Special Tools (home brew)

[tonkota]

I have read a lot about folks having troubles with the cone washers on Toyotas. We made a tool that takes them out very easy. Go buy a cheap (or expensive) pair of pliers. On the top jaw grind it evenly on both sides to bring it to a knife type edge. The knife edge will go into the slot of the cone washer and spread it a little and the bottom jaw will hold on. Then, just pull.

I'll have to get some pictures of what it looks like.

Does any one else have home brew tools that they will share?

 

[helocat]

Ok here is the last resort inner trunion race puller I use. So you pull your steering arm off and the inner trunion race stays on the stud on the arm. The bearing is now DOA, got to replace it, yet you have to get that old race off the steering arm.

To pull the inner trunion race off the arm, I grind two wrench flat spots on it. Then toss the arm in a bench vice and use the best fitting wrench to try to twist off the inner race. I have heard of people heating up the race getting it to expand then pulling it off. This never works for me. Therefore out of necessity I made a simple puller out of three pieces of 3/8” thick ¾” wide flat stock. All it is is a basic H type puller the top piece is drilled and taped 3/8” 16 and has a stainless steel bolt in it. If the wrench trick does not work I weld the little H puller tool to the race using the flat spots ground for the wrench to help fit up the puller. Then simply turn the bolt and it slowly pops off the inner race, w/ no damage to the steering arm. (Key thing!) Once this worked so well the first time I cut off the bad race with a cutting disk and tossed the new tool in the tool box. The little sucker has been used 5+ times now and looks terrible (weld/cut/weld/cut) but keeps doing its thing.

Mark

 

[nuclearlemon]

trunnion tools kinda cool, but, i've gotten lucky so far and both inners have come off easily enough.

i used a section of old bedrail to make a puller to pull romer's t-case.

also have a section of flat stock with two holes drilled in it and two bolts pounded in for adjusting the sides of the carriers when setting up gears.

 

[OnTheSpot]

tonkota, I'm very interested in your plier tool. post up your pics of it.

 

[tonkota]

Pictures Posted Here

tonkota, I'm very interested in your plier tool. post up your pics of it.

http://www.steelnthings.com/landcruiser/P1010024.JPG
http://www.steelnthings.com/landcruiser/P1010016.JPG

Sorry it's taken so long. I had finals and then right back to work for Christmas break.

Enjoy.

 

[dd113]

Nice job with really BIG pics. To be honest I bet I have done over 100 knuckle jobs and never had a need for a special tool. A BFH and a aluminum drift yanks them for me. I will make a set of pliers like yours and try them out.

Right now I have the machine shop making me bearing presses for ft wheel bearings. I am tired of the hammer/chisel method!

 

[DieselFJ]

I have always just tapped around the cone washer with a hammer and they eventually work themselves out.

Scott

 

[nuclearlemon]

i leave the nut about 4-5 threads on and whack it with a hammer...pops em right out.

 

[tonkota]

Nice job with really BIG pics. To be honest I bet I have done over 100 knuckle jobs and never had a need for a special tool. A BFH and a aluminum drift yanks them for me. I will make a set of pliers like yours and try them out.

Right now I have the machine shop making me bearing presses for ft wheel bearings. I am tired of the hammer/chisel method!

Thanks. I realized that second pic is focused on my hand rather than the pliers. I used to use a BFH to pop them out, worked fine. But when my Uncle (who lived in Africa for a decade and worked on LC's there) showed me these, I really liked them.

Sidenote: My Uncle has some really great stories. They started with Rovers, but they weren't up to the challenge he said. They switched to Land Cruisers with the 3B and the only reoccuring problem was borken main leafs in the front packs.

Arron

 

[RHINO]

well to be fair the leaves are made by mitsubishi.

 

[bad_religion_au]

i'm finding it hard to picture how these pliers work on installed cone washers, don't wanna photograph a demonstration do you?

 

[Wayneraintree]

What part of Africa and what model did he prefer? What type of utility did he find in the cruisers?

[My Uncle has some really great stories. They started with Rovers, but they weren't up to the challenge he said. They switched to Land Cruisers with the 3B and the only reoccuring problem was borken main leafs in the front packs.

Arron ]

 

[Wayneraintree]

Didn't mean to Hijack the thread....