Thanks for your very insightful words, I do really appreciate them and it’s lovely to read how proud you’re of your son even though he’s very different in his interests. Yes I’m assuming a lot because I don’t know any better 😊 I have been so excited about being a father that I wanted to do...
Steering Knuckle and Wheel Bearing Rebuild (continued):
I have seen steering knuckle kits available online from different websites. I did consider buying them, but after comparing the prices with Toyota with the discounts I was getting I decided to go directly with Toyota. Also this way I got...
Steering Knuckle and Wheel Bearing Rebuild:
This one is a big one, and very messy. So far I've done the disassembly, clean up and painting of the parts. For the disassembly the videos by 40 channel on YouTube was very helpful:
This is the overall diagram if you have disc brakes:
The...
Steering Box Rebuild (Extra Material):
As I said above I went a bit too far with the dis-assembly and took apart the steering worm, which the FSM says not to take apart 🤪
This is how it is disassembled.
Hopefully you don't go too far like I did, but if you do with the help of others I...
Steering Box Rebuild:
for reference the relevant pages of FSM are the following. It talks about setting the pre-load, which I haven't done yet. I am not sure how to do it, maybe with a piece of string? I put the same thickness shims so it should be in the same ball park of the correct pre-load...
Steering Box Rebuild:
I have a manual steering box, and I'd say the rebuild is not difficult (if you don't go too far like I did, more on that later). Here is the diagram from the FSM:
the highlighted parts are all available from Toyota so I got them. Here is the parts cleaned, and painted...
Center Arm Assembly:
This is how it's put together, the highlighted parts are included in the rebuild kit (Although the seal is just one piece):
I had a bit of a setback with the pitman arm. Not sure if it was because of the paint in the grooves or what, but it just wasn't sitting right...
Glad you found it useful. Post some pictures of the results and any tips you learn along the way, I’d love to improve how I’m doing it.
I’d heard using heat before but do you know if there are any concerns on damaging seals when using heat? I would imagine the seal next to the pitman arm would...
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Someone else made the same comment earlier 🤣 us cruiser heads think the same and have the same nightmare. But jokes aside I’m hoping by then you can have proper electric engine kits that you can use. Not ones that you are not able to buy parts for. I don’t mind building an electric cruiser...
Center Arm Rebuild:
Bought this from @cims1970fj40 (thanks bro). It was a bit rusty but was moving freely and in good condition. Mine was functioning fine as well but had a piece of the bracket chipped so I wasn't gonna put that on the car. I struggled with removing the arm attached to it till...
Like many of you I'm dealing with a lot of rust. I've spent a lot of time reading about how to remove them and prevent them. For hardware (bolts, nuts, etc...) I considered zinc, nickel coating and tried both. Zinc is cheaper and I can tell that the part is getting plated. With nickel I couldn't...
I gave the old shocks a reface.
Eastwood rust encapsulator applied:
I also bought the OME steering damper, but was very unhappy with the paint job it came with. So I decided to paint that too, the one on the left below is my painted old shock, on the right is the new steering damper...
@ToyotaMatt kindly offered a gift for our project for Thanksgiving! I spoke to him around 11pm his time on a Saturday afternoon while he was putting orders in boxes. He was still in a good mood to chat and guide me through the installation of this beauty below. Thanks man! Bonus was that I...
Thanks! I am hoping the paint holds. I considered using POR15 on the leafs too but I was worried it would not be flexible enough. I’ve read good things about Steel-it and it’s quality stuff so we’ll see.
I haven’t seen new springs before in person but was very disappointed in the paint quality...
You made me doubt myself 😅, fortunately I’ve been taking videos and pictures of everything so the before picture of the front (cleaned and degreased) is this one:
The knobs I have aren’t in great shape, I melted/broke mine and the other one I got is scratched up. Those you have are sure pretty. PM’ing you. Thanks for letting me know you have these.
Hey I will take you up on your offer, don’t see many people due Covid, let alone people that love FJ40s 😂 so it would be nice. and you do the same, I’ve build a good set of tools by now.
yub it was impossible to drill. I also got tired and stressed out while doing it so I drilled too hard and went too far breaking the shaft. I learnt after that there is a clear rod that transmits/guides the light from the bulb to the front face of the switch (like fiber optics) and I broke that...