Rebuilding my HJ47 3rd.

[highdesertnevadan]

Hi all.
I'm going to rebuild the third member in my HJ47. I have been told the FJ40 bearing kits are the same. Is this correct?

Noel

 

[Chamba]

That's correct, so long as it is for an '81 - '84 FJ40 or an '81 - '87 FJ60. A better idea in my opinion is to get an entire third member from the front of a US FJ60 from '81 - '87 and replace the third member completely to get the 3:73 gears. You will LOVE how much happier your HJ47 will be with higher gears. Of course you will have to replace the front and rear third members...

Any photos of your rig?

Josh

 

[highdesertnevadan]

Thanks for your reply Josh!
It just so happens I have a parts 60 just waiting for such a project!

 

[Chamba]

Nice troopy. Is it on the Registry? The link is in my signature.

Josh

 

[savvas]

What is the third member?

 

[Henry James the 47th]

It's another name for the differential

 

[cult45]

Is the front diff the first, and the rear the third making the t'fer the second?

 

[lostmarbles]

Is the front diff the first, and the rear the third making the t'fer the second?

That's just plain silly.

The gearbox is the second, the transfer is the third, so the rear diff is actually the fourth.

Although ... what does that make my power-take-off?

 

[cult45]

That's just plain silly.

The gearbox is the second, the transfer is the third, so the rear diff is actually the fourth.

Although ... what does that make my power-take-off?

I don't think I was being unreasonable. I was after information.

Lay it out for us.

 

[Leona74]

That's correct, so long as it is for an '81 - '84 FJ40 or an '81 - '87 FJ60.