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Polished apron looks fantastic. I think leave the silver bezel original and clean it up, but also seek out a patina white bezel and see what you like best once it's all together.
I'm ashamed to admit how much time I spent looking for these photos on an old hard drive today, but I knew they existed, and they did. I am also ashamed to admit the truck hasn't seen use since I built this back in 2015 or so....but I built this skid structure/t-case support for my '80 FJ40...
For a wheeler, I would consider a rear crossmember that supports the leverage of the t-case hanging way out there, but does little to resist torque, versus an under belly transmission mount like the FJ60 has. You don't want the rear support too rigid, many problems with the early FJ40...
Could you get away without a traction bar, for sure. Will you be pissed if you snap a pinion due to spring wrap and torque, most definitely. A lot of breakage can be averted by knowing how to drive the terrain given the abilities of your vehicle. Ledges or holes that provide large obstacles...
For front, probably depends on intended use. If you ever want to 4x4 at speed, you'll want angles right. If just wheeling, you'll likely get away with not having the angles perfect. If you go DC shaft, you'll want the pinion of the diff pointed at the DC joint. If DC is a no-go, pinion...
Any chance you would trade that bumper for a couple that are tweaked on the ends but don't have the same patina? I've got 2 or 3 bumpers I would trade for that before you cut it up! Shame for that beauty to get cut up, but I do think it will look great on your truck.
All fj60 drum parking brake parts are still available new from toyota.
You can also find a used late model FJ60 h42 trans with spacer, with splitcase attached and install that for the time being and buy an h55f when funds allow and it will be a direct bolt in place swap. I have a loose h42...
Trust me, you will. Do a 4 speed and do not look back. With FJ 60 rear axle, you have option to go with FJ60 H42 and splitcase, and revert to drums with parking brake on the rear axle. You can get 3:1 and 4:1 in the splitcase aftermarket crawler gears. If youre really feeling froggy, h55f...
Knowing now versus what I knew then back in '08, with flat leaf springs and spring over arrangement I would keep the shackle in the front, ESPECIALLY if I was outboarding. The difference in ride is negligible with the shackle in front versus shackle in rear with the flat factory leafs if your...
60 axles vs 40 axles doesnt really change anything if you go with 60 or 80 power steering gear. You will need high steer arms either way if you end up SOA, looks like youre covered there with the axles you bought. If you shackle reverse in front youll need long spline slip joint for your...
60 axles is a ton of effort for a once in a while trail rig. You could use 1.5” spacers when wheeling and achieve nearly the same results. In my opinion the only issue when using spacers is not being diligent about checking lug torque on the spacer to axle connections. Loose lugs = broken studs
Here you can see the old mount below the frame. The viewpoint isnt best, but i think you can tell its go the Carolina squat going on and that wasnt what i was going for.
Wow, thought this was going to stay a cherry survivor, kinda sad. You dove right in thats for sure. My ‘80 is 60 axles front rear, shackle reversed and saginaw up front. Everything works really well. I used 60 rear leaf springs front and rear. If i was to do it over again, im not sure i...