ROTW ROTW bustanutley

[bustanutley]

LT, 40s are good, I wanted to roll with the 42, and although they are barely larger than the 40s, they are big enough that they wouldn't work on my truck. The tread depth difference is significant on the 42s, so if you can swing them, do it. I am tearing up my bib at full stuff as it is, so I need to clearance it, or something. With the fj60 axles, 3" BS wheels and wheel spacers I can turn full lock (no stops) with about 1/4" of clearance on the springs. Springs are outboarded 1.25". Bumpstops in the rear are now the fenderwells, which is not really a bad thing as I was allowing my springs to go in a pretty nasty negative arc before.

 

[74fj40]

Windsor thats right, I couldnt remeber if it was Goldsmith or Windsor. Will do

 

[LT]

Max, stop by sometime man, i'm on windsor.

LT, 40s are good, I wanted to roll with the 42, and although they are barely larger than the 40s, they are big enough that they wouldn't work on my truck. The tread depth difference is significant on the 42s, so if you can swing them, do it. I am tearing up my bib at full stuff as it is, so I need to clearance it, or something. With the fj60 axles, 3" BS wheels and wheel spacers I can turn full lock (no stops) with about 1/4" of clearance on the springs. Springs are outboarded 1.25". Bumpstops in the rear are now the fenderwells, which is not really a bad thing as I was allowing my springs to go in a pretty nasty negative arc before.

Hmmm interesting points. I suppose with my FJ40 axles, with 1.5" spacers I might run into some serious rubbing issues. I know I have more than enough room in the rear with my clearanced fender wells. Perhaps I should just run 'em and hope for the best. I'm looking to do coil overs in the front anyways in the future.

 

[scouthead]

That thing is sick! The cage looks good, and I love the side shots of it with the little bikini top stretched over it. Doesn't look much like the cruiser in the first few pics... it's been through a lot!

 

[1phrogguy]

Very cool . Nice work.

 

[camcruiser13]

nice work man

 

[bustanutley]

New victim is asembled
You can also see how I turned off the parking brake drum.

 

[Hugh Heifer]

New victim is asembled
You can also see how I turned off the parking brake drum.

Your building yout T-CAse on your dryer!!! I would have been thrown out of the house!!!

Great thread and neat to watch years of transformation!

 

[FJ40zen]

Nice write-up. Inspiring.

 

[REZARF]

Looking Good Zach!

Drew

 

[fj40forlife]

love your fj. what tubing you use for your seat mounts and blah I need to built mine when I put my new seats in.

 

[bustanutley]

Seat cradles are 1" .125 wall, Cross bars are 1.5" .125 wall

Why you gotta hate on my workbench Heif?

 

[DirtyHarry]

Looking good Zach. I am amazed at the places you are able to take that thing, it works really well on the trail and you definitely know how to drive it. Let me know when you are coming back to South Dakota to get revenge on Hal Johns.

 

[FJFOOL]

Nice rig, thanks for sharing. Hopefully your Dad will get the rock-crawlin' bug, aye !! Alex

 

[74fjsemistock]

Nice rig.Very nice.As far as that work bench...sweet!Isn't being thrown out better than stuck inside?Your rig looks like it sees some nice country.Thanks for the write-up.

 

[bustanutley]

In case anyone was curious how the last case failed, I finally was able to extract photos from my camera.

 

[bigbadshawn]

so is this something a t-case saver would have prevented?

 

[bustanutley]

case had a saver on it, it is the same one that is installed on the new case in the other pic.

 

[bustanutley]

Thought I would post up a few recent pics of wheeling with the 40s

some carnage from a few weeks ago

I have some plans brewing for the wintertime to update and take care of a few issues i'm having.

 

[72cruiser]

still looks great man.

are you using your passenger's torso as a slider in those pics, ha ha



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