Builds POTM - March, 2014 - Javelina By Pablo Cruise (3 Viewers)

[PabloCruise]

Finally, it is in!!!
(Yes, that's exactly what she said)

 

[scrapdaddy]

What clutch did you go with?

 

[Ol Yeller]

Gotta be happy with it stuffed in the hole!

 

[mn12]

Oh man.
That has to feel good.
Nice job!

 

[RUSH55]

New length on driveshafts now?

 

[PabloCruise]

New length on driveshafts now?

Since you asked, let's start the conversation off proper:

 

[PabloCruise]

'Scuse me while I whip this out...

 

[PabloCruise]

New shaft measurements:

Current rear length:

My front shaft:

 

[PabloCruise]

Here's a picture of my nipples:

Note the different yokes:

 

[PabloCruise]

Hmm, duplicate post.

Let's go with this...

From the FSM, pointing the slip yolk toward the front of the vehicle.
I assume that is for both front and read shafts?
The guy at the drive shaft shop said you can run them facing either direction, but he likes the slip yolk at the transfer case end, to keep them out of the water as much as possible.

Your thoughts?

Also, note how the FSM shows the grease nipples for the yolks arranged on either side of the slip yolk nipple:

 

[PabloCruise]

Good job . Where tha **** are da Mandals

LOL. Those are Mike's feet/boots.

I wear boots at the shop. There is a lot of metal there. I would hate to lose a toe...

 

[PabloCruise]

What clutch did you go with?

I went with the Aisin kit. OE parts, and the slave cylinder cost about 1/2 the cost of the Toyota p/n. If you look at the slave cylinder box, it has the Toy p/n printed on the label:

 

[PabloCruise]

Gotta be happy with it stuffed in the hole!

Oh man.
That has to feel good.
Nice job!

Thanks y'all!
Yeah, it feels pretty darn good...
I can't wait to drive my 55 w/ an H55.

 

[RUSH55]

 

[PabloCruise]

It sounds like to fill the H55 and split case, I need a little over 7 liters. Thirsty gal...

What type of gear oil do y'all like to run in the H55?

H55F Fluid Capacity

Would someone please post the fluid capacity for a H55F gearbox. Thank you.

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[scrapdaddy]

What type of gear oil do y'all like to run in the H55?

I use Redline MT90.

EDIT...I had to delete a quote from the 40 forum.

 

[WarDamnEagle]

Same. I run MT90 in all my manual transmissions.

 

[PabloCruise]

'Scuse me while I whip this out...

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The first thing the guy at the driveline shop did was pull the rear DS slip yolk off and line the front and back u-joints up. They had been off for a long time...

It feels good to fix little things like that.

 

[PabloCruise]

I use Redline MT90.

EDIT...I had to delete a quote from the 40 forum.

Same. I run MT90 in all my manual transmissions.

Everything I found on the topic is to run GL4 gear oil - it is supposed to be the best for brass synchros.
I wanted to fill these boxes before the shafts come back, so I went to find some suitable product locally. NAPA had gallon jugs of Sta-Lube straight 90. $70/gallon.

 

[PabloCruise]

Does anyone run Penn Grade GL4?

The GL4 is supposed to be nice to the yellow metals (brass).

PennGrade 1® Classic GL-4 Gear Oil SAE 80W-90 - Gear Lubricants

PennGrade 1® Multi-Purpose ‘Classic’ Gear Oil GL-4 SAE 80W-90 is a specially blended using high quality premium mineral base stocks and select additive technologies. It is designed to be used with “yellow” metallurgy (brass, bronze, copper) and other ‘soft’ metals used in synchronizers...

penngrade1.com