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I shade tree engineered some front shocks. It helped a little but still MEH. While trying to work on it today my key wouldnt work. It would go into the slot but I couldnt turn it, its done it a couple times now. Then I was able to get it to turn and then it wouldnt come back out...hmm gotta figure that out too.
 
I had an awful "death wobble" after I did my SOA, I installed shocks and it went away. I actually did the SOA in Vermont and took I-89 from Barre all the way to Burlington and was mortified by the way the vehicle rode, I couldn't exceed 35 m.p.h. without feeling extremely uneasy. The next day I took some measurements and ordered some shocks from Toytec. I made the same drive after the shock installation and was able to go 70+ with no considerable vibrations. Nice Cruiser and good luck!
 
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Originally that was the plan...but little did I know I was buying a front axle that was destroyed. Of course its not like I could really strip the axle at the sellers house to check its condition. At least one birf has blow up on each side and the person driving decided to keep going. The inner cups are gouged badly and the mating surface of the inner axle/oil seal is all chewed up. Even the outer part of the cups are chewed up. I drove 7 hours round trip and paid $300 for them including the gas to get there...feel like 1 step forward 3 steps back. Atleast I got some spare rear shafts out of it I guess.
 
That blows man. I've seen a thread where someone cleane up the inner bead and seal seat with success. You can fix it with some time.
 
I think this is just another sign to stick it out with the SOA. I removed the AAL from the rear packs which brought it down to a better level. I know people say the stock leaves dont last. But I'll admit this is going to mostly be a pavement pounder with only mild trail use...nothing thats going to be flexing it out to the max. I think they'll hold up fine for a while. Going to buy some good 35s, shocks, front DS and track bar. That should be everything needed to finish it up. I think I'll be happy with it then. I'll see if I can sell the useful parts I got, rear axle housing, knuckles etc.
 
Landcruisin'60 said:
I think this is just another sign to stick it out with the SOA. I removed the AAL from the rear packs which brought it down to a better level. I know people say the stock leaves dont last. But I'll admit this is going to mostly be a pavement pounder with only mild trail use...nothing thats going to be flexing it out to the max. I think they'll hold up fine for a while. Going to buy some good 35s, shocks, front DS and track bar. That should be everything needed to finish it up. I think I'll be happy with it then. I'll see if I can sell the useful parts I got, rear axle housing, knuckles etc.
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That's what I do with my rig. I can testify that it has served that purpose very well for me thus far.
 
Borrowed my buddies 35in KM2s. Diggin the way it looks, now I just have to buy some tires!

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did you ever redo you knuckles as I remember your slpit was backwards ... 35's looks great ... I need my truck to stop brakin so I can work on my SOA
 
TLC Norway said:
looks awsome, was eager to see the creepy's on that smooth rig. i got a set of creepys creeping my way, hopefully i'll get the $$ for it. should be a good tire for a heavy rig.
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Yeah they had pretty poor street manors so I decided they werent for me. I think if I bought new creepys they would have been a lot better but the ones I got were pretty well beaten from buggy use.

kling-on said:
did you ever redo you knuckles as I remember your slpit was backwards
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Not sure I follow


I've been driving her around a bunch recently :D

Got some rear shocks on her last week. The only issue now is it has bump steer and the front tires squeel around corners. My brother thinks it might have some to do with scrub angle since I have low offset 15x10 wheels. I'm also wondering if perhaps my castor angle is too high (6* I believe) causing the tires to scrub the pavement more than they should. Not sure if I phrased that right, but it makes sense in my head :flipoff2:

Any thoughts?
 
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kling-on said:
did you ever redo you knuckles as I remember your slpit was backwards
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I still have no idea what you were trying to say here :flipoff2:

Any way...not sure if anyone saw but I put up a feeler thread to possibly trade this thing for an FZJ80. Here's the reasoning: I built a WRX swapped Impreza last fall to be my winter beater. One thing lead to another and I bought a clean 96 Impreza shell which I caged and will be swapping in a complete STi drivetrain, which I plan to race in hill climbs and track events. So I'm now without a winter car. In Vermont we have a TON of hippies and "environmentalists" for some reason they LOVE environmentally unfriendly salt. Why do they love salt? I can only assume that without it their Prius's couldnt make it down the road. Whats this mean for the vehicles that arent made out of plastic? RUST! I hate to relegate my 60 to winter vehicle status but I'm not sure what else to do. There doesnt seem to be much interest in buying it. Currently the 60 basically just sits in the driveway because, well in all honesty its more fun to drive my WRX around than it is to drive the 60. Dont get me wrong I love my 60, they look awesome and are super useful. But I'm so concerned to damage it that I end up not using it for anything.

If I can sell it my plan is to buy an 80 from an insurance auction, oldly enough there will be one coming up semi locally with a blown motor. If I can sell my 60 my plan was to buy it and swap in a 5.3L H42 (then swap to an H55F when money allows) and a split case.

But if I cant sell my 60 I'm afraid I might have to drive it in the winter. There's a local place that does Waxoyl coating, so I'd have them spray her down good, though I know its still going to get rusty.

My other thought was to buy a less clean 60 and swap 80 axles and coils under it.


Anyway really just needed to write down my ideas somewhere...I think my family is tired of hearing me talk about what I'm thinking I should do. :meh:
 
I love driving my 60 in the winter. You dont have to worry about the weather because you can drive through anything, you can drift and you can pull anyone out of a snowbank. I use Fluid Film to protect my rig ( now ) and it works wonders. It takes about a gallon to coat your truck with a sprayer and a gallon only costs $35. Well worth the money.
 
x2 on the fluid film. That stuff stays on for ever.

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So I'm going to order my shocks now...I'm going with Bilstein 5125s, I'm just not sure what to go with for valving.

Shocks - Non-Reservoir Shocks

This is where I was planning to get the shocks from. Which valving do people recommend? I'm going with 10.17in travel in the rear and 14.3 in the front. I'll be using Ford towers.
 
I ended up buying them from NW Offroad Outfitters...2% off and free shipping...hopefully they'll be here by the end of the week.
 
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