Is the FJ55 factory PTO drive shaft of any special value? I'm putting a PTO from a 55 onto a 40. I'm thinking I'm just going to cut the shafts and weld in the right length shaft. Should I go to the trouble of finding a 40 driveshaft instead?
FJ55 PTO drive shaft
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Do you have any PTO parts from the '55 that you are not using?
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I have the entire PTO setup. What I'm looking to do is install the PTO from the 55 into a 40. What I don't want to do is crap up the 55 specific parts, if they are extra hard to come by. If theres nothing special about the parts, compared to a 40 PTO drive shaft, then I'm going to cut shaft and weld a new tube in.
Any driveline shop can lengthen or shorten a driveshaft so I wouldn't loose sleep over having one cut as it could always be lengthened if necessary.
The '55 specific parts are the frame rail extensions. I'd like to get the shims that go between the frame and the rear PTO crossmember.
The '55 specific parts are the frame rail extensions. I'd like to get the shims that go between the frame and the rear PTO crossmember.
I don't think they are the same.
the front driveshaft piece is totally different between 40/45's and 55's. the 55's use a pillow block type bearing on the inside frame rail and the 40/45's use the bearing that connects to the bracket that hangs down below the radiator.
the 40/45 driveshaft I beleive comes straight into the winch head and the 55 driveshaft comes into the winch at an angle.
the front driveshaft piece is totally different between 40/45's and 55's. the 55's use a pillow block type bearing on the inside frame rail and the 40/45's use the bearing that connects to the bracket that hangs down below the radiator.
the 40/45 driveshaft I beleive comes straight into the winch head and the 55 driveshaft comes into the winch at an angle.
If they are different I'm interested in the '55 shafts!!
I can get some pics up in the next day or two of my 55 shafts. they're off a 72 or 73 I think the only difference would be the length for the different transmision.
Different as in between the 4 speed and three speed in a '55 or different as in between a '40 series and a '55 series? I've got some parts here to get the PTO going in the '55 but I haven't tried installing it all yet and I'll need more driveshaft parts for the '45LV or '55 depending on what the parts I've got now work on.
the 55 pto shafts, whether 3 or 4 speed are different, as 3puppies described.
But is the way the shaft is mounted at the front of the truck the same?
Paul, I haven't looked under the '55 yet for mounting the driveshaft but is there no "yoke" for the bearing on the frame? If not, I'm going to need one of those plate thingy's to support the bearing.
Euclid, do you have that plate thingy still and if so, is it for sale?
Euclid, do you have that plate thingy still and if so, is it for sale?
well heres some food for thought, the 55 parts are different and it might be worth while to post it for sale before you cut it up. i have never held one in my hands, but i think its the same parts from the steering, or at least the same u-joints, which happen to be the same as the drive shaft from the early 70's toyota corola or celica,,, i think corola.
that's how I removed it last year, I unbolted as little as possible to get it home and removed the whole mount, slid the winch head off the front, then was able to slide the driveshaft forward enough to get the splines to disengae from the PTO then slid the entire driveshaft towards the rear and it came right out.
The plate mount thingy, mounts to the inside frame rail, close by the front motor mount. I think. that's what holds/supports the carrier bearing. the shaft then angles towards the winch head.