I'm a 60 guy, but I'm trying to get my buddy todd into cruisers and if he's gonna do it, he's going to do it in an 80. Long story short, Todd and I went today to go see Brian's 94 FZJ80 that's for sale. It's SUPER clean and only has 120k on it, but there is one thing of concern. We took it out to a big parking lot to test out the front axle turning radius in High and in Low, and it performed well in High, but in low it made a notable clunking / clicking noise that was definitely emanating from the front axle. It would start doing it when turning the wheel to the left or right at about 45 degrees turned. The CDL was locked, as indicated by the dash light, but I'm not sure as to why it did this. I know that when the CDL is locked, the front and rear driveshafts are spinning at the same speed, but when my 60 is in low, it should emulate the 80 being in low with the CDL locked and the tires just scrub. Brian rebuilt the knuckles and the exterior of the birfs are clean, but I'm wondering what this noise could be.... Birfs that need to be taken apart and rebuilt? Front diff problems? Bearings worn?
I did search, and I know that this is a pretty noobish question, but please don't flame me too bad.
Anyone have experience here?
Once again, very clean rig brian!! Thanks for showing it to us today.
I did search, and I know that this is a pretty noobish question, but please don't flame me too bad.
Anyone have experience here?
Once again, very clean rig brian!! Thanks for showing it to us today.