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Well... hopefully I'll be around...
J
I hope so too!
Nice work K. What did you do about gutter caulking?
Thank you. Whatever was up there I just left it alone. Didn't mess with it at all.
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Well... hopefully I'll be around...
J
Nice work K. What did you do about gutter caulking?
Note that the front drive shaft is not in-phase or "lined up" like the rear.....Is that normal?
The front shaft has a double cardan joint at the transfer case, so there is no "phasing" issue.
According to the FSM the U-joints should be lined up on the front.
[oops, that recommendation was for later models]
Attached is from the 1980 FSM
Damn Alex. I just read your little story, and now understand why you love your 60 as much as you do. Very nice dude. Hope your swap goes well.
So they should line up?
Those are balancing weights that were installed/tack welded by Toyota.Also it has those (what appear to be) weights welded on it... normal?
Is that the original front drive shaft for your vehicle? Or has it be cut and fitted for length at some point in it's life...?
A double cardan is a constant velocity joint, so there is no pulsing change in the angular velocity that you need to worry about for phasing the U joint at the differential end. What you need to worry about for this type of shaft is that the angle of the drive shaft to the pinion should be close to zero (in line).
Those are balancing weights that were installed/tack welded by Toyota.
If the drive shaft was taken apart at some time in the past (that you are not aware of) and put back together in a different orientation... then it will be out of balance.
Whether that is significant or not depends on how much out of balance and how much you use 4WD and at what speed.
If you are really into it, you could take the drive shaft to a drive shaft shop and they can check/re-balance the the drive shaft for you.
But the front drive shaft often doesn't get used that much, unless you use 4WD all winter and drive fast, so it may not be worth the trouble.