The Brown Truck - My 1982 Toyota Pickup

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So I did some investigating on my wheels tonight. The wheels do have a flat lug mounting surface and the washers fit in the perfectly, and the shank of the lug nut fits in the wheel perfectly as well. I took a lugnut up front and checked and the studs are not too long, the lugnut can be threaded on all the way with plenty to spare. The only thing I have not checked yet is the length of the shank in relation to the wheels, I can’t right now because the front wheels are so trashed they are useless, and I ran out of time to pull a rear wheel. If the shank of the lug nut was indeed too long though, I don’t understand how Ted was able to run them without issue, because the setup of wheels and lugnuts was identical.
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40LandCruising said:
So I did some investigating on my wheels tonight. The wheels do have a flat lug mounting surface and the washers fit in the perfectly, and the shank of the lug nut fits in the wheel perfectly as well. I took a lugnut up front and checked and the studs are not too long, the lugnut can be threaded on all the way with plenty to spare. The only thing I have not checked yet is the length of the shank in relation to the wheels, I can’t right now because the front wheels are so trashed they are useless, and I ran out of time to pull a rear wheel. If the shank of the lug nut was indeed too long though, I don’t understand how Ted was able to run them without issue, because the setup of wheels and lugnuts was identical.View attachment 2120357View attachment 2120358View attachment 2120359View attachment 2120361View attachment 2120362
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As mentioned ... Did you measure the depth of the hole on the wheel compared to the shank?
 
Rice said:
As mentioned ... Did you measure the depth of the hole on the wheel compared to the shank?
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I haven’t been able too yet because it got too dark on me to pull a rear wheel and check. I will tomorrow.
 
It's likely that the lug nut bottomed out as it made contact with the wheel. This would allow you to torque the nuts, and the wheel not appear to move, but have insufficient clamping pressure from the nuts.


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GLTHFJ60 said:
It's likely that the lug nut bottomed out as it made contact with the wheel. This would allow you to torque the nuts, and the wheel not appear to move, but have insufficient clamping pressure from the nuts.


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That’s possible, I’ll pull a rear wheel today if it’s not raining
 
Rice said:
Verdict?
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I’ll be honest I forgot, it rained all last week and then I started on my Hy-Steer install. I am on the way to Charlotte now to pick up those steel wheels as replacements so I’ll check when I swap them
 
Well as I expected, I fell way behind on this build thread, and a hell of a lot has happened. I will try and get it updated.
 
I installed crossover steering on the truck in November. I used All-Pro Offroad Hy-Steer arms and tierod and draglink with FJ80 TREs. And used a Slag Factory 1/4" thick mounting bracket and a used power steering pump and power steering box off of a late '80s pickup. My parents came down for a football game and they stayed the weekend so on Sunday my dad welded the plates on my frame for me and I installed everything from there. I am very pleased with how the truck steers on and offroad with the power steering and it actually steers easier than some new vehicles on stock vehicles I have driven.
 
Next on my list was a complete oil change for the front diff, and the transmission and transfercase. I discovered the terrifying fact that my transfer case had .2qts of oil in it and the trans had a little over 2, when they are supposed to have 1.2 and over 3 in them, I then moved on to actually making my truck 4wd. I replaced the PS locking hub because the gear, spring, and pawl were all missing from the hub that came on the truck. And then the fun began trying to install my front driveshaft. My front driveshaft is original to the truck but with my transfercase being a chain drive unit from a '90 4runner, the TC side bolt pattern was incorrect. And with no triple drilled flanges availble for my application, I had to drill the transfer case flange. It took forever and wasn't very pretty but it worked and i successfully wheeled on it.
 
After driving to Georgia and back on wheels datecoded 2004.... not my wisest decision.....I got my KM3s mounted on some chrome steelies I picked up from a fellow cruiser head out of Charlotte whose name is escaping me at the moment. I had planned to use the steelies I got off of @fj40z but they turned out to be 10" wide and for the sake of airing down and holding a bead I went with the chrome steelies that were 8" wide.
 
Then I had some diff armor welded on and went wheeling! I drove to Harlan KY from Clemson SC and then drove over rocks! The trip was a blast and the truck surprised me with how well it did on it’s cobbled suspension.
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It does look good with mud splattered on the sides.

You should be ashamed, asking Frank to weld when he just came down for a football game. :rofl: Oh well! Happy to see the truck making progress.
 
@JohnVee we all know you never grew up John, we can infer haha

@David1947 I am partial to the mud myself, but man it took me 2 hours to get it all off after
 
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