front end question (1 Viewer)

[thewatergoblin]

Planning on doing my first cut and turn, the cruiser the front end is going on is a 77 (front disk) I dont want to screw up my only disk front end, but I ve got several xtra drum front end. My question is, are the housings the same on the disk and drum front end? Would putting my disks on a drum from end be as simple as just bolting on the two sterring knuckles. (If this makes any sense) Thanks.

 

[71-CRUISER]

Yes they will both work but you will have to enlarge the ends of the drum axle housing so that the larger disk birfielsd will fit into the housing.

 

[woody]

the housings themselves are nearly identical...minor stuff for brake lines and such....course, this assumes your drum fronts aren't ball/claw type axles, which are IMO worthless to anyone other than resto types...means your drum housings outta be from later 1968 to 1975....

71-Cruiser "may" be right....75-older axles run coarse birfs, but the 76-78 also run a smaller than "normal" fine spline birf, and grinding will be required on either axle to run the larger/standard 79+ birfields (minitruck, 60, 62, later FJ40 and 55, and ALL aftermarket options)

 

[thewatergoblin]

Ok, I think I got most of the story, the front end I want to turn is a 73 out of a fj55, so from what I gather, its gonna be kinda like doing a mini-disk conversion. Is this right? Is the 77 front end housing any better than the 73? Would I be better off to just have someone do it since this is my first or is it really as straight forward as everone says. I know alot of questions, guess im just trying to crawl away from cutting on my front end. Thanks