First off I am resurrecting this 1971 FJ 40 for my older brother who just had a baby boy. This will be a surprise for him as he has no idea I am working on it. It was his daily driver in high school and as you would think it was sunk in the mud plenty of times. It has been sitting for 10 years and it needs a lot. I have been working on it for months doing little things here and there.
Bad thing is I can't ask my brother any questions that I have about it with it being a surprise. So I am looking to ya'll for help. This has a front disc conversion from what my research tells me is from just a newer FJ40 that came with disc brakes? Along with that the steering arms have been changed. And now except a tie rod with a bigger taper. Are these always changed when you do the disc conversion or do ya'll think he did that to add strength to the steering?
Finally to the issues I need help with:
Tore down front drivers side knuckle and the inner wheel bearing is stuck on the spindle. As far as I know it is not supposed to be this way. Does this indicate that something has failed? Also the axle shaft did not have the clip installed on the outside. And the clip that keeps the cv joint and the inner shaft together was not there either. (teenagers are not very smart lol) Could this be why the bearing is stuck on the spindle because there was side to side movement?
So what do I do about the wheel bearing?
And I have attached a picture of the tie rod that I am having trouble finding. The picture shows a factory tie rod next to the one that is on it. What should I do?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
little bit of info on it.
1971 FJ40
4" lift 35" tires
350 conversion
3 speed factory tranny and t case
front disc brake conversion
warn locking hubs
no power steering (ugh)
Bad thing is I can't ask my brother any questions that I have about it with it being a surprise. So I am looking to ya'll for help. This has a front disc conversion from what my research tells me is from just a newer FJ40 that came with disc brakes? Along with that the steering arms have been changed. And now except a tie rod with a bigger taper. Are these always changed when you do the disc conversion or do ya'll think he did that to add strength to the steering?
Finally to the issues I need help with:
Tore down front drivers side knuckle and the inner wheel bearing is stuck on the spindle. As far as I know it is not supposed to be this way. Does this indicate that something has failed? Also the axle shaft did not have the clip installed on the outside. And the clip that keeps the cv joint and the inner shaft together was not there either. (teenagers are not very smart lol) Could this be why the bearing is stuck on the spindle because there was side to side movement?
So what do I do about the wheel bearing?
And I have attached a picture of the tie rod that I am having trouble finding. The picture shows a factory tie rod next to the one that is on it. What should I do?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
little bit of info on it.
1971 FJ40
4" lift 35" tires
350 conversion
3 speed factory tranny and t case
front disc brake conversion
warn locking hubs
no power steering (ugh)