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Good to catch up and thanks for the 80 stuff!Horns installed.
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The dakoda digital is all wired up now. It looks great.
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@cbmontgo stopped by to pull some 80 parts. It was good to see the 47, Carson!
Turning out great...
Beautiful. I love rebuilding knuckles. I think FJ 80 axles are the way to go. I wish I had done that. But when I built my 40 that was not being done. People were putting Dana 60 in and I wanted to stay all Toyota DNA. You are doing a great job DJ
°°Looks like your going to have to use a bent Panhard bar similar to what a stock 80 series uses on the front. Tie rod should he fine. Do you have your caster set?
In my opinion 6 or 7 is a bit excessive. I would aim for more like 3 or 4, maybe even 5. Having a lot of caster will build a lot of heat in the power steering fluid at low speeds. That would also give you more tie rod clearance if it was around 3 or 4.It is set at about 6°, I may go up to 7°. I'm thinking the same thing with the panhard. The upper mount is being a massive pain to get it to clear the axle, tierod, and upper link mount. If I only had another inch....
In my opinion 6 or 7 is a bit excessive. I would aim for more like 3 or 4, maybe even 5. Having a lot of caster will build a lot of heat in the power steering fluid at low speeds. That would also give you more tie rod clearance if it was around 3 or 4.
It would just give you more tie rod clearance at the frame if that's a issue.Good to know. I've always heard that the bigger tires really like a lot of caster to keep them more driveable. I'm not seeing how it would give me more tie rod clearance to the diff, wouldn't it stay in the same spot?
It would just give you more tie rod clearance at the frame if that's a issue.