steering arm
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Cruiserdrew
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I don't know for sure but I doubt it, here's why: The '76-'78 knuckle uses a weird small stud pattern on the steering arm. '79-'83 FJ40, '80-'87 FJ60, '88-90 FJ62 and all mini-trucks use a larger stud and stud pattern. Most aftermarket highsteer arms are thus made in the more common later pattern. Luke Porter at 4X4 Labs does make a high steer arm in the small older pattern, so if you want one, check with him.
IIRC the steering arm is the same up through 78...
IIRC, they started out making both sizes of steering arms. Don't know if they still do. All the info I ever got on them was second hand from MAF.
Why don't you just send your stock arms to W at Over The Hill 4x4 and he can bend your stock arms up to a hi steer set up. Only one set has failed. I run them and a number of other Cascade Cruiser members and some Ih8mud members run them too.
Travis
Travis
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good point, I was thinking about getting the aqualu arm on the for sale board but why not just get the arms bent.
has anyone had issues with the arm getting loose with the bent arm. That is the main compaint I hear about the custom double arms and the aqualu arms?
has anyone had issues with the arm getting loose with the bent arm. That is the main compaint I hear about the custom double arms and the aqualu arms?
the problem with the double arm is the leverage it places on the studs especialy the older smaller ones. they just weren't made to take that kind of force. the hysteer setups put less stress on the studs and should last longer. I bent my arms myself, I just slow heated them with a rosebud, bent them and put them in sand for about 48 hrs. they have worked fine so far, but I am a little nervouse about them just because I have broken a number of J arms on my 84 pu. It always makes for an interesting trail fix. (three batteries in series with some welding rod to get home). they sere breaking because of a poor designed skyjacker lift. Anyway I would say that either the bent hysteer or the aftermaket setups would be better than the double arm.
FWIW, I'm gonna have some of these W bent steering arms up for grabs within the next week or so. Nothing wrong with them, I just decided to splurge my ass off and buy some other aftermarket custom high steer arms. They're on my '84 FJ60, so they'll fit the late madel 40 knuckles and 60/62 knuckles. You can have the whole shebang with TREs and rods if you want. It's stock, but the tie-rod had to be chopped down about 3/4" each side to be able to fit with the bent arms.
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