Hi All,
I recently picked up a 1977 FJ40 is fairly good condition. As far as I can tell, the only mods are small lift, 33” tires and steering stabilizer.
I dove into the FAQ section (which was great!) and have been reading a number of threads on here and on Pirate but still have a few questions:
Parts ordered to date:
RuffStuff SOA kit (40 axles)
Saginaw PS kit
Planned Items (asap):
Hysteer
Leafs
ARB air lockers
Atlas
35” or 37” tires
Sliders/Bumpers etc (will build)
Where I’m At:
From what Ive read so far, the FJ40 axles are decent and worth keeping but the knuckles do not support hysteer. The front discs work excellent so I’d love to stick with my current setup and get new knuckles but not sure where to start? Apparently I could switch to MiniTruck knuckles and all of my other parts would still work, can anybody confirm?
Questions:
What is a minitruck? Where can I get the knuckles from one? Can you buy them new? Doing a cut and turn, does that chance anything?
Will all of my current stock 77’ setup bolt up to the minitruck knuckles?
Leafs - FJ40 fronts all around?
Does the low ratio of the atlas mean I could get away with leaving the 4.10s alone for 37” tires?
Apologies if this is all easy info to find, I looked but came up inconclusive. Thanks in advance!
Here is my truck:
I recently picked up a 1977 FJ40 is fairly good condition. As far as I can tell, the only mods are small lift, 33” tires and steering stabilizer.
I dove into the FAQ section (which was great!) and have been reading a number of threads on here and on Pirate but still have a few questions:
Parts ordered to date:
RuffStuff SOA kit (40 axles)
Saginaw PS kit
Planned Items (asap):
Hysteer
Leafs
ARB air lockers
Atlas
35” or 37” tires
Sliders/Bumpers etc (will build)
Where I’m At:
From what Ive read so far, the FJ40 axles are decent and worth keeping but the knuckles do not support hysteer. The front discs work excellent so I’d love to stick with my current setup and get new knuckles but not sure where to start? Apparently I could switch to MiniTruck knuckles and all of my other parts would still work, can anybody confirm?
Questions:
What is a minitruck? Where can I get the knuckles from one? Can you buy them new? Doing a cut and turn, does that chance anything?
Will all of my current stock 77’ setup bolt up to the minitruck knuckles?
Leafs - FJ40 fronts all around?
Does the low ratio of the atlas mean I could get away with leaving the 4.10s alone for 37” tires?
Apologies if this is all easy info to find, I looked but came up inconclusive. Thanks in advance!
Here is my truck: