Recent content by Oregon FJ40

Made brake lines for the first time. Hopefully they survive the leak test.

Thanks! I’ll look up your build thread and see what you did.

Question about this process, but using different races. Due to a spring over conversion, I got a high steer/knuckle conversion from Trail Gear, including the trunnion bearing eliminator kit. Due to this, I'm unsure how to take the "A" measurement, as the bearings will not be there to tighten the...

So I was able to obtain a ‘76 rear axle so now I have a new carrier I can use for this project. My new question on this is, can I use all of the ‘76 internals in the ‘66 housing? Ie axle shafts, carrier, spider gears…. Or do I need to use the complete ‘76 axle? As I have already cleaned...

I will PM you. Thank you for your quick response.

Well I thought I was making good progress, until I wasn’t. For reference, my project is a ‘66, but I replaced the front axle with a ‘76. Putting in new 3.70 ring/pinion from Nitro gears. Front diff going together just fine. Disassembled the rear and discovered that instead of nuts/bolts holding...

That is actually a great idea, and yes, that is a real possibility. a new consideration I have is that I might want to take this time to regear, which would then put me back into the 27 spline pinion. The more I work on this FJ, the more I learn that you cannot tackle one project without...

Searching for the pinion flanges today, I'm seeing multiple sites selling 27 spline pinion flanges for the early-68 (cruiserteq, fjparts, sor.....). So just to be safe I'm going to pull the flange I have off to make sure I order the correct one.

A new flange looks to be about $50 which seems pretty nice, especially since I initially thought changing that flange required pulling a whole bunch of parts apart. I can do the driveshaft combo if necessary, but from my google searches, I'm gonna drop at least a few hundred for the '76 era used...

I thought that was a much larger job than what pb4ugo just posted. actually sounds pretty minor.

So you think changing the pinion flange is the way to go? Would that require any readjustment of the gears?

Just reread this. I'd like to not mess with the pinion if possible

Cruiser Outfitters lists two different parts numbers for the early-74, and the 74-84 u-joints. My concern is that they are different sizes and the newer flange will not fit on the earlier u-joint. That would definitely be the cheaper of the two options. Probably worth just ordering the part and...

I have read through multiple threads on here but have yet to find an answer. I put a front axle from a '76 40 into my '66. I did not know until yesterday they had different bolt pattern... now I know. What I'm curious is if anyone knows if I can just replace the front flange on my original...

Made some good progress in the last few weeks. Finally welded a patch over the cowl vent. The underside around the drains was rusted out and I didn’t want to deal with rebuilding it. Plus with AC there is really no reason for it outside of the original look and nostalgia. I also got the new...