Recent content by Brice Noonan

Thanks for posting this! I think they received a lot of flack when selling only on Facebook and am glad they have the physical location in the US now and reviews are starting to come in. I’m in the market soon and such reviews make pulling the trigger a lot easier.

Ahhh yes, OK. That makes sense. You are correct, based on my understanding that is not where the measurement is to be made. I'm keen to hear how your 'shimming' goes, followed by getting proper preload.

Hi @POPO AGIE. Can you explain what you mean about your 'not reading A on the machined flats'? Do you mean the notch at top and bottom where the calipers are to be set for measurement? And what is 'thrust clearance'?

I'm about to go through this again next weekend on a rig that has been sitting for a while (I have a separate thread on that project). But posting here as I have never really had a satisfying result using my aftermarket KCT. The last knuckle I did, I went through the whole KCT procedure and...

Thats fantastic! Do you plan to do a "Complete Cab" kit as well? That is the route I'd want to go...I need everything.

Thank you for this. Are you developing an early body that might be available some time soon?

Wistfully eyeing the 79-84 Complete Cab FJ40....but I have a '73. Is the list of differences significant? Would it prevent mounting, or simply require different lights/dash instruments etc.? I'm just trying to make myself a nice rig of this Venezuelan 40 I brought in, not trying to preserve a...

OK, hub photo below. I've also confirmed that my knuckles are the pre '80 disc brake versions (per @Poser 's thread). I think the hubs below are also the earlier version that take the shorter (and slightly narrower) stud (darker one in #14 above). I'm pretty sure my issue was that I bough...

Good point @cruisermatt. I'll summarize the issue here that I mentioned in the other thread and the conclusion you and others helped me reach regarding lug stud. Issue above photos, solution below. Problem: Back in Oct. of '21. I was working on the axle/suspension rebuild and broke the rotor...

Resurrecting this thread, as I am resuming work on the truck. Thank you @pb4ugo, this was helpful. I do indeed have the pre '79, 11mm stud variety of knuckle. That will be helpful in securing new parts to get this thing sorted.

Hello all. It has been a while...my '73 40 series has been sitting for exactly 21 months since the brake rotor snafu depicted below. (I've not been completely indolent, been putting time into my other project truck, a Land Rover with which I'm much more familar). Coming back to MUD and hope some...

Yeah, you never know with these ROW trucks. What was factory there may not have been here. Always a crapshoot.

Hi @byron, sorry, no, speaking of the studs at the top and bottom of the knuckle (see photo attached, not mine). I have no idea what year rig the knuckles came off of, but they are from the 'disc brake years'. There can't be too many different sizes of studs that were used over the years, but...

I purchased some used disc brake knuckles to replace the completely ruined ones I took off of my Venezuelan FJ40 (studs were all different sizes & some were welded in). I then ordered some 12mm Knuckle studs from Marlin only to find they don't fit when I tried installing them today. The Marlin...

OK, replacing my worn, sagging leaf springs with new OME. The OME bushings I got are fine for the shackle (rear & front) ends, but not for the fixed (hanger) ends. For the front springs, I ordered new hangers that had holes to mount the small plate that works with the OME greaseable shackle pin...