Went through this a couple of years ago, tried everything to get them to work for a year and half. Spares are cheap when you can find them, bearings are more than adequate/ easy to source. load capacity is awesome, but you can't balance them, and for what ever reason they wear horribly...
Grew up riding dirt bikes, crashed my first street bike after about 6 months. Rode often with large group on weekends, almost every week someone was in an accident. Now ride dirt only... I've been a medic with fire dept now 14ish yrs, hate to be dramatic but have pulled several helmets off...
quick update, sounds like Aussie and Spartan are good options with stock 4.11's, there is some
gear tooth grinding that has to be done to get c-clips installed in steeper gear sets, the higher you go the more you gotta grind. Also axle shafts hold them in place so my concern is if axle or c...
I have been in touch with ZUK via e-mail, going to have him do the install when it cools down. He has very good things to say about the Grizzly and TJM Pro locker too. I need someone in the East Valley running the Aussie and someone running the Grizzly to take me for a test drive! Any...
All the reviews I have read give the nod to the grizzly as far as road manners and strength vs the Aussie
or a Detroit. I have an arb going in the front and think an auto locker in the rear will provide fail safe performane
In case of compressor/air line problems. Gonna do gears so might as...
Getting ready to pull the trigger on a Yukon locker and gear
Set...is there someone or a shop local that you guys use or
Recommend locally. If price is competitive I would like to support
Someone here in Phx area.
Slowly putting my '76 fj40 body back together between family, work, ect... have also collected parts to do SOA and ARB. I want to re gear when I have ARB installed so I have been scouring the usual haunts looking for another locker and 4:88's so I can do it all in one shot... anybody have an...
Traction bar
That looks like a great idea... been researching trac bars, bout decided to do slip and twist style... do you have pics/details on fabing your mounts, what drive train is that behind, and where did you source that radius arm..
thanks
Paint prices
Been researching paint options for awhile now. Several articles in the Hot Rod and such mags talk about this very problem. Most of the money is in insurance repairs for these guys. Buy new parts, install, and shoot with minimal bodywork. So your high labor, low profit job is...
Dont remember how many spot welds there are but I welded one for a friend that was doing exactly what you are describing, had about a 2.5" crack presumably from flexing when skid plate was impacted. Might be worth it to pull the pan and look at it from inside and fix it permanently. (crack...
tub measurement
If you take all of these tub measurements in meters/centimeters they are so much easier to work with!
Nice even numbers as opposed 16ths of an inch and such. I am betting thats what Toyota did when they designed these things. I have a notebook of measurements from my tub...