Builds Project Snowball ❄️ 85 FJ60 Cummins 4BT/ HX-30 SUPER/ NV4500/ SOA (7 Viewers)

[cruisermatt]

Yeah
@boots4 and I worked on the transfer case and saw there needed to be a spacer between the AA bearing and the main gear on the transmission output shaft. Disassembling the T-case and seeing the wear and damage realized a spacer needed to be on the shaft to keep the gear on main output shaft from eating into the case. I’m glad it was caught early.

Ok, you're not getting what I'm trying to tell you. I'll try one more time. The spacer you made is not going to hold up long term. I did the exact same thing and a month later the spacer I made had lost over 1/8" of it's height. It needs to be thick hardened steel. Buy the $14 spacer from AA. Red text over.
I went back to my thread where I posted these pictures in October.

 

[Hojack]

Friday we took a trip to Miller Lake. Views of the high Cascades.

Miller Lake

Very beautiful with Oregon record German Brown Trout.

Relaxation at its best

Trying my best to get out as far as possible to hook a trout. The wind was gusty but missed 2 hits on my mosquito fly.

These people in the boat landed a nice sized Rainbow Trout.

 

[Hojack]

Ok, you're not getting what I'm trying to tell you. I'll try one more time. The spacer you made is not going to hold up long term. I did the exact same thing and a month later the spacer I made had lost over 1/8" of it's height. It needs to be thick hardened steel. Buy the $14 spacer from AA. Red text over.
I went back to my thread where I posted these pictures in October.

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What was the length of that spacer?
You added your own spacer and it lasted only a month? The first time I got the Advanced Adapter and it was assembled was no spacer and I got almost 6,000 miles.

 

[cruisermatt]

What was the length of that spacer?
You added your own spacer and it lasted only a month? The first time I got the Advanced Adapter and it was assembled was no spacer and I got almost 6,000 miles.

I’m just going to copy and paste that last two posts I made here since I don’t feel like typing it out a third time. Please read carefully. You also commented on this in my build thread when I went through this so Im not sure where the disconnect is.
“If you read through my thread your issue where you had the spacer missing is exactly what happened to me, except you caught it much earlier then I did, fortunately for the sake of your transfer case housing,

I made a spacer like you did that was actually heavier duty and it only lasted about a month. The transfer case input gear actually puts a load on that spacer in that direction due to the direction of the helically cut gears.

Advance Adapters has the spacers, that are supposed to be included in the kit, and you will see that they are much larger thickness, and they’re hardened.
I called them and they sold me one individually.”

“The spacer you made is not going to hold up long term. I did the exact same thing and a month later the spacer I made had lost over 1/8" of it's height. It needs to be thick hardened steel. Buy the $14 spacer from AA.”

 

[Hojack]

I’m just going to copy and paste that last two posts I made here since I don’t feel like typing it out a third time. Please read carefully. You also commented on this in my build thread when I went through this so Im not sure where the disconnect is.
“If you read through my thread your issue where you had the spacer missing is exactly what happened to me, except you caught it much earlier then I did, fortunately for the sake of your transfer case housing,

I made a spacer like you did that was actually heavier duty and it only lasted about a month. The transfer case input gear actually puts a load on that spacer in that direction due to the direction of the helically cut gears.

Advance Adapters has the spacers, that are supposed to be included in the kit, and you will see that they are much larger thickness, and they’re hardened.
I called them and they sold me one individually.”

“The spacer you made is not going to hold up long term. I did the exact same thing and a month later the spacer I made had lost over 1/8" of it's height. It needs to be thick hardened steel. Buy the $14 spacer from AA.”

I’ll buy it. Was the wear on that spacer from the transfercase side?

 

[cruisermatt]

I’ll buy it. Was the wear on that spacer from the transfercase side?

Yes, the T-case input gear eats into it.

 

[Hojack]

More Miller Lake pictures

 

[Hojack]

Saturday morning James and I went back to the rock climbing spot above the Williamson River. We had it all to ourselves. We explored the area and found part of it closed due to Native American cultural site.

This climb was a 5.9

Almost to the top.

 

[Hojack]

Took the family out for dinner at our local taco wagon, Pepe’s and then up the Clackamas River for dinner.

Found a nice spot to eat dinner and chill out by the soothing sound of the river.

