Great article and work around!! Wanted to ask you about the plugs. They look like threaded bolts with the bolt head on the inside where the butterfly valve used to be. How did you install them? Did they slide in with the threads? or did you tap new threads to match in the exhaust manifold?
Thanks for all who have provided input. This is an fj40 79/2. Semi float rear differential. Swapped out the OEM that PO blew up. Bought this one off mudd and the only thing I used from my old diff was the spacer. Keep in mind when that the minimum standard distance is .0024” that is very thin...
Hello, my pinon is spacer 29.8" and fits perfectly with no discernable space on either side. Unable to fit the minimum fuelers gauge .0024" on either side. I can remove it with my fingers and a dental pick so it does not appear to be binding anything. Is it ok to leave this way? The FSM min...
Hello, I am having a similar issue with my pinon spacer 29.8" it fits perfectly with no space on either side. I can remove it with my fingers and dental pick. Just wondering, when I look at the min standard .060mm/.0024in it is very thin. I have a fuelers gauge at .002 and it's paper thin. So...
Thanks found a spec for 51 ft/lbs from another thread but was a Haynes manual for 80 series I believe. Anyway 14 mm nut torque on a sor scale says 45-55 so It’s gotta be close. Loctite
Anyone know the torque value on the 6 bolts on the axel flanges that hold on the rear backing plates? I have a 79/2 semi float rear axel. Looked through my manuals under diff, brakes and such but couldn’t find it. They were hard to take apart.
Thanks for the advice. Panels just came yesterday from CCOT. Waiting for the rest from Real Steel Cruisers. Not sure how I’m going to start replacing the panels yet. Maybe I need to find the correct dimensions since I only welded 1 bar across the back.
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The ccot panels are on the way. I’m adding a few pics of the rear tub and front floorboards. The areas that need metal work. The question is where to begin, rear bed panel, quarter panels, corner channels, support braces, should I bolt down the new rear floor pan to the frame...
I've decided to do this job myself. Stay tuned for more updates. I ordered the quarters, rear bed HFS w/supports, corner channels, inside & outside rocker panels from CCOT. I ordered the wheel well support braces, wheel well sides and tops from RSC. CCOT didn't have them available. Was trying to...
Thank you everyone for the advice. I’m considering buying the panels again and welding them in myself. Just too much money not knowing if it’s going to fit and then being stuck with it
Looking for help finding a replacement 1/2 tub to finish my build. I've looked at LCH, TROA, CCOT. Are the CCOT 1/2 tubs worth 8900? Are the others worth 2900.00? Wondering about fitment issues us vs col specs. Have also read about shipping problems. Do these tubs have any build quality issues...
My replacement 3 member came from a 78. It has a circle flange. My drive shaft does NOT line up to the holes. I could double drill the flange ( like the ones at C.O but I’d rather have the OEM square faced flange that came as original equipment
Solved. We think it was from some gun parts being assembled near the motor on the work bench. I verified that oil cooler spring and relief valve are inside the cooler. In fact the spring is actually much larger. Thank you everyone!