I got it. I feel like most of my time spent on the weekend was sitting around waiting for the PB Blaster to work.
I looked at some other knuckle rebuild threads, including the one @hj 60 posted, and one thing I've noticed is that my knuckle had way less grease in it than other peoples'. I guess mine had been leaking for a long time
I'll get some more pics as I make more progress! I guess I could turn this thread into my BJ60 build thread…