Recent content by bobman

Where did you source the upgrade parts from Dubai? Was it completely upgrade rebuild kit? My new knuckle arm was from Dubai too, ebay, shipped fast.

Thanks for info. Wow two twisted spline back to back. What did you do to repair each time. Replaced with used or rebuild? Any other components damaged each time?

I've checked, my sku is not on the recall list, but I'm still mindful of it. Notice the tires are still on.... hahah. If I'm getting under and tires are off, I will have a secondary backup support either a tire or another set of stands ( I have another set of HF 12 ton ones... assuming...

Yeah it's very hard to assess if arm is bent without good one to compared to. But you're right, given where stud broke it does make sense that arm bent clockwise which would explain steering wheel off in driver direction. Maybe I'll start with new arm since cheaper than messing with steering...

Thanks everyone for your input. I think I may just suck it up and rebuild the steering box with 105 sector shaft. If this is a mall crawler I'd probably won't bother, but this is mainly use as family overland rig. I don't do hard crawling but I do go remote so don't want to be stuck in...

Good to have another perspective from someone that didn't see obvious damage after hit but still wheel off center. Since you mentioned pitman arm nut torque, when I removed mine it was not on very tight. Not loose just only took light tug to move. On this 80 prob untouched since factory, so...

Good eye, I think you're right the splines are ever so slightly wider and minutely twisted at top.... you're convincing me to go down the 105 sector shaft rabbit hole. Good point about steering arm shifting, I went back and checked, the crusted dirt around it does show a hairline so it move to...

Was wheeling at the Mojave Road, didn't see a decent size rock and hit it pretty hard at ~10mph. Wasn't aired down, tires/wheel are fine but it was decent thump. After inspection notice one lower knuckle stud sheared off, other 3 still tight. It actually drove straight after but steering...

The otramm tool has 1/2 and 3/4 hole? All the pics I've seen only have one 1/2 hole. If it's usable and OP doesn't want it I'll take it. I'll pm you. Thanks.

I'm starting to looking into doing this job too, so in the same boat looking for crank tool. Saw this on ebay, currently out of stock, haven't message the guy yet. Anyone tried this one? Looks like it should work and the bolt spacing looks right for fzj80 - sellers notes 88.5mm, I saw...

Just saw your post, any more welded version avail? Online shows out of stock, maybe too late for me until next batch?