Good morning. I ended up doing a front axle swap to kick the can down the road on my PO modified FJ60 outer axle with bad oil leaks just to get the rig back on the road. In that process I created a new issue that I didn't catch when the axle was off the rig however, and am hoping to get some coaching on fixing it. Basically the old axle flange has a different bolt hole pattern than the new one which prevents connecting the front driveshaft.
The original axle is a 1968, the new one I believe is a 1974, which I think introduces a fine vs course spline issue.
So - I believe that leaves me with a couple approaches that I wanted to get some coaching on;
1 - pull the flange on the later axle that is on the rig
2 - after doing the above putting on a matching pattern replacement flange
OR
3 - swap out the driveshaft u-joint for a matching pattern for the later flange that came with the later axle I installed
Any reason to choice #1 & 2 vs #3?
Thanks!
The original axle is a 1968, the new one I believe is a 1974, which I think introduces a fine vs course spline issue.
So - I believe that leaves me with a couple approaches that I wanted to get some coaching on;
1 - pull the flange on the later axle that is on the rig
2 - after doing the above putting on a matching pattern replacement flange
OR
3 - swap out the driveshaft u-joint for a matching pattern for the later flange that came with the later axle I installed
Any reason to choice #1 & 2 vs #3?
Thanks!