I appreciate you sharing this with us. It's not every day we get to hear about the experiences of the first owner over a period of time. Most of these rigs are on theirs second, third or higher, owners and you don't always get good anecdotal information. Definitely puts things in perspective...
Thanks for the recommendation, blkprj80. I greased all four U joints until the old (rusty?) grease squeezed out and gave a few pumps to both slip yokes. It made a dramatic difference in the frequency and severity of my clunks and whining noise. It isn't perfect, but it's much better and should...
I appreciate your post, Golgo. I've gone through a litany of things to help bring my LC to baseline but I don't really have a frame of reference. Because of that, I don't know how much further I have to go, if it's irrevocably "ridden hard and put away wet" or what. I also don't know what is...
I've got the same 1-2 flare on my '92 80. There was some slack in the transmission throttle cable, but the red boot was pretty much already touching the crimp. I tightened it a couple revolutions of the adjuster nut to take the slack out but not extremely tight. In some cases, is it necessary to...
While test driving my '92 80, I reaffirmed it had a consistent 1-2 shift flare. As though it was ever so briefly in neutral and the RPMs rose before hitting 2nd. It may not solve your problem, or mine, but this was the most relevant thread with a clear solution...
Thanks again for the info. I have all 4 u joints on order for baselining, but will see if greasing my existing u joints and slip yoke zerks solves my problem.
Thanks for the suggestion. Will do. I had some trouble trying to get grease into the u joints and the slip yoke before. They were pretty stubborn and the grease just squeezed out between the zerk fittings. To my knowledge, there is one fitting on each u joint and one for the slip yoke, right...
My friend suggested I try seeing if the sound occurs while the vehicle is stationary under consistent load and which RPMs if so. He suggested that will help me isolate the sound and determine if it's axle related, engine related or something else altogether. So tonight, I will try that and any...
When I was in the front axle, I did everything following the guides/FAQs I found here. I replaced the trunnion bearings and since inner and outer wheel bearings looked fine, I repacked them and re-installed them. The thing that gets me is that it's directly related to throttle application. If it...
I'm going to show this to my ASE certified friend, too, and see if he has an input on a possible diagnosis. If I find out anything, I'll report back of course.
One persistent issue I've had on my '92 FJ80 during my last couple test drives is a squeak coming from the front end. I have determined that it is not actually coming from any of the interior trim, etc. It seems to be dependent on when, and how hard, I apply the throttle. If I hit the right...
Followup: I successfully centered the steering wheel but the tracking doesn't seem to be 100% straight. This may be due to the excessive wind during my test drive tonight. Or the previous owner may have been masking an alignment issue.
Took a lengthy test drive and had the same result. The brakes work well enough, but the pedal simply has a good bit of travel before the brakes bite and it's fairly soft in terms of resistance. I have another 32oz of DOT3 at my disposal, so I will do a two man bleed, taking great care to close...
Wow. Sounds like a great rig, especially for the money. I paid $2200 for my '92 with similar miles, although it needed fender repair and a good bit of baselining, not to mention a non-working cruise and weak AC. The only benefit was that it was only 1.5 hours away. So yeah, if I were in the...
In my defense, it has been a while since I drove it before all that work. ;)
FWIW, I did some additional research and found someone with similar complaints was told to gravity bleed the brakes. I just finished bleeding all four corners and the LSPV, and the pedal feels a lot firmer (didn't try...
Recently, I replaced the front pads on my '92 FJ80 and bled the whole system twice (even the LSPV) in the correct order. After test driving it, the brake pedal was nice and firm. The only issue was a wandering idle while parked. I later found out there was a decent-sized separation on the...
Thank you! It's always empowering to fix your own rig.
There were a couple diagrams in the FSM, but I went with the clamp orientation where the but and bolt is vertical (for both sides) to ensure there's no interference with the steering mechanism. Is there a particular way I should have them...