The Resurection of 'The Beast' (3 Viewers)

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eventhough said:
I probably should clarify what I was trying to say. My Piggie steers straight when you point her straight - that's not a problem. When off road and bounding around you can hold the steering wheel straight and she pretty much if not totally steers straight but what you feel is something bounding around...like its slopping side to side. I know that's probably a bad way to explain it but I'm running low on fuel - time to go eat lunch. :cheers:
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Hmmm, feel it how, in the steering wheel?

Might be normal. Off road flex makes the steering linkage move funny and the trail will try to steer for you. The power steering removes you from the fairly strong forces you would normally feel through the steering wheel, and that power steering system you have is not exactly high tech; it works fine but it's nothing like a modern factory power steering system. So everything might be fine.

Or maybe it was the center arm bearing and it's fixed. That would be :cool:

We'll just have to get back on the trail and see! :cheers:
 
Feel it in the wheel - like there is something knocking side to side.

yooper said:
Hmmm, feel it how, in the steering wheel?

Might be normal. Off road flex makes the steering linkage move funny and the trail will try to steer for you. The power steering removes you from the fairly strong forces you would normally feel through the steering wheel, and that power steering system you have is not exactly high tech; it works fine but it's nothing like a modern factory power steering system. So everything might be fine.

Or maybe it was the center arm bearing and it's fixed. That would be :cool:

We'll just have to get back on the trail and see! :cheers:
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its looking great man!! keep it up.

the steering could be a few things, first check wheel and trunnion bearings, jack up a tire, grab it top and bottom and feel for play, you know the drill. next have a good look at the steering shaft joints and free play in the box itself, look at the box secure to the frame also.
 
Wheel and trunion bearings are almost new and if anything are a little tighter than spec. I did the axle rebuild myself. Steering box is a possibility.
 
Here are a few pics of some of the work we did...

Pic 1 - donor axle from FJ40-40, Thanks!
Pic 2 - IPOR body mount installed w/ two coats of POR15...ooooo shiney! Trollhole did most of the installation of the mount with some help from VTcruiser. During final assembly of the mount Trollhole left some drain openings in the mount so any water that finds its way into the mount can drain past the bolt X and through a hole near the slider.
Pic 3 - 'the hole'
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A few more pics...

Pic 4 - driver's rear quarter - I'll have to look and see if I can find a before picture but it was basically crushed in and had bondo flaking off. I still have more work to do but its getting there.
Pic 5 - Its what you don't see - brake fluid puking everywhere
Pic 6 - floor board patch I installed last night above IPOR body mount. This patch has been one piece that would cover the entire hole but the bend got tricky so I hacked the piece into two which made the entire process MUCH easier. I didn't get the last lower 1/2 patch installed. I called it a night and spent some time w/ the wife. This last little patch is the last one I need to install to finish my floor patches! I still have to clean the floors, do a light sand/scuff, clean again, and put down one more layer of POR15.

I should have my IPOR seat bracket in, seats, and console by the weekend. I haven't had my Pig on the road since HAMOM but last night when I was pulling it out of the garage the brakes were a little squishy/scary. I'll have to give them a good test on some backroads.

One question. The seat bracket/mount/platform from IPOR slopes slightly from either front to back or back to front depending on how you mount it. I ASSUME and think it is supposed to slope from front to back...any ideas? I'm going to weld the entire perimeter of the seat bracket to the floor and also put in a few bolts for good measure. There is nothing better than overkill!
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Here is a pic of the rear driver's quarter just before purchase for comparison. Dent at light has been popped out (it came out pretty easily) rust cut out, sanding/shaping started. I've started work on the passenger's side but the big dent on that side doesn't want to come out. We even put a 2 in square piece of metal in and beat on it with a BFH with little results.
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Ask Lance about the seat bracket, but I'm pretty sure it should slope back. Or just place it in the truck and set the seat on top and see what you think.

What are you gonna do with that axle?

Rear quarter looks good!
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My own photos come back to haunt me! :doh: IH8BONDO! :mad: That's old bondo I'm pretty sure, from before TJK...
 
I'm pretty sure the mount slopes to the rear. I sat it in the Piggie and tried it out.

The axle was used for the drums. I thought I was going to use some of the wheel cylinders but I ended up purchasing new Toyota cylinders. I need to pull the gears for the PO.

That bondo is pretty old but it appears to have been applied VERY well. I'm not removing all of it - only gring off what needs. Its looking pretty good using that methodology.
 
rusty fj 55 1978

Heather; here are a few pix of rusty when I got him.............:)

Lou
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It was a lazy day but I still got a little done. I bolted in the new buckets and in the process broke off a mounting bolt so had to run out and pick up another. I put the side view mirrors and rear view mirror back on, slapped on the old fenders and hooked up the turn signals so I would be legal, installed the tranny hump and gas tank access panel. I took the Piggie out for about a 15 minute drive. She did very well but I think the new shoes are dragging a bit and the brakes need to be bled...that will get my attention later in the week along with mounting the Tuffy console and cleaning up some wiring running to the rear of the Piggie.

I also found out during my test drive that the tranny hump gets pretty warm without any insulating material. Right now I only have two coats of POR15 down. I was going to put bedliner on top of that but am afraid it would provide enough insulation...time to do some research. I would like to find something I could put down that would provide mostly temp insulation but also some sound insulation that I could apply bedliner ontop of...any ideas?

Oh, and sorry, no pics yet. I left my camera at work. I'll snap some pics and post them up soon.
 
Wayneraintree said:
I have Herculiner, carpet, and a factory mat in that order of course.. seems to work well... definately an improvement.
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I was trying to figure out some combination where I wouldn't have carpet/floor mat etc to pull out before I gave the floor a good hosing down. The more I think about it the more I realize I might not be able to have the best of both worlds and since a thick layer of Herculiner might not do the trick I might have to add some sort of carpet. I do have the factory front two mats and could reinstall them.

What type of carpet do you have under your mat? How thick/how many layers of Herculiner did you put down?
 
I have an old SOR carpet kit, two layers of herc. and the factory mat.... and I realized I forgot to mention I put Fatmat from the inner fire wall all the way to the rear channel a few years ago... .so I have all four layers and it is still "loud" but I attribute most of it to the weather seals on the doors which still need replaced. The Fat mat is on the Herc. then SOR carpet and factory mat.... HTH:grinpimp:
 
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