71 FJ40 PTO

[thebigredrocker]

Should the pillow block "pivot" on the mounting bracket? I cinched the long bolt down pretty tight, still moves up and down though. Once the shear pin is in it obviously is more stationary.

The 3rd picture shows my U joints "out of phase", of course I noticed my possible error after installing the shear pin. Thoughts on whether phasing this connection is critical?

@Living in the Past

 

[Living in the Past]

Little bit of movement is fine shouldn't hard anything if it just pivots. Wobbling up and down or side to side you don't want. Drivelines U joints out of phase is not a big deal. pTO shaft isn't balanced. These are low RPM compared driveshafts to the diffs. If you haven't already I would clean and grease that are just behind the U joint with the shear pin. Early ones the female spline is long. If these rust they are hard to deal with. U joint on the front, rare pillow block bearing at the back. The spline section itself is inside the boxed section of the front frame member and hard to get at.

 

[thebigredrocker]

You know your cruiser's. I appreciate you taking the time to help us all out.

I did have the winch off the rig. I thoroghly cleaned the shaft splines. That's a great heads up.

I was thinking the winch took the same oil as cruiser diff's. So I added GL5. Now in my searches for PTO info, I see people are saying not to use GL5. Thoughts?

Not long after adding oil, I noticed seepage from the winch input shaft bearing. I think I'll just top off the oil when I go to use the winch in the nearterm. I suppose I should try to find a replacement bearing to at least have on hand.