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Almost a month without an update here, but it's been quite the past few weeks!
Dad wrapped up the front knuckle rebuild two weeks ago, but it didn't go off without any issues! First was the front brakes ordered from Rockauto not fitting. I ordered for a second generation 4Runner V6 and they did not fit. I decided to do things the "old" way and bring the rotors and pads from the car to Autozone to see what would fit. A local location had 60 Series Land Cruiser rotors and pads in stock and they were a 1:1 match, so we used those.
Inclement weather was the other source of delays, but that gave me enough time to coat the knuckles and brake dust shields in POR15. Upon disassembling the other side, one Torx screw for the power hub was damaged by whoever was there before us, so those had to be sourced. Thankfully, Cruiser Parts had some!
The last hurdle was dealing with a stripped brake caliper bolt upon reassembly on the right side knuckle. It was our first time using a Time Cert, but I'm glad we chose those over a heli coil. It was pricey, but we got to use dad's new drill press and learned something new along the way.
The LJ71 rides much better with the rebuilt knuckles, though Dad noticed after our extended test drive that the left side caliper is seized. Thanks to Amazon Prime, we have a rebuild kit coming in just in time for the weekend.
I changed the front and rear diff fluid as well as the transfer case and transmission, so that squares away all the fluids for the truck. The transmission needs a few more drain and fill sessions to get all the old fluid out, and the front diff will likely need one as well since what came out of it looked like a silver milkshake when we were working on the knuckles.
Dad wrapped up the front knuckle rebuild two weeks ago, but it didn't go off without any issues! First was the front brakes ordered from Rockauto not fitting. I ordered for a second generation 4Runner V6 and they did not fit. I decided to do things the "old" way and bring the rotors and pads from the car to Autozone to see what would fit. A local location had 60 Series Land Cruiser rotors and pads in stock and they were a 1:1 match, so we used those.
Inclement weather was the other source of delays, but that gave me enough time to coat the knuckles and brake dust shields in POR15. Upon disassembling the other side, one Torx screw for the power hub was damaged by whoever was there before us, so those had to be sourced. Thankfully, Cruiser Parts had some!
The last hurdle was dealing with a stripped brake caliper bolt upon reassembly on the right side knuckle. It was our first time using a Time Cert, but I'm glad we chose those over a heli coil. It was pricey, but we got to use dad's new drill press and learned something new along the way.
The LJ71 rides much better with the rebuilt knuckles, though Dad noticed after our extended test drive that the left side caliper is seized. Thanks to Amazon Prime, we have a rebuild kit coming in just in time for the weekend.
I changed the front and rear diff fluid as well as the transfer case and transmission, so that squares away all the fluids for the truck. The transmission needs a few more drain and fill sessions to get all the old fluid out, and the front diff will likely need one as well since what came out of it looked like a silver milkshake when we were working on the knuckles.