Recent content by 671fj40

That looks ugly my friend

Thank you it is indeed a left hand thread. It came free with a little heat persuasion

You are correct and I thank you! I took a closer look and could see the slightest separation. Much easier to see in the enlarged pic. I soaked in penetrant and assumed it was a left hand thread and was unsuccessful until I heated it up. Once it broke free it came out by hand. Thanks to all again

Thanks. I’ll pull it off again but it looked to be one piece? No threads showing and I put quite a bit of torque trying to turn it one way and the other? Could very well be just screwed in tight.. thanks for reply

The drum is max 292 mm I have not measured

Thanks in advance. I’m hoping if I throw a bunch of pictures up and someone will have an answer for me. Previous owner told me he replaced the rear shoes along with wheel cylinders. Decided to adjust rear brakes. Everything appears to me to be new and correct? First thing was I could not...

Thank you The tie rod was only mocked up and the nut not tight.

Thank you I’ll try a 1/4 spacer

Never mind. The obvious slapped me in the face when I mocked everything up and tried to turn😎.

Is any clearance enough? I bought 4 tires and wheels at a great price from friend. But then discovered that they don’t quite fit. I put a set of one inch wheel spacers and they fit fine. I’m not comfortable running spacers for all the known reasons. I recently rebuilt the entire front end and...

Cleaning the knuckle I found a piece of metal. No clue as to what it was? I may have tossed more pieces out with the old grease. It is hardened steel and by itself could of caused the damage before it found itself a spot to rest. Looks maybe like a roller out of a bearing? Although the bearings...

Any idea of what what caused this damage? 72 fj40 I bought three years ago. Just getting around to rebuilding the knuckles. Did the passenger side first. Other than being too loose all was in good shape. Replaced upper/lower bearings and axle seal. Torqued everything down with the original shims...

I feel your pain! Thought I’d found an answer when I read your post . I did the exact same thing. Yet no replies?

Thank you