'nother question for the swap guys

[nuclearlemon]

scenario - fj55, soa, sbc350, stock toy 4spd trans/xfer, aa mounts

we've got the trans/xfer mounted as high as we can, and the motor as low... front is a few degrees up, rear a few degrees down.

as long as my rear shaft is (almost 4'), no issues there, but my front shaft is going to be 23". if i match angles at +/- 93 degrees, it will be very sharp angles at the joints. how off can my angles be?

if i can't go somewhere around 3 degrees difference, i have an extra pickup truck cv shaft. will a cruiser yoke flange fit in place of the pickup yoke flange on the cv side?

 

[VETTE60]

dont match angles, too sharp and short. go cut and turn and see if it is ok with 1 cv but two will probably be best.

 

[nuclearlemon]

dont match angles, too sharp and short. go cut and turn and see if it is ok with 1 cv but two will probably be best.

ok, but back to my second question, will a land cruiser yoke flange mate to the cv from a toy pickup shaft?

 

[bad_religion_au]

not a fj55 yoke. the 4 speed 60 series front shafts will (they ran the same cv). well at least in australia that's the case.

 

[Poser]

Here in the states, a Land Cruiser 60 series front drive shaft has a CV, but the mounting pattern for the mini cv is not the same....



You will likely need to drill four new holes in the flange Iggie to make the mini CV work on the Land Cruiser case.

 

[nuclearlemon]

Here in the states, a Land Cruiser 60 series front drive shaft has a CV, but the mounting pattern for the mini cv is not the same....



You will likely need to drill four new holes in the flange Iggie to make the mini CV work on the Land Cruiser case.

if the u joint is the same, i swap the cruiser yoke on...that's what i'm trying to determine. might just have to try and take apart my spare shaft and find out.

 

[Poser]

I am not positive, but I do not think that the ujoints are the same....they do not appear to be the same size on the ones I have....

 

[too tall]

I think changing the flange is the only way to run mini stuff unless you have the room to re-drill .The u-joints are not the same size (cruiser is bigger)

 

[woody]

not true...my 1984ish CV minitruck shaft runs the same pattern as the 77 yoke it's attached to....

there are variations between the mini CV's....IIRC, 84-85 are the same, 83-older are the same, and IFS are the same...

as many damn cruisers as you have laying around, just hold a couple together

fast-easy is a undrilled flange from Kurt

 

[dustin]

fast-easy is a undrilled flange from Kurt

X2. thats what I did..

-Dustin