Let us know too, I have a late model still on order that’s tbd delivery
Steering gear box seal kits
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Amayama came through for me. I just got the package when I got home from work a bit ago. I still plan on comparing it to the Gates kit soon.
I don’t know how many Amayama has left, all their website says is quantity is “>1”, which means they could have 2 or they could have 100. Or maybe they put that there and only have zero.
@OGBeno FYI.
I don’t know how many Amayama has left, all their website says is quantity is “>1”, which means they could have 2 or they could have 100. Or maybe they put that there and only have zero.
@OGBeno FYI.
Color me impressed.
Pretty difficult thing to do from my estimation
Pretty difficult thing to do from my estimation
Nice to be surprised every once in awhile.
Toyota left, Gates right. I’ve never opened up a steering box so I don’t know where the additional seals in the Toyota kit go. Maybe we can work on finding those on the parts diagram.
A couple of the pieces have slightly different dims. Again Toyota left, Gates right.
There are other parts available from Toyota for this as well and I’ll post a photo this weekend of what I got from my local dealer. It’s primarily nuts, bolts, and washers. There is one piece that’s a small collar that’s threaded both internally and externally as well.
A couple of the pieces have slightly different dims. Again Toyota left, Gates right.
There are other parts available from Toyota for this as well and I’ll post a photo this weekend of what I got from my local dealer. It’s primarily nuts, bolts, and washers. There is one piece that’s a small collar that’s threaded both internally and externally as well.
georgebj60
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Well, this is what I got back from Amayama. Maybe because I'm in Canada?
I admit things may have gotten out of hand but now I have 3 kits. Glad amayama actually had them in stock!
Enough seals to run your steering box for the next million miles haha
I’ll rebuild my box and my spare box and then have 1 spare kit left. For $60/kit it was hard not to buy a few. Should be good for a long while!
georgebj60
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If you’re willing to part with a kit I would be grateful to buy one from you.
georgebj60
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Or if someone would be willing to place an order for me I would be grateful. For whatever reason they won't ship to Canada, or at least I think that's why.
Sorry I'm keeping these. Amayama has these marked as out of production so their stock has been exhausted I assume. Impex cancelled my order so they're out as well. Your best bet would maybe be Cruiser Outfitters or Valley or another cruiser specific shop that keeps inventory on site.
I bought one of these Toyota kits last fall and just this weekend tore into the gearbox to do the whole thing. Taking it off the the car was no big deal, then I wasted 3-4 hours trying to get the pitman arm off of the gearbox. I have an impact driver that can supposedly deliver 700lbs of torque but it would not budge, no amount of heating, banging, spraying cancer causing agents and swearing caused it to budge. I was about to call it quits and take it to a mechanic that had a stronger device with more torque when I thought of one last ditch effort. I applied full torque on the pitman arm puller, left the puller on and then wailed on the pitman arm with my BFH, repeat and it came loose.
Then came the process of pulling it all apart, no problem. Mine was caked in grime on the outside and full of black sludge on the inside. No wonder I had leaks if this sludge was throughout the system.
My biggest tip so far is that in installing the last teflon seal at the bottom of the shaft, I think the hardest one by a mile, you insert half the greased rubber o-ring first to the correct position above the bearing, then you wedge the 5mm teflon seal against that seated half of the O-ring. Holding the teflon seal in this starting place pinned with one finger, start walking the black O-ring behind the rest of the white teflon, a finger at a time and holding each spot pinned so the white teflon ring doesn't squirt out. You will get to the end with 85% of the black O-ring stuffed behund the teflon and a bubble of O-ring that makes you swear the sizes are wrong. If you keep 3-4 fingers in there holding the teflon in place you can somehow push on that bubble of black Oring gently and walk it behind the teflon. Took me an hour I bet. I gave up twice and then it went together in 2 minutes when it worked. I did not stop to take a picture in the last bit because I was terrified the teflon would squirt off the O-ring one more time. I may have cried when it came together.
Bearing -> Teflon Oring combo -> Metal Washer -> Snap Ring -> Dust Seal
Then came the process of pulling it all apart, no problem. Mine was caked in grime on the outside and full of black sludge on the inside. No wonder I had leaks if this sludge was throughout the system.
My biggest tip so far is that in installing the last teflon seal at the bottom of the shaft, I think the hardest one by a mile, you insert half the greased rubber o-ring first to the correct position above the bearing, then you wedge the 5mm teflon seal against that seated half of the O-ring. Holding the teflon seal in this starting place pinned with one finger, start walking the black O-ring behind the rest of the white teflon, a finger at a time and holding each spot pinned so the white teflon ring doesn't squirt out. You will get to the end with 85% of the black O-ring stuffed behund the teflon and a bubble of O-ring that makes you swear the sizes are wrong. If you keep 3-4 fingers in there holding the teflon in place you can somehow push on that bubble of black Oring gently and walk it behind the teflon. Took me an hour I bet. I gave up twice and then it went together in 2 minutes when it worked. I did not stop to take a picture in the last bit because I was terrified the teflon would squirt off the O-ring one more time. I may have cried when it came together.
Bearing -> Teflon Oring combo -> Metal Washer -> Snap Ring -> Dust Seal
Did anyone else figure out how to replace the brass inserts that are in the kit? I could not figure out how to get the old brass pieces out, tried a pick inserted from both the inside of the assembly and from the outside and they didn't want to budge. They look fine so I think I am going to be okay if that is the only part I don't end up replacing.
Now I need to figure out how to set the lash distance correct with the adjustment screw once this goes back together and gets repainted. TOYODA
Now I need to figure out how to set the lash distance correct with the adjustment screw once this goes back together and gets repainted. TOYODA
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The Edelmann kit arrived yesterday. It had the same wrong seals as the FVP kit. I figured it would. The FVP kit included a couple of more teflon seals that I assume go to under the piston somewhere. I didn't want to have the balls all fall out and go through the hassle of getting them put back in.
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Autozone has the correct lower dust seal. If looking it up on their website, it doesn't list it under a vehicle search, bot if you put in the 223210 part number, it shows "lower seal Land Cruiser Steering gear"
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I used a
Conclusion: A Rockauto 8748 kit, add a good quality shaft seal and dust seal, it will yield a all that's needed for a rebuild.
FKM Oil Shaft Seal 32 X 40 X 7mm dbl lip
seal to replace the teflon/oring setup. It fit perfectly between lower bearing and snap ring. Oringsandmore has 32 x 40 x 5mm seals that can be used for the lower dust seal and probably better quality too.Conclusion: A Rockauto 8748 kit, add a good quality shaft seal and dust seal, it will yield a all that's needed for a rebuild.
@FL cruiser good info! Can you share what the lower dust seal you found on oringsandmore? I was poking around their site, lots of options!
@FL cruiser
Is this one of the different seals you were talking about?
Toyota on the left, Gates on the right:
I haven’t torn into my box yet, but I noticed the inner diameters are different on these.
Is this one of the different seals you were talking about?
Toyota on the left, Gates on the right:
I haven’t torn into my box yet, but I noticed the inner diameters are different on these.
