Builds Abandoned 84 FJ60 gets some love, and a 4bt!

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Thanks for the suggestions, fellas. I ordered my TREs from CruiserTeq. I'm looking forward to having less steering slop. It has always felt loose but lately has gotten really bad, and the wobble is concerning, not to mention knowing how quickly loose parts can wear out a set of tires.
This will be worthwhile peace of mind.
 
Today I got time to replace my worn out tie rod ends, and when I went to remove my front wheels a couple of my wheel studs broke off on the passenger side. Dammit. I have suspicions that they may have gotten cross threaded when the tire were rotated.🙄
Anyway, the steering bits mostly came apart pretty easy, and so far seem to be going back together even easier. These 555 tie rod ends really seem to be nice quality, but 2 of them came with zerks, and 2 didn't. I guess I'll steal a couple of grease
fittings from work tomorrow.
In the meantime, does anyone know off hand what size socket I need to get my hub nut off? I guess I need to get it apart and replace those studs asap.

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Last night I took my hub apart to replace those 2 broken studs, and found everything in good shape considering the age and mileage of my 60. Unfortunately when I put it back together I forgot to include the washer that goes between the outer bearing and the hub nut. I didn't find the washer until I had already put everything back together and was cleaning up my tools and greasy rags.
The nut only contacts the inner race of the bearing, and it turns smoothly without making any noise. I test drove it as is to work, and it didn't fall apart, but I guess I'm gonna take it back apart when I get home.... Dang it.
That snap ring on the stub shaft is a pain in the butt lol. Had to thread a bolt into the shaft and hold it back with vice grips while spreading the ring with the wrong type of pliers because the right ones broke...
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Thechief86 said:
Last night I took my hub apart to replace those 2 broken studs, and found everything in good shape considering the age and mileage of my 60. Unfortunately when I put it back together I forgot to include the washer that goes between the outer bearing and the hub nut. I didn't find the washer until I had already put everything back together and was cleaning up my tools and greasy rags.
The nut only contacts the inner race of the bearing, and it turns smoothly without making any noise. I test drove it as is to work, and it didn't fall apart, but I guess I'm gonna take it back apart when I get home.... Dang it.
That snap ring on the stub shaft is a pain in the butt lol. Had to thread a bolt into the shaft and hold it back with vice grips while spreading the ring with the wrong type of pliers because the right ones broke...
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Get yourself a set of these, they made my life so much easier when I was pulling snap rings for my TC rebuild.

www.mactools.com

90° Tip Lock Ring Pliers

Spreads snap-lock rings found on brakes, transmissions, pedal shifts, clutch shifts, and machine tools .Also effective for spreading piston rings
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yotadude520 said:
Get yourself a set of these, they made my life so much easier when I was pulling snap rings for my TC rebuild.

www.mactools.com

90° Tip Lock Ring Pliers

Spreads snap-lock rings found on brakes, transmissions, pedal shifts, clutch shifts, and machine tools .Also effective for spreading piston rings
www.mactools.com www.mactools.com
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That's exactly what I have.
 
So for the last couple of months I've been getting a lot more noise out of my lock right than I got the first 8,000 miles or so, which included some loud BANGs that had me sure I had broken something. After doing some reading I thought maybe I had just sheared the pins so I ordered a pin and spring kit, and finally opened the rearend up enough to get a good look. My oil was very glittery, but all the parts looked to be in good condition. I don't know what to do with these things if they slip but aren't actually broken, so I swapped the spider gears back in and at least now it's enjoyable to drive again, and honestly I don't wheel this thing as hard as past rigs, or as often, but I damn near daily drive this thing 40 miles each way to work and back, so road manners are appreciated, lol.
Hopefully I'll eventually stumble on a deal for an full float e locker 80 axle, but for now, I'm happy I can drive my cruiser again.
 
So with summer upon us, and my kid out of school and driving his mom crazy, we have been going to the local swimming holes several times a week, usually driving the 60. Yesterday I chose to take a back road detour to avoid a traffic jam, even though i was down to an 8th of a tank or so, and knew the detour route wouldn't take me near a gas station, but figured it would be ok.
And it would have been, if I didn't get into a spot with deep, loose gravel in the creek, which I usually avoid, or had locked my hubs and shifted into 4wd beforehand.
Anyway, I got stuck. And by the time I was stuck, it was too late to use 4wd. First the rear dug until the axle was on the creek bottom, then the front did the same once engaged. Great. No big deal, though, I'll just pull some cable out and let my trusty Warn pull me out. Well, by the time I had the cable attached to a solid sycamore tree and started winching, the engine sputtered and died, and wouldn't restart. I guess being off camber sloshed what little diesel I had left in the tank away from the pickup, and it sucked air. Dammit.
After a few fruitless phone calls, my neighbor answered, and said he was on his way. Awesome. This guy was willing to come save me, when I was stuck 45 minutes from home. He brought me a gallon of diesel, and his built up Grand Cherokee, ready to pull me out if necessary. But by the time he got there, I had winched the 60 back onto terra firma, and was just waiting for fuel which showed up about 90 minutes later.
After pouring the contents of the tiny gas can into my tank, and wondering if it would be enough, I was able to manually pump my lift pump and get it primed, without any tools or struggle. Since the battery was weak from winching, we hooked up some jumper cables and VROOM! The one gallon was enough to not only fire the engine, but also got me and my boy and my 2 dogs the 25 or so miles to the nearest gas station, which was closed, but the pumps were still on. Hallelujah.
Put in about half a tank and drove it home, sweaty and tired, and satisfied that we had had a little bit of real adventure in our lives that day.
My awesome neighbor would not accept the $50 I tried to put in his hand, and was just happy to have helped me. What a kickass dude. I hope one day I'm able to help him get back out of the bush, and that I'm the first person he calls.
Today, we went back to the creek in Carl, my 85 Xtra Cab 2wd, keeping the truck out of the creek itself, and walked the last 100 yds or so to the good swimming hole.
I'm not gonna drive Blue much more until I have a chance to check my axles, transmission and transfer case for water-contaminated gear oil.
I've already had to replace the bearings in the rear axle once due to the forbidden axle milkshake....
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