Recent content by Kevin Reed

Moonglow was always my favorite 80 Series color. Ours is Onyx Black, which I know is rare, especially with our chrome accents, but if I were to ever change our color, it would be Moonglow. But then we’d have to change her name from Whoaaah Black Betty Bam Balam.

What a fantastic tool, I’ll be getting one for sure, as there is a good amount of grease coming from the passenger side knuckle, most likely being a leaking inner seal.

I like to live....dangerously 🤪 but in all seriousness, I also have a 40 that has been a daily driver as well. It’s just getting some electrical work done. That’s about the only thing I don’t do well, and I’ll gladly pay someone that does it well to do it. Plus I have a 2012 Triumph Moto that is...

This is the setup I was landing on, looks to be the non-chromoly version. https://www.yotamasters.com/shop/knuckle-service-upgrades/rcv-fj80-ultimate-cv-axle-set/

I’ll definitely be doing the work myself. After reading a lot of these entries, I’m looking at Nitro’s more stock version. I don’t think the Chromoly version is for me since our 80 is a daily driver, and sometimes long voyages. The only reason I would get inner Axels also, is that this is our...

Not yet, I’ve had the truck for two years, and it was a search and rescue vehicle before I got it, so I’m sure there’s a lot to do in the knuckles, which is why I think it could be good to do the whole job. They definitely look dry from the outside.

1996 FZJ80

Thanks, this has all been great info!! That’s exactly what I was wondering about. Since this is my daily driver, I’d hate to ruin the diff with something too strong.

Not yet, but it’s 261k on the truck, and I’m hearing the tell tale birfield clicking.

I’m sure there are a good amount of threads on this, but I need to replace my Birfields and inner Axels and do the Knuckles while I’m in there. I was looking for something a little more beefy than OEM, and have seen good things about Longfields. Also, do I need to get new end caps? Is there a 1...