For anyone about to do a knuckle rebuild on a 60

[flashingcurser]

Have a look at this. Probably old news around here.

I didn't see it mentioned in any of the knuckle rebuild threads. This and a mar-tack would make it much easier for trail repair. I plan to rebuild my knuckles this weekend so it really caught my eye. I'd be tempted to do this on any 60 as I hate bleeding breaks.

 

[BG_TX]

Not old news to me... great idea, thanks for sharing!

 

[Methusalem]

Great idea! Smart.

 

[Heckraiser]

News to me too. Will definitely do this the next time I'm messing around down there.

 

[alaska60]

on my list NOW!


I also like his brake line lengthening video too.

 

[rrv333]

Great idea....Thanks for the tip!

 

[torfab]

Land cruisers don't have that same bracket, unfortunately, but you can replace the hard line with a soft line from the caliper to the axle like 80 series have.

 

[Tapage]

gread mod .. I have it with a flex line, up to my caliper ... ( thanks Joeri )

 

[3_puppies]

flashingcruiser where in big sky are you? you need to check in at the clubhouse section scroll down to the north american central region, MT big sky cruisers

 

[philthyphil]

Love it, couple days late, but love it. So obvious!

 

[Rigger]

On my FJ62, the bracket that he notches in the video is on the axle, not on the dust shield. The dust shield fitting has the hard-to-soft transition and is riveted in place. I have heard that some folks grind off the rivets and replace them with bolts. This allows removing the caliper and dust shield without opening the brake lines. As torfab points out, you can also run a soft line right to the caliper and solve the issue that way.

Can someone tell us what the FJ60 looks like? Does this mod apply to a 60?

Bottom line, I don't think this piece of tech belongs in this section. I'll move it over to the mini truck section after I hear from an FJ60 guy.

 

[ntsqd]

Sounds the same as the 60. Can only see the hose in the pic below, but I ditched the short hard line and bracket on my 60. Re-plumbed straight from the housing tab to the caliper with covered braided SS hose.

 

[Kynot62]

This pic might make it clear. Its a common mod to make. No special notching or rivet replacement involved its no more than a line replacement.

There is no difference in a 60 to 62 at the knuckle. I own one of each and have an extra 60 front axle in the yard as well.

Don't bother with changing the rivet to a bolt. Just source a single stainless brake line that goes from the axle bracket direct to the caliper. Available from numerous vendors, just happened to get mine from sor.com.

No backing plate as I installed an eliminator kit from specter which includes the brake lines by the way. Lines can also be purchased seperately.

While a lot of things swap amongst Toyota products, it's the little details of things like brackets on axles that can make things confusing.

Tony

 

[Spike Strip]

Some pix of the 60 axle:

 

[Rigger]

Okay, lemme make sure I understand. The OP links to a vid that discusses notching the hard-to-soft bracket so you can move the caliper off without cracking into the brake line. It looks to me like this mod is NOT APPLICABLE to either the FJ60 or the FJ62.

Spike, ntsqd, Kynot: are you agreeing or disagreeing?

 

[FJ40Jim]

The bracket & line routing is different on a cruiser knuckle compared to a mini knuckle (as shown in the vid). On a 60 knuckle, drilling out a single rivet accomplishes the same thing.

 

[Spike Strip]

To answer Rigger: the OP's link and advice are not directly applicable to 60 series, or for 60 series there is a far easier way to do it, as Jim points out... So, if you wanna move posts 1,3,4,5, and 8 ...

 

[Rigger]

Thanks. You know how dense I am. You have to spell everything out to me!

I think I'll move this whole thread over to the truck section.

 

[orangefj45]

Will definitely do this the next time I'm messing around down there.

uhmmm, are we still taking about brake lines here?!

The bracket & line routing is different on a cruiser knuckle compared to a mini knuckle (as shown in the vid). On a 60 knuckle, drilling out a single rivet accomplishes the same thing.

exactly!


call me different, but i like running the hard lines to the backing plate ( as long as you have a backing plate ) and then a short soft line from the backing plate to the original location of the hard line junction on the axle housing.
why?
long soft brake lines at the calipers can lead to trouble:
getting pinched in the shocks
getting pinched between the steering stops
getting caught in rocks or branches or other road/trail debris
having the short soft lines on top of the knuckles keeps them out of harms way imho.

hth

georg @ valley hybrids

 

[Dynosoar]

The bracket & line routing is different on a cruiser knuckle compared to a mini knuckle (as shown in the vid). On a 60 knuckle, drilling out a single rivet accomplishes the same thing.

Jim is right on! I drill out the rivet and weld a nut in its place then run a short bolt to support the bracket. Probably overkill since there is one bolt there already.

Dynosoar