My F/HJ45 rebuild thread
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chappohj47
Chappo Built
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So Im going to post this up here, as well as make a new thread for it seeing as it is a 60 series RHD PS conversion into a 45. some one else might have need of this info one day.
Ok, so here is the engine bay before start of work
So, first thing that needed to happen was to cut out a section of the gusset of the shock tower. dont panic, this is standard procedure for 40's over here, lots of them have this and never seen one fail to date.
Made up an extension peice that would extend the shaft of the PS box
then made another cut out in the shock tower to accomodate the turning of the extension peice. this will be fixed, dont worry.
bracket made to gusset shock tower
and the new gusset welded in place. from every other rig i have seen with this same style of PS conversion, this is standard procedure, and non have been welded to this extent.
Ok, onto the column. So first up, with a stock 45 non PS box, you dont have to worry about bushes or bearings for the bottom end of the column where it comes through the bulk head because its such a short distance to the box. with a PS conversion though, the 60 series PS box goes right to the front, needing a couple of UJ's and hence facilitating the need for some type of bottom end support for the column exiting the bulkhead.
The original idea was for a bearing, but this posed many problems; how to get it in, how to replace it, how to seat it, bla bla bla. It was at this point of head scratching that i noticed an old shackle pin bushing lieing on the workshop floor... hey, that looks like it will....
IT FITS! nice easy fix, and best solution for future replacements too.
After the column comes out the bulkhead, it gets cut and turned so that it will fit nice and snug into the next peice of the column to which is welded a nice thick steel pipe.
it gets pinned by a nice HT 8mm bolt and nut. another good fix for future dissassembly and maintainence.
and heres the finished column in the 45
All the tie rods were pretty nackered...
so replaced all of them.
so, the bottom bar is the stock 45 steering arm that connects the two hubs. the next one up is the stock 45 arm with one new tie rod that goes into the 45 link arm. the last bar is a 60 series connector arm (sorry, not sure on what these technically are called) with new ball joint that hooks up to the 60 PS box.
then it was just a case of cutting and mating the two connector arms together to meld 60 and 40 series.
and this just bolted in like normal. awesome!
all i need to do now is mount the pump and get the pipes made up....
So Im going to post this up here, as well as make a new thread for it seeing as it is a 60 series RHD PS conversion into a 45. some one else might have need of this info one day.
Ok, so here is the engine bay before start of work
So, first thing that needed to happen was to cut out a section of the gusset of the shock tower. dont panic, this is standard procedure for 40's over here, lots of them have this and never seen one fail to date.
Made up an extension peice that would extend the shaft of the PS box
then made another cut out in the shock tower to accomodate the turning of the extension peice. this will be fixed, dont worry.
bracket made to gusset shock tower
and the new gusset welded in place. from every other rig i have seen with this same style of PS conversion, this is standard procedure, and non have been welded to this extent.
Ok, onto the column. So first up, with a stock 45 non PS box, you dont have to worry about bushes or bearings for the bottom end of the column where it comes through the bulk head because its such a short distance to the box. with a PS conversion though, the 60 series PS box goes right to the front, needing a couple of UJ's and hence facilitating the need for some type of bottom end support for the column exiting the bulkhead.
The original idea was for a bearing, but this posed many problems; how to get it in, how to replace it, how to seat it, bla bla bla. It was at this point of head scratching that i noticed an old shackle pin bushing lieing on the workshop floor... hey, that looks like it will....
IT FITS! nice easy fix, and best solution for future replacements too.
After the column comes out the bulkhead, it gets cut and turned so that it will fit nice and snug into the next peice of the column to which is welded a nice thick steel pipe.
it gets pinned by a nice HT 8mm bolt and nut. another good fix for future dissassembly and maintainence.
and heres the finished column in the 45
All the tie rods were pretty nackered...
so replaced all of them.
so, the bottom bar is the stock 45 steering arm that connects the two hubs. the next one up is the stock 45 arm with one new tie rod that goes into the 45 link arm. the last bar is a 60 series connector arm (sorry, not sure on what these technically are called) with new ball joint that hooks up to the 60 PS box.
then it was just a case of cutting and mating the two connector arms together to meld 60 and 40 series.
and this just bolted in like normal. awesome!
all i need to do now is mount the pump and get the pipes made up....
chappohj47
Chappo Built
Yeah mate it's a good conversion my shock tower was cut the same in my hj47
