HELP!!! I lost part of my drive shaft! (1 Viewer)

[brown 60]

Hey guys, this may have been asked before, if so I apologize, I couldn’t find it. Long story short I had to dolly my 60 home from Kalispell, MT to my home in Washington state. I unbolted the rear driveline of my fj and bungeed it up under it. My dumb a** forgot to pull the slip yoke off the back of the driveshaft before I took off. So somewhere in Montana my slip yoke is on the side off the road. I’ve been trying to track down a new one and I have had no luck , I can’t find a used one so far and have looked everywhere for a new one. I found the 4 bolt flange on eBay of all places. Looks like it’s a fj62 flange? It’s a 66x66mm bolt pattern, but I cannot find the yoke anywhere. I counted the splines and it came out as a 20 spline on the DL. But alas, I can’t find a 20 spline yoke, only 16 and 27 spline. Does anyone have one I can buy/know where I can get one? Any help would be hugely helpful. I really want to get her back on the road. Thanks
Ps, if you live around Kalispell and see a yoke somewhere between there and St Regis on the side of the road, maybe around the courthouse in downtown Kalispell, let me know please, I kinda need it…

 

[ToyotaMatt]

Hey guys, this may have been asked before, if so I apologize, I couldn’t find it. Long story short I had to dolly my 60 home from Kalispell, MT to my home in Washington state. I unbolted the rear driveline of my fj and bungeed it up under it. My dumb a** forgot to pull the slip yoke off the back of the driveshaft before I took off. So somewhere in Montana my slip yoke is on the side off the road. I’ve been trying to track down a new one and I have had no luck , I can’t find a used one so far and have looked everywhere for a new one. I found the 4 bolt flange on eBay of all places. Looks like it’s a fj62 flange? It’s a 66x66mm bolt pattern, but I cannot find the yoke anywhere. I counted the splines and it came out as a 20 spline on the DL. But alas, I can’t find a 20 spline yoke, only 16 and 27 spline. Does anyone have one I can buy/know where I can get one? Any help would be hugely helpful. I really want to get her back on the road. Thanks
Ps, if you live around Kalispell and see a yoke somewhere between there and St Regis on the side of the road, maybe around the courthouse in downtown Kalispell, let me know please, I kinda need it…

this should help you brother :

 

[cps432]

Maybe Matt fell asleep while typing?

 

[cruiserpilot]

I hate dolly’s! So much can go wrong. Mike at MetricOffroad in Grand Junction
might be able to set you up with a used piece if you have no luck elsewhere.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

Maybe Matt fell asleep while typing?

how dare you .........

ToyotaMatt is always on the job helping fellow members 24/7

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[brown 60]

All it’s doing is adding to the confusion, I don’t see my flange pattern in there, those also show pinion flanges, I need the Slip yoke on the rear. If it helps a an 87 fj60

 

[ToyotaMatt]

can u simply post a bunch of GOOD TECH descriptive photos of what all is still remaining on your truck ?

as far as the propeller shafts go ?

this WILL reduce any confusion and prevent any unnecessary stressful speculation as well


focus on the facts and matter at hand , photos will do the rest


u can do this !

 

[3_puppies]

there is this section called classifieds, I would post a wanted ad there, along with the bolt spacing needed
all the slip yokes are the same for spline count, the flange bolt pattern would be all you need.

Classifieds - Axle/Suspension

Differentials, Springs, Shocks, Bump Stops, Ring/Pinion, etc.

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[brown 60]

Ok, I got back and got all the measurements I could, it appears as though the pinion flange on the rear axle is not original, while the flange has some rust the nut is newer/still has the gold zinc coating. It is a 20 spline shaft, major diameter is 1.310-1.311 splines are approximately 4 7/8” long. I suspect one of the previous owner may have swapped fj62 axles in but idk how to tell the difference.

 

[brown 60]

More measurements

 

[RodrigzCrzr]

Classic cruisers

 

[cruisermatt]

I can have one out the door in a medium flat rate box in the morning with a good U-joint. I have a bucket of good slip yokes.
Along with a full set of new OEM driveshaft hardware which I would highly recommend you replace the Home Depot bolts on the transfer case yoke with.

 

[brown 60]

Well, I got to talking with a friend of mine, we both came to the conclusion that I would be better off to order a new Tom woods driveshaft with standardized 1310 u joints and everything is brand new, right, right and bolt in, I appreciate all the help though