I intend to flat tow my 72 FJ40 (once finished) behind my motorhome. It will not be used for radical rock climbing or anything like that. It will be used as transportation around town, short highway trips and exploring the backcountry. It was recommended that I put a full float rear end in it and lockout rear hubs so all I had to do was unlock the hubs and drive. Anyone have any experience with this?
Flat tow FJ40 with lockout REAR hubs (1 Viewer)
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Great idea, in theory...
In practice, you'll probably have a really hard time finding a full floating FJ40 rear end. They installed some on the FJ60's and FJ80's, which are 2 (FJ60) and more (FJ80) inches wider (and use different brakes, different spring mounts, and...).
Which just saves the rear end, driveshaft and output from the transfer case from being spun, assuming you'd leave the transfer case in neutral. These parts should all last a very long time, especially spinning with no load. And you could probably find good used replacement gears and new bearing to rebuild both the read end and the xfer case at least once, maybe several times for the price of a full floating rear end.
Not to mention finding select able locking hubs that would fit.
In practice, you'll probably have a really hard time finding a full floating FJ40 rear end. They installed some on the FJ60's and FJ80's, which are 2 (FJ60) and more (FJ80) inches wider (and use different brakes, different spring mounts, and...).
Which just saves the rear end, driveshaft and output from the transfer case from being spun, assuming you'd leave the transfer case in neutral. These parts should all last a very long time, especially spinning with no load. And you could probably find good used replacement gears and new bearing to rebuild both the read end and the xfer case at least once, maybe several times for the price of a full floating rear end.
Not to mention finding select able locking hubs that would fit.
upperblack
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this is a good thread on the topic
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and this one
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Flatt Towing with one of these ?
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forum.ih8mud.com
and this one
Towing Fj40
I was wondering if anyone would know how to tow a fj40 with a tow bar, such as gear or not in gear, transfer case in nuetral etc. I would like to tow my rig behind a suburban, but am lost as to how to do it. Thanks.
forum.ih8mud.com
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this is a good thread on the topic
Flatt Towing with one of these ?
bought a cruiser equipped with this tow bar attached...what is the proceedure with towing it.....do I need to take out the drive shafts ? tie the steering wheel or simply hook it up, stick the transfer in nuetral etc..... thanks for your help, we are going camping and I would love to drag the...
and this one
Towing Fj40
I was wondering if anyone would know how to tow a fj40 with a tow bar, such as gear or not in gear, transfer case in nuetral etc. I would like to tow my rig behind a suburban, but am lost as to how to do it. Thanks.
Thank you.
Cromagnon
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I would think for what it would cost to swap out the rear axle you could get a decent trailer to put your 40 on, and you would be able to back it up and have brakes too.
jim land
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My 40 have dana 60 rear locking hubs , that was a kit from Warn in the late 90 , work fine for flat tow but non longer available
Your option now is a full float conversion flage from ruff stuff or front range with aisin locking hubs
But a trailer is the best for sure
Your option now is a full float conversion flage from ruff stuff or front range with aisin locking hubs
But a trailer is the best for sure
