Front Axle rebuild

[thePunter1]

After some encouragement from other members who have written up how to do front axle rebuilds I decided to tackle the job this weekend on my 1986 FJ73. I got everything off and this is the knuckle (?) that looks to be in a poor condition.




From the other photos that I have seen the knuckle seems to be in good shiny condition. I have cleaned mine up a bit with some 800 grit sandpaper.

Should I be concerned or is this expected from a vehicle of this age?

Thanks.

 

[Z()LTAN]

mine is the same, i just painted it with 1 coat of super etch primer and 1 of primer filler, then sanded it back, filled up all the corrosion.

Its very normal for an older car.

 

[jake2far]

Buy the POR15 paint kit clean and paint. The paint will provide a clean rust free very strong surface and it stops the corrosion dead.