Now on to Cruiser stuff.
One more piece to go and I'll have the FJ60 steering
all finished. Still have to come up with a way to connect the relay rod to the
pitman arm. Thoughts so far are,
1, weld the hole up on the pitman arm and have the machine shop ream it to
fit the 40 series TRE.
2, Get a 60 series piece that fits the pitman arm and figure a way to make it
fit the Relay rod. (could probably send both ends to BudBuilt and have him make
me up a custom relay rod.
3, Heim joint.
I'm kinda thinking #2 is the right way to go. Thoughts?
So I finished up the steering shaft today. Cut the 60 slip shaft in half and welded
one end into the u-joint near the firewall. Have an 11 inch tube cut and slid both ends into.
Both ends are welded and I also drilled 4, 3/8" holes in the tube and hit those with the MIG.
Have just enough room with the splined slip joint to be able to get the shaft off.
I cut the old steering shaft off with about 6" left coming thru the firewall. Picked up
a greasable pillow block bearing online for about $15 shipped.
The U-joint came from the local auto parts store and was $38. It's a PTO piece out of a farm catalog.
To connect the intermediate shaft to the steering column it's keyed. I bought a long
key, put it in the u-joint and slipped it on. The was one inch hanging out the back which I clamped down
and tacked to the shaft. Pulled the u-joint off and tacked the front on then went back and layed a
bead on both sides of the key.
Marked the spot where the set screw was, drilled a hole for it to seat in then slipped everything
together.
I'll pick up some fluid tomorrow and see if the box works. Everything turns like it should right now.
Lane
