how to tell if i have stock axles

[Cruiser68]

Hi
I need to repack my brake cylinders and change the brake shoes. When i bought the car i remember the preowner said that the owner before him eventually had replaced the original axles with axles from a -76 FJ 40. was it any changes made between -68 and -76 regarding the brakes? I have a shaft under passengers seat that connects to my rear axle that i have not figure out yet, is it a diff lock?
Any help much appreciated
/Sören

 

[D'Animal]

1976 front axle has disc brakes on the front.



Post a picture of your rear axle.

 

[Cruiser68]

1976 front axle has disc brakes on the front.

Was that all over the world? I live in Europe.



Post a picture of your rear axle.

Ok i will, tnx

 

[D'Animal]

I'm not sure what the european spec FJ 40's had.


Sorry

Was that all over the world?

I live in Europe.

I will post some pics.


.tnx

 

[Cruiser68]

Post a picture of your rear axle.

Here it is hope the pic will help

 

[Leaping Deer]

Is that some sort of locker in the rear?

 

[joeyg1973]

What the heck is that?

 

[D'Animal]

Now I don't feel so bad about not knowing.

Is that some sort of locker in the rear?

What the heck is that?

Poser is going to post up any minute that it is a Non USA OEM Cable Locker System that someone made into a mechanical activated locker. (Im kidding in the answer, but Poser will know what it is)

 

[ranger]

Repack brake cylinders?

 

[D'Animal]

= Install Brake Wheel Cylinder Rebuild kit.

Repack brake cylinders?

 

[amaurer]

Now I don't feel so bad about not knowing.

Poser is going to post up any minute that it is a Non USA OEM Cable Locker System that someone made into a mechanical activated locker. (Im kidding in the answer, but Poser will know what it is)

That is definitely not a Toyota non-USA cable locker - those are just like 80 series elockers, but without the "e" parts. In any case, the actuator is on the third member, not the diff cover (in fact, there wouldn't be a diff cover, since they only work with full floaters).

It looks custom to me, can't wait to see whats under there!!

 

[nspctr1]

Hmmm, interesting. would like to see more pics of the cruiser itself !!!

 

[Cruiser68]

Hmmm, interesting. would like to see more pics of the cruiser itself !!!

Here is a few i posted when i bought the car
https://forum.ih8mud.com/chit-chat-section/102654-todays-my-birthday.html

 

[malcb]

I'm not sure what the european spec FJ 40's had.


Sorry

Sometime around EDIT: European spec '76 or '77 the FJ45 got the wider drums front and rear - caught me out when I ordered some. No disc's that I know of.

Note this is just from the small number FJ40 & FJ45's I know of in Europe


Take a picture of the drum with the wheel removed, the wider drums have a sort of shaped profile, ie the face the wheel bolts onto is not flat.

 

[Volcano cruiser]

Interesting. It has the look of a mechanically activated locker. What I'd be curious to see is if there is a way to connect that rod to a lever in the cab there bay making it a mechanically activated, selectable locker. Very interested to see what the verdict is.

 

[malcb]

Interesting. It has the look of a mechanically activated locker. What I'd be curious to see is if there is a way to connect that rod to a lever in the cab there bay making it a mechanically activated, selectable locker. Very interested to see what the verdict is.

Cable locker with operation by a linkage rod? Don't really know why someone would do that, I would have thought the cable would have been less of a problem to route and protect, perhaps in very cold & wet contitions when a cable might freeze the rod might work out best.

 

[amaurer]

Cable locker with operation by a linkage rod? Don't really know why someone would do that, I would have thought the cable would have been less of a problem to route and protect, perhaps in very cold & wet contitions when a cable might freeze the rod might work out best.

I think the big problem with a rod would be that it would bind up when the axle moves around. Given the size of that lever arm on the diff cover, I doubt the axle will move enough to lock or unlock itself, but that would be the concern...

 

[joeyg1973]

You need to open that up and take pictures of what is in there.

 

[Volcano cruiser]

If that is a custom mechanical locker it would be well worth getting good pics inside and out as well as a report on how well it works.

 

[joeyg1973]

I am hoping it is something simple that we can copy.