Well, there you go.
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cruisedeisel
Toyota's for life
So you ground your own taper by hand? If it’s not perfect? Most likely it will loosen and wear prematurely with experience. Although I only tried when I was just out of high school. Best of luck.
Nope…
As I posted earlier, I found a $10 10:1 high speed steel taper on Ali Express. Sometimes it makes sense to work smarter rather than harder. With the cordless drill on high speed it worked perfectly until it grabbed slightly. So I switched to low speed to have more control and just as I finished it grabbed… unfortunately the rheme didn’t survive with the extra torque.
So I won’t be able to use it again for a taper this size. Where the flutes broke they were less than a millimeter thick. I suspect it wasn’t designed for iron. I would buy another if I needed to again because it was a perfect fit and for $10 to my door it’s not worth the time to mess around. While it lasted it cut like a hot knife through butter.
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It’s hard for me to justify $100-150 for a tapered ream that will only dull and sit in a drawer for the next 30 years. I truly hate our society’s throw away mentality, but knowing what I now know, I could probably get at least a couple holes out another $10 ream if I needed to. At $10 a piece I’ll just buy a couple if I ever need to make another tapered whole.
Where it gets annoying is when you buy the $100 tool thinking it'll be better than the $10.
And it still breaks.
And it still breaks.
cruisedeisel
Toyota's for life
Ahhh! Seems more legit.
Drilled out the rivets and then drilled new mounting holes.
Bolted on with 1/2” bolts and nylock nuts.
All set and ready to go. I wasn’t sure which end to mount to the frame, but decided to make it the body end. The damper is level so I’m sure it doesn’t make a significant difference… although slightly less weight hanging off the TRE and pitman arm.
Castle nut is lined up for a cotter pin, but it was missing from the set. Tomorrow’s problem.
Axle housing from @cruiserpilot and 3rd from Dan (I believe… it’s been many years) cleaned up and about to be assembled.
Another small step in the right direction…
Assembled, cleaned, painted, and ready for inner axles & install.
Assembled, cleaned, painted, and ready for inner axles & install.
What makes land cruisers different than the competition?
Well, it’s in… sort of. I’ll need to dig out my thin wall 24mm socket to tighten the u-bolts, re-plumb the brakes, connect the driveshaft, swap the inner axles, and add some 80w90.
cruisedeisel
Toyota's for life
Man! The worst part of the cruiser design is those stump catching u-bolts. For all SUA cruisers that use their 4 wheel drive. Get a u-bolt flip kit or design your own. My 40 series cruisers will never see much but pavement so I’m fine with the way they are.
Perhaps one day, but for the time being I'm just going to run these. I've at least got U-bolt skid plates which aren't as good as flip kits... but they were the best option available when I bought them 25+ years ago. It won't see the hardest core wheeling.
I don’t know what you mean…
I rarely caught them on stumps.
These will be slightly better (once the extra length is cut off).
Made a bit of progress. U-bolts are now torqued down. I’ll retorque after a few miles, but they are good now.
cruisedeisel
Toyota's for life
Nice!!! Sarcasm is difficult for me in text.
cruisedeisel
Toyota's for life
Dammit! Now I just read both posts. Lol. My last bottle of rum I swear. My last night at the beach. Those skid plates are sweet!
I mostly hit them on rocks not stumps...
I don't remember exactly when, but I bought them from SOR when I drove down there in my 40 in roughly '98. I installed them in the rear shortly after I picked them up, but I've been carting around the front set for a very long time.
similar ones currently available from BTB. they are also available from Man A Free, 4Plus, Mark's off road, and many others...
Very small step forward... the brake lines are all bent and installed. Once the calipers are in, I'll tighten them all up. For now they're all run and finger tight in case they need to be tweaked or repositioned.
I'm now ready to pull the inner axles out of my original axle, clean and repack the Birfields and install them into the new axle. Then I can install the brake calipers and finish it up.
Just in time... the first snow for the year started to fall last night and it looks like it'll be around for at least a few days.
I didn't take a picture in the dark when I finished up by flashlight. Besides, who wants to see a couple flex lines and neatly bent steel lines anyway...
Don't worry when I'm at the next step I'll share a picture of them...
I'm now ready to pull the inner axles out of my original axle, clean and repack the Birfields and install them into the new axle. Then I can install the brake calipers and finish it up.
Just in time... the first snow for the year started to fall last night and it looks like it'll be around for at least a few days.
I didn't take a picture in the dark when I finished up by flashlight. Besides, who wants to see a couple flex lines and neatly bent steel lines anyway...
Don't worry when I'm at the next step I'll share a picture of them...
Yeah it's snowing like a bastard here in Duncan.
Every able body is outside on the "goon spoons" (as my boss calls them
) doing sidewalks and they aren't gaining on it.
It was almost raining as I drove in this morning so I hoped it'd be over with by tonight but, I guess we're getting another day or so of it.
Every able body is outside on the "goon spoons" (as my boss calls them
) doing sidewalks and they aren't gaining on it.It was almost raining as I drove in this morning so I hoped it'd be over with by tonight but, I guess we're getting another day or so of it.
Harvested parts…
Stripped the original axle and pulled the inner axles. Cleaned them up with brake cleaner and blew them dry with compressed air. Brought them into the kitchen and packed the Birfields full of “High performance Extreme grease” on the kitchen floor.
I decided to wrap them up tight with plastic wrap to keep them clean and dry till it’s time to install them.
Stripped the original axle and pulled the inner axles. Cleaned them up with brake cleaner and blew them dry with compressed air. Brought them into the kitchen and packed the Birfields full of “High performance Extreme grease” on the kitchen floor.
I decided to wrap them up tight with plastic wrap to keep them clean and dry till it’s time to install them.
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