Builds Removing SBC conversion, going back to Toyota. 1972 Frame Off
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Studs for mounting diff into axle housing?
Most of the time the nut is rusted onto the stud and the nut/stud comes out of the axle. It's possible to save money by spending an hour or two clamping each one in the vise and getting the nut off the stud. But new studs, nuts and locks are much quicker.
Most of the time the nut is rusted onto the stud and the nut/stud comes out of the axle. It's possible to save money by spending an hour or two clamping each one in the vise and getting the nut off the stud. But new studs, nuts and locks are much quicker.
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I soaked the diff nuts/studs with kroil a few weeks prior to removal and they came apart w/o pulling the studs. I'll run the die over them and they will clean up nicely. Being in the rust belt, the $15 in new oem washers and nuts is worth it.
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Thank you, Jim, for your expertise.
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That needs to be clean on the mating face as well (the flat face w/ threaded holes). The paint adds a few thousandths, which means the preload will be too loose.
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Probably mating faces on caps and steering arms as well...
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We are experiencing sprinter in NE OH. My garage stays about 10* above outside temp, but 10* above 20*F is still to cold to do anything. We have been working on degreasing the diff to paint but the weather has been making things difficult. This is the latest in the year that I have used this beast to heat the house. I am planning on painting tomorrow or Tuesday but the diff is frozen. I also cleaned the paint off of all mating surfaces with a new die grinder.
I find your wood heat furnace interesting. It's obviously hooked up to the ducts in your house, but will the wood burner still operate safely if the electricity goes out? I realize the blower for the ducts won't distribute the heat properly without electricity, but will heat still eventually make it into the house?
We heat with wood. We are 1/4 mile past any natural gas line, good phone lines, etc, so our choices for heat are electricity, oil, or wood. Wood is the least expensive option for us. So far I've been able to always get wood inexpensively, but not sure about the future. We do have quite a few large fir trees (naturally planted) on the back side of the property, and a large quantity of smaller fir trees that my Dad planted over 20 years ago. The large trees were there when my wife's grandfather was clearing this place in the late 40's. He was killed by a dynamite accident while clearing the property, so I have a problem getting my wife to agree to cut those trees for firewood and replacing them with a new planting. The newer trees are still too small in my opinion, except for using the trees I thin out.
On another note, I like how you used a plastic bucket with the bottom cut out to set a diff into for pressure washing. I am going to use your idea for myself.
Don
We heat with wood. We are 1/4 mile past any natural gas line, good phone lines, etc, so our choices for heat are electricity, oil, or wood. Wood is the least expensive option for us. So far I've been able to always get wood inexpensively, but not sure about the future. We do have quite a few large fir trees (naturally planted) on the back side of the property, and a large quantity of smaller fir trees that my Dad planted over 20 years ago. The large trees were there when my wife's grandfather was clearing this place in the late 40's. He was killed by a dynamite accident while clearing the property, so I have a problem getting my wife to agree to cut those trees for firewood and replacing them with a new planting. The newer trees are still too small in my opinion, except for using the trees I thin out.
On another note, I like how you used a plastic bucket with the bottom cut out to set a diff into for pressure washing. I am going to use your idea for myself.
Don
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Don,
The wood furnace can be used without power. The heat makes it up to the second floor of the house with enough force to feel it blow out of the vents. I have been extremely happy with its performance and it has paid for itself many times over. We use propane in the gas furnaces and it is silly what it costs to run for the entire winter.
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Yes, moly lith packed into the CV joint and in the knuckle cavity and on the knuckle ball. High temp (red or blue) wheel bearing grease in the wheel bearings. I also recommend a tube of moly in the grease gun for the greasable shackles, rod ends and d-shafts.
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OEM front axle hardware, bearings and seals sourced from @beno . This is where Onur's business model shines, I emailed him with what I was doing, a few hours later I got a quote and had all the parts that Saturday. He won't be the fastest or the cheapest but I don't have to worry about missing or wrong parts arriving.
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After a visit with Jim C, I now know 2 things;
1. My donor disk brake axle is either not a 1976 or has a mini truck conversion as it has large pattern knuckles ( @FJ40Jim , i measured the collar on the old studs (which did fit) @12mm and the center to center distance between the studs @55mm)
2. Upon careful inspection, the donor truck had been in an accident and the steering arms and stops are twisted.
As of right now, I am going to take a step back and consider using the disk brake components off of an 81 FJ60 that we acquired from a parts truck. The other option is to source 76/77 small pattern knuckles for the conversion.
Below are two great reads on IDing early vs. late disk brake knuckles and the actual conversion.
Steering Knuckle 101....(FAQ)
Minitruck Front Axle Disc Brake Conversion For Dummies (FAQ)
1. My donor disk brake axle is either not a 1976 or has a mini truck conversion as it has large pattern knuckles ( @FJ40Jim , i measured the collar on the old studs (which did fit) @12mm and the center to center distance between the studs @55mm)
2. Upon careful inspection, the donor truck had been in an accident and the steering arms and stops are twisted.
As of right now, I am going to take a step back and consider using the disk brake components off of an 81 FJ60 that we acquired from a parts truck. The other option is to source 76/77 small pattern knuckles for the conversion.
Below are two great reads on IDing early vs. late disk brake knuckles and the actual conversion.
Steering Knuckle 101....(FAQ)
Minitruck Front Axle Disc Brake Conversion For Dummies (FAQ)
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After taking a step back and little bit of this:
The 60 donor axle is out of storage and ready for tear down. I sourced the tierod end bushings from Kurt @cruiseroutfit to adapt the 40 tie rods to the 60 steering arms.
The 60 donor axle is out of storage and ready for tear down. I sourced the tierod end bushings from Kurt @cruiseroutfit to adapt the 40 tie rods to the 60 steering arms.
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