RUSH55
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Builds POTM - March, 2014 - Javelina By Pablo Cruise (1 Viewer)
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PabloCruise
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PabloCruise
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Darn, I still haven't done this either!
At this rate I ain't never going to finish this Pig!
PabloCruise
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A story from the Today I Learned (TIL) desk...
When I was pulling the bellhousing, I removed the starter from my little place where the transmission used to live. So I was reaching the fasteners from the rear of the Pig. The top one felt odd. When I got the starter off I set it aside and put it's fasteners with it. That is when I saw this:
As Amy Winehouse says, "What kind of ****ery is this?!?"
I thought someone cobbled this fastener together and then I moved on.
Fast forward to last night when @RUSH55 was sending me pics of a bellhousing he is helping me out with. I looked at the fasteners for the starter and then I had that "Ah-ha" moment. Toyota provides a stud up top in the bellhousing so you can hang the starter in position, and then get the lower fastener (bolt) secured. That is nice for those of us that don't have 3 arms.
It is always funny when your ass-umptions get blown up.
When I was pulling the bellhousing, I removed the starter from my little place where the transmission used to live. So I was reaching the fasteners from the rear of the Pig. The top one felt odd. When I got the starter off I set it aside and put it's fasteners with it. That is when I saw this:
As Amy Winehouse says, "What kind of ****ery is this?!?"
I thought someone cobbled this fastener together and then I moved on.
Fast forward to last night when @RUSH55 was sending me pics of a bellhousing he is helping me out with. I looked at the fasteners for the starter and then I had that "Ah-ha" moment. Toyota provides a stud up top in the bellhousing so you can hang the starter in position, and then get the lower fastener (bolt) secured. That is nice for those of us that don't have 3 arms.
It is always funny when your ass-umptions get blown up.
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Finally...a design engineer with some consideration for those who come after him.
bobm
WTF, WTF, WTF!!!!
ASS,U,ME 
dats watt it means 
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dats watt it means .
RUSH55
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I always thought having the engine/drivetrain mounts on the bellhousing was pretty slick. You can pull the trans and t-case out without having to jack up and crib the engine.
Those bellhousings are extremely stout, somewhere around 60-70 lbs.
Those bellhousings are extremely stout, somewhere around 60-70 lbs.
PabloCruise
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And then here it is again in Mr. Rusty's thread: 73 FJ55 - Mr Rusty's Preservation - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/73-fj55-mr-rustys-preservation.1347142/#post-15646322
PabloCruise
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Yesterday was one of those "One step forward, two steps back" kind of days.
Maybe zero steps forward?
I need to get the parking brake cable off so I can get the backing plate on the split-case, and so I can send the original to California Push-Pull for a longer cable (ha ha).
I went to pry the little clip off that hold the cable in the backing plate and it deployed into the air, never to be seen again. Darn. I think I need to source p/n 90213-06013?
90213-06013 - Toyota Parts Deal - https://www.toyotapartsdeal.com/oem/toyota~washer~type~c~for~parking~brake~shoe~90213-06013.html?vin=&make=Toyota&model=Land%20Cruiser&year=1978&submodel=&extra1=&extra2=&filter=(d=USA;1=2F;3=V;0=FJ40LV-KCJA)
Except the little clip I took off did not look like that...
Then I traced the cable up to the firewall, loosened the 17mm nut that secures it to the bracket, but then felt the cotter pin up on the firewall. Hard stop as what I really wanted to do was get the old pilot bearing out, and if time allowed replace w/ new.
Maybe zero steps forward?
I need to get the parking brake cable off so I can get the backing plate on the split-case, and so I can send the original to California Push-Pull for a longer cable (ha ha).
I went to pry the little clip off that hold the cable in the backing plate and it deployed into the air, never to be seen again. Darn. I think I need to source p/n 90213-06013?
90213-06013 - Toyota Parts Deal - https://www.toyotapartsdeal.com/oem/toyota~washer~type~c~for~parking~brake~shoe~90213-06013.html?vin=&make=Toyota&model=Land%20Cruiser&year=1978&submodel=&extra1=&extra2=&filter=(d=USA;1=2F;3=V;0=FJ40LV-KCJA)
Except the little clip I took off did not look like that...
Then I traced the cable up to the firewall, loosened the 17mm nut that secures it to the bracket, but then felt the cotter pin up on the firewall. Hard stop as what I really wanted to do was get the old pilot bearing out, and if time allowed replace w/ new.
PabloCruise
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Pilot bearing, step one - verify fit on the pilot stub of the input shaft.
This is the pilot bearing that shipped with the Aisin clutch kit:
This is the pilot bearing that shipped with the Aisin clutch kit:
PabloCruise
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After verifying fit on the pilot stub, remove old pilot bearing.
I heard about the bread trick, I thought I would try removal by packing the space with bearing grease and then tapping in the alignment tool.
After a few tries, the sheilding on the back side of the bearing came loose, but that was it. The bearing stayed in place.
At that point I was out of time. We were taking the boys to the CSU game and I had to get home. Oh well!
I guess I will see if the O'Really has a bearing puller that will work.
I heard about the bread trick, I thought I would try removal by packing the space with bearing grease and then tapping in the alignment tool.
After a few tries, the sheilding on the back side of the bearing came loose, but that was it. The bearing stayed in place.
At that point I was out of time. We were taking the boys to the CSU game and I had to get home. Oh well!
I guess I will see if the O'Really has a bearing puller that will work.
RUSH55
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Slide hammer with the fingers that can be locked outward
PabloCruise
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My buddy has a slide hammer, I just need to see what attachments he has.
bobm
WTF, WTF, WTF!!!!
PabloCruise
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I started this thread over in 40/55 to try to figure out what is going on w/ my parking cable clips:
Parking Brake Cable Question
My '74 55 has a parking brake cable that takes what SOR refers to as the Wave Washer - #22 in the diagram. I did NOT see what they are referring to as Cable Clip (#26) when I was attempting to separate the cable from the backing plate. The SOR page makes it look like both are used? When I got...
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PabloCruise
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I thought this would do it for the pilot bearing - negative ghost rider!
Bearing - 1, Puller - 0
Bearing - 1, Puller - 0
PabloCruise
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The jaws kept slipping out of the Snap On puller. I saw in Georg’s thread that he uses the same one. I am guessing that these jaws are worn and/or deformed.
Sometimes you have to roll your own! By this I don’t mean that I rolled my own, rather Bump It Offroad Mike made this up. Bigger lips, each leg gets inserted one at a time, attach to a slide hammer, and now you are cooking with gas!
Sometimes you have to roll your own! By this I don’t mean that I rolled my own, rather Bump It Offroad Mike made this up. Bigger lips, each leg gets inserted one at a time, attach to a slide hammer, and now you are cooking with gas!
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PabloCruise
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The old bearing was a Nachi, and the Aisin clutch kit shipped with Koyo/Jtekt:
PabloCruise
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The pilot bearing was the last item to remove. Now I can start putting things back on:
bobm
WTF, WTF, WTF!!!!
Good job . Where tha **** are da Mandals 
. Where tha **** are da Mandals 
