FJ60 Front Axle Housings Rebuild ?

[Elbert]

Hey,

Quick Question...

When rebuilding the front axle housing (new bearings, new seals, new axles, new gears, new LSD, new rotors, new brake hoses new pads...etc). Do you use regular wheel bearing grease for the wheel bearings and other bearings and then use the moly grease for the birfield? Given that these are two different types.... or does one just use the moly stuff for everything?

Appreciate a reply this PM....we tore down the front axle today and hope to get it all back together tomorrow.

1986 FJ60.

Thanks..

 

[ad20k]

Read several "how to"s prior to doing mine. All suggested using moly everywhere. I have a few miles on my rig since my knuckle rebuild and all is well.

Good luck.

 

[MANUCHAO]

I used Moly on everything.... still looking good after 9k

There was a long thread about this very topic not long ago....

New everything eh !!

Woah... niiiiiiice !!

 

[Elbert]

yeah changing gears to 4.11 and adding LSD, while doing that I decided to get new axles and then we discoverd some of the old brake hoeses need replacing and might as well do the brakes since its a pain the but to screw will all of that anyway. Job not too bad. We started at 12:00 and had the front axle stripped down and cleaned up by 4:30. Will take a little longer tomorrow, to reinstall and setup the new ring&pinon, and LSD. I see what everyone is talking about regarding the "cone" washers... kind of a pain the @ss. Trying to get done to head out to a trail run near Hitop...north of Scottsboro, AL on Sat. I think its mostly FJcruisers but some 60's going too from what I've heard. Going mainly to see where some of the locals go...its 2+ hours north of where I live. I think given the progress we made today, we should make it.

 

[RockDoc]

per the FSM, the wheel bearings and lock out hub get multi-purpose grease (I used wheel bearing grease for this, go light on the lock out hubs) , the trunion bearings, birf and knuckle housing get packed with Moly grease.

 

[Spike Strip]

Used Valvoline Semi-syn moly on everything.

 

[Tinker]

My conclusion from the other thread is RedLine CV grease: costs a little more but performs in extreme conditions. Something like $10-15/14 oz tube from Summit.

 

[ntsqd]

I've been using the Redline CV grease in all bearings since about 1994. Never had a problem and never have had to replace or even re-pack any bearings. Note that I don't do water crossings, which I can see would possibly require a re-pack. I'd be interested in long term results from folks using this grease in water crossings.

 

[Elbert]

Ok thanks for the advice....I had to use what was on hand...Found some moly stuff around town.... Everything went fairly smooth. Had a little issue with the locking hubs (springs are a pain). Got to fix two lug nut studs. Even got around to hooking up the downey VSS adapter I bought (came with the wrong nut). So intstalled new longfield axles, new 4.11 gears, new posi unit , new rotors, new seals, new bearings everywhere...new front brake pads. We started yesterdsay around 12:00 or so and finsihed about 5:30 this evening. One word can be said.... "Greasy"... I bought two large tupperware type containers and we let all the crap and old gread fall off into that on each side , made a difference. ITs a nasty job.

VSS made a difference in the way the truck runs, wish I had compteted that some time ago, but never seemed to get to it.

 

[Spike Strip]

Congrats! Yes it is one hellova greasy stinking mess...

And I finally put all those parts I bought from you on the truck! Wanna see a pic ?

S.

 

[Elbert]

Yeah... I'm sure it looks good!... I bought all that stuff initally when I had the I-6 and before I had any plans to jump off the "Deep end" and do the V-8. Some of that suff can't be bought new anymore (some of the hardline stuff).

 

[3pits]

did you change brake lines and get rid of the dust shields? that is what I did last week, got 110 miles on it,, pulls to the left a little but I know I need to rebleed the whole system, did the 4runner brakes and it could stop on a DIME!!!

I used the full moly on everything, there were a couple of threads discussing what to put in and as I read it said the moly bonded better, so I just went for it, only a few bucks more and I did not have to worry about any mixing/breaking down issues if some came from the birf thru to the spindle

dont use lucas in the diff, there is a file/link that shows it allows too much air in the mix

 

[3pits]

what is a vss adapter?
oh yea I have some extra SS lines never used if you are interested, great price!
pm or email me

 

[ntsqd]

Vehicle Speed Sensor; needed in a lot of late model engine swaps. Fits into the speedo cable somewhere.

 

[Elbert]

IN the the downey version....for a 5.7 vortec... its an adapter that runs off one of the shafts in the transfer case. Uses a special housing and a GM magnetic speed sensor, which the painless harness I have, has a plug for. I finally got around to fixing it.

For the record.... you can get a vortec to run without the VSS (vehicle speed sensor) but it's not going to run right without one.