After dinner played in the river and caught a few small crawdads.

What a great summer family evening on our family river.

 

[tmxmotorsports]

Love it @Hojack

 

[Hojack]

Maintenance evening.

My Wabco vaccum pump has been leaking oil at the seal between the front and back half of the vacuum pump. It was starting to get bad and decided to replace it and my weeping power steering pump while I was doing this too. Both were replaced under warranty. Was a great time to degrease everything and clean it all up. Went and swapped out the VP and PSP.

Installed the VP but the trickiest part is the back top bolt of the power steering pump. Had to use a small 14MM socket with a small hex adapter extension and 1/4” box end wrench. Also the lip on the body of the power steering pump was hitting the lower bolt that’s the bracket for the injection pump. Used flap disc and contoured the lip so it’d clear the bolt.

Got it all back assembled and refilled power steering pump and bled the air in system by lifting front of the 60 off the ground and rocking tires slowly side to side.

Took Snowball ❄ for a test drive up the road and got back. No leaks. Decided to continue to degrease and and pressure wash.

All spiffy
@Mr Cimarron how many Wabco vacuum pumps have you had fail. This is my 3rd reman.

 

[Hojack]

Wife was riding horses tonight and kids were at grandparents so I decided since the undercarriage was so clean it was time to replace my oil pan gasket. It’s been a weeper and the rear end runs down the bell housing and causes a drip.

This drain hole is so much nicer than the factory one that spills all over the front driveshaft.

Got the pan off. Now to clean up the surfaces.

While it was out it was a perfect night to clean up the pan and repaint it. The oil pan gasket I got was a thicker one.

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The gasket said to use Permatex Motoseal on both sides so coated the pan and stuck on the gasket. Coated the gasket and got the pan installed.

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Torque specs said 15 ft/lbs.

Motoseal said to wait about 24 hours to cure. I’m going to come back into work in the morning and put in new oil and replace filter. Then plan is to take the kids up to the mountains.

 

[Hojack]

Today I got to work and started on the rear axle Boss Triple Airbags.

Installation was pretty easy but did trim the u-bolt heads with bandsaw so there would be more clearance for the base bracket and bolt heads.

After getting the clearance for the base I assembled the Airbags and mounted with the bolts from the factory bump stops. The bolt on the rear side needed to be ground down so the airbag would be centered better.

Installed drivers side airbag. Now to figure out where to run the airline for inflating.

 

[Hojack]

Since I had 2 holes in rear bumper from where I was going to mount license plate I decided they would be a good spot to install the air
line fitting.

Next was fishing the tubing cleanly back to the airbag. I had some heavy duty tubing at work so decided to run the air tubing through it for added protection.

Cleaned up the inner C channel while down there. It’s in really great shape, just loose paint and light surface rust. Used wire brush head on my Milwaukee drill to clean it up.

Painted and mounted the tubing with some conduit straps. I couldn’t run the protective tubing in one run so I used a heat shrink splice kit to keep them together.

Inflated the airbags to 60psi and since the wheel wells were all clean from pressure washing yesterday decided to paint them black.

 

[Hojack]

With 10psi air charge in the airbag the 60 now sat level in the rear. With my spare on the drivers side I was 2.5” lower on the drivers side.

Drivers side 8-1/8”

Passengers side 8-1/8”

The passenger side has the exhaust pipe in the way so I need to reroute that before I can start that side. Owe well, my drivers side had the lean anyhow.

 

[Hojack]

I still had 1/2 a day so decided to get my rear Ruffstuff clevis mounts and LED lights installed. Marked where the clevis mounts would be installed.

Cut out with Plasma cutter

Next was finding out where to mount the rear LED lights. Found this location had enough room.

 

[Hojack]

It would be impossible to weld the clevis mounts from the back side so decided to get a plate of steel as a backing plate for added strength.

Cut a piece bigger than the end of the clevis mount and then traced the end and cut out with plasma cutter.

Looks like a rustic light switch cover.

Tack welded corners on both sides and welded it up.

Both completed and ready for install.

 

[Hojack]

Magnetic square was perfect for this job.

These aren’t going anywhere.

Painted the rear bumper and mounted the lights.

 

[Hojack]

@cruisermatt I have the AA spacer

 

[cruisermatt]

@cruisermatt I have the AA spacer
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Awesome. Get that guy installed!