so im pretty sure i have the 3.70 10 tooth pinon in my rear after the roll test that Brett suggested, so now the question is which is better to swap out the rear with a 4.11 or swap the front for the 3.70 obviously i have better crawling with the 4.11 but i get better hwy speeds with the 3.70...
so i recently fixed my broke rear pinion by replacing the rear 3rd member, bought a used what i believed was a 4.11 rear 3rd. Installed it with no problems but when i tried 4 high my front tire were chirping like crazy and had a serious what seemed like the infamous death wobble, but i have...
sounds like a nice find! welcome to the club! those disk breaks would be nice. I've got a 72, love the beast and im just down the street in walla walla. Drove mine up from San Bernadino CA 1200 miles one hell of a fun trip... dog hated it though way to loud for him.
this may be a stupid question but why do i need a 60 in the rear as well?
and im having trouble finding those tech threads about swaping 60 axels into my 40
i want to do an axel swap for one with disk breaks ive found a fj 60 axel that is cut and turned set up for high steer with a hydro assist. i want to know if its even possible to put this in my 40 with the 2f drive train
my rig is a 72 fj40 soa with saganaw on 35's, 2f motor with 4 speed and...
HI all Looking for a front axle for my FJ 40
looking for a complete axle with disc breaks preferably set up for SOA but not necessary. 4.11. Im in south Eastern Washington. can come get it!
PM me with prices
ok heres what i have 72 fj 40 SOA w/ 67 axels, detroit in the rear on 35's
what i want to do... talked to Gary at Mudrak, said its doable, is take my front axel make it my rear axel put the detroit back in it and put a new front axel in that has front disk breaks aready on it...
Why: i broke...
hey thanks for that idea, checked out camcrusier13's post looks pretty good... well see how long it takes me to round up parts,
by the way im in the market for a replacement third member
its up black snake, and ya the pinion fell back into the third member had to pull both covers off the diff so we could pull out what was left so i could drive home in 4 using the front tires, so ya looking into a design for the anit wrap bar BamBar - Ultimate Anti-Wrap Solution - Jeepaholics...
ok newbie to cruisers just bought a Frankenstein 1972 fj 40 72 body, 78 2f motor with 4 speed, sm420 transfer case sprung over with 35's.
drove it 1200 miles from southern California to walla walla WA,
awesome trip no probs what so ever... did 60 the whole way...
so now the problems... first...
ive got two days to work on it before i take off from loma linda. im heading out to Chico on the 26th then probably that saturday from chico to walla walla.