Recent content by Thealmightyphil

Alright then gents, a curve ball update! Quick recap of how we got here: Replaced all front and rear axle bushes with poly buxhes (panhard, upper lower control arms) Replaced all tie-rod and drag-link ball-ends. Rebuilt swivel hubs (no wheel bearing play) Everything is torqued to spec Adjusted...

Good ol 90's Toyota engineers had our backs with that one 🤣

Already posted em up!

Ayy small world, so did I! Congratulations!

Special one for me ladies and gents. We Got married! And at my (now) wife's suggestion, we decorated my 80 for the wedding car! It was a truly one of the best days of my life, the day was filled with all the different elements that make up our lives (the outdoors, nature, hiking, skiing...

No rush at all bud, Ive got the 4 month old, and my "wife" (not yet) and I are getting married in 2 weeks. This close to the wedding if I start dissembling the steering box of the wedding car they'll never find my body... (the 80 will be gettign bonnet ribbons & bows and bunting on the roof...

I agree, we will eventually tip that point where parts are just so hard to come by theyll fall out of favour due to ownership cost. Fortunately for us we are able to get allot of those kinds of parts from breakers in the middle east (very dry rust free spares), some of which are even RHD, of...

Not that its relevant to your location, but thought id share my experience on value in the UK. I purchased my stock 200k mile '94 HDJ80R a little over 3 years ago for around £15k (a higher price for a higher condition vehicle), recently my neighbour reversed a van at speed into the front of the...

Thanks Malleus, one day ill get my hands on one and ill be able to inspect one myself, but if you do happen to get to one in the near future id appreciate to know what you see. The other nagging thought in my mind I cant shake is there must be a force somewhere to want to push the sector shaft...

A fair and prudent statement. Ill gather information before pulling the trigger either way. I do have a... fetish... for buying toyota OEM, their quality is extremely good (never bought OEM for my JLR built car for the opposute reason) Yes I also think the grinding and polishing is limited, if...

This is also something I hadnt considered, I do prefer rubber bushings but opted this time for poly due to their ease of assembly on my DIY driveway workshop. Poly bushes I do not have that much experience with, as on my old car the P.O.S land rover discovery 3 the heavy weight and poor design...

Thank you very much for taking the time to share this info. This is the kind of info that just takes all the faffing about out of your first attempt, where its all new and you don't know how to overcome hurdles until your'e stood in front of it scratching your head. I do prefer to do my own...

Thanks again for your replies, incredibly insightful. Sorry in advance, its a fascinating system and your knowledge is very insightful for me... so be warned... a wall-of-text is incoming. Sector gear obsession Now correct me if i'm wrong as I have never laid hands or eyes on a sector shaft in...

Thanks for the info, I dont know why but I always thought partsourq was USA only (probably as the current defaults to dollars and im thick) , we have good (and cheap) trade routes here with the UAE so thats a whole new part sourcing route I can exploit, thanks. Likewise Japan4x4 completely...

Thank you for taking the time to write that out, that is excellent information. Regarding the steering linkage, thanks for that, i need to get eyes on and inspect it, likewise see if I can rig up a way to test the free play on that part of the system, I would hope, any slop there will be...