As the title says, I have a 73 FJ40, SOA with 60 series axle and steering. I am in the process of SOA and need to think about Hy-Steer options. After all is said and done and with the added cost of Ruff Stuffs SOA perches, my budget has hit the wall. I would like to buy Marlin's complete hy-steer kit (with a modifed draglink to fit the 40's pitman placement), but it will be out budget for a few a while. IS it possible to use Marlin's Hy-steer arms with the stock 60 series drag link and tie rod for short term purposes? Is it even possible to do this?
FJ40/ 60 series front axle Marlin hy-steer arms with stock drag/tie-rod?
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I think you night run into an issue with the pittman arm to the steer arm....
I seem to recall someone saying that it is too long.
Please post pics of the build, if you would.
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Cruiserdrew
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Pretty sure the taper of the rod ends is wrong. The Marlin arms are set up for 80 series ends.
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Looks like I just need to do this right and have Marlin make my drag link a little shorter than a 60 series, but longer than a 40 series and go with his hy-steer kit. I forgot that they use 80 series TREs.
As for posting pics, lots of people ahve done this, but once I get it all together, I will post some jpegs.
As for posting pics, lots of people ahve done this, but once I get it all together, I will post some jpegs.
I was under the impression that 60 series tapers and 80 series tapers were the same . I could be wrong though.
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From what I understand, they are the same, but I am not 100% sure on this.
They are not the same. The 60 taper is larger at the pitman arm, of that I am sure. I can't verify that the other TRE's are the same, so I can't help you there. My setup is a 62 front axle with some old highsteer arms, running 80 TRE's, and I had to get a special cone spacer from Luke at 4x4Labs to run the 80 TRE in my 60/62 pitman arm.
The relay rod ends are different between a 60 and an 80 but I can't find evidence that says the tie rod ends are different.
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Thanks guys. I am going with Orangefj45's knuckle arms/ends and will have marlin make my rods and the sleeve for the pitman.
