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You gotta get behind the wheel of a decent Saginaw or 60 conversion. You might change your mind.
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Thing is... i was spoiled with my last 40... crate 350 + nv4500... and it felt MODERN... so that's my only (clearly not accurate) frame of reference... besides the steering shaft that I'm working on fixing now, I actually think there isn't a bunch of slop. Time will tell!!
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@Kleatus I've got an FJ60 column on its way to me... a few specifics if you have a moment... can you link exactly what bearing to get on Amazon? Also the bearing fits over the original FJ40 shaft as it goes through the firewall, right? SO I need to uninstall the FJ40 steering shaft and insert the bearing on the shaft on the INSIDE of the rig, right? Next, once I cutoff the rag joint end of my FJ40 shaft, did you use any sort of sleeve to weld to the FJ60 splined end?
I'm just getting things in order to hopefully have someone come by on Saturday AM to do the welding portion and then put the steering part back together this weekend, so I can go for a drive, finally! Thanks in advance!
I'm just getting things in order to hopefully have someone come by on Saturday AM to do the welding portion and then put the steering part back together this weekend, so I can go for a drive, finally! Thanks in advance!
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002Y289VO?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title.
You don't even have to take the column out really, but it would make it a little easier to fit things up. The nominal bearing ID is 3/4" and the shaft is 19mm (0.748). Mine went on firmly after a bit of hand sanding on the shaft to just clean it up a bit. The OD of the bearing is also a press fit in the ID of the end of the column, and the collar sits flush with the end of the column and locates the bearing. It goes on from the firewall side after you've cut the shaft, none of this happens from inside the cab.
I cut the splined end off the FJ60 shaft, leaving a ~1/2" stub behind the yoke, ground the stub and the shaft at ~30 degree bevel point, lined them up and welded them together with a wet rag over the u-joint so I didn't cook the grease out.
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well the FIRST thing I'd do to greatly help steering (and everything else) is to get rid of those way too wide tires and crazy backspace wheels.
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I'm actually about to pull the trigger on some OEM steelies/hubcaps from a dealership and get them welded wider than the stock 5.5" form and correct backspacing... And THEN... some BFG All-terrains that are less wide than what's on there now. If you saw how much slop there was in the steering because of the shaft, though, you'd know that was BY FAR the biggest contributing factor to the way it was driving.
Steering shaft first... then wheels/tires... and then I'll see what annoys me the most and go from there...
why wider wheels? What size tires are you wanting?
stock wheels with 10.5 wide tires (either 31 or 33" tall) is about perfect.
stock wheels with 10.5 wide tires (either 31 or 33" tall) is about perfect.
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The FJ40 has 37x13.5x15 tires on it now and SOA, and I'm looking to keep the SOA and reduce the tire size a little to 35s and go with a BFG AT probably around 35x12.5x15 on the stock steelies (similar to this: What wheels are these?) so it's my understanding that I would have to widen the 5.5" wheels to accommodate that wide of a tire...
yea...for 12.5" wide tires, you'll need to widen them. Forgot you had the SOA.
jesus888 start by reading this My Saginaw Power Steering Swap, most of the applicable work has been done for you and would not be exactly the same as it is Saginaw vs fj60 however a vast amount of the parts and pieces would work between the two ideas. I followed the advice in that article and it turned out awesome.
The differences that I mean are the length of the collapsible shaft that you use may change due to the Saginaw being mounted out front and your 60 being closer to the shock tower, however bearings and a vast majority of the parts should cross.
The differences that I mean are the length of the collapsible shaft that you use may change due to the Saginaw being mounted out front and your 60 being closer to the shock tower, however bearings and a vast majority of the parts should cross.
