SmokingRocks
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Tried both approaches. Yes I'd love to press a bushing in but the sleeve is too big for OEM
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Those are cheap heims. I would step up to fk 3 piece for durability. Should be around 65-75 each on summit racing. 40 and lower are s*** heims that don’t last. Measure your sperical ball hole and shank diameter. Also direction of threads.
SmokingRocks
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Alright so since the old girl is out of commission until heims arrive I am taking this opportunity to fix various things to get it ready for winter.
- Repair the rear Upper control arms
- In progress all parts on order
- Replace all the gas struts (hood & hatch)
- In progress all parts on order
- Replace steering shaft seal
- In progress all parts on order
- Replace transmission tunnel shifter seal
- In progress all parts on order
- Troubleshoot & repair Rear Defroster
- In progress all parts on order, electrical issue has been solved
- Replace cracked driver side mirror housing
- Complete
- Replace saggy sun visor with junkyard unit
- Complete
- Install 4.88's
- Ordered all of the bearings and seals required. Just need a gauge and some gear paint.
If the heims are 1” the pitch will be 14tpi. Tomorrow I pick up my metal tech rear control arms up from the machine shop. I too wanted to ditch the poly bushings that are at the one end of each arm. I had the shop cut the MT bushing eye off and machine a new bushing eye out if solid round stock for a .002” press fit and having a .250” wall. This shop also provides welding services so when I pick them up they will be ready to install save for paint. Total cost for all 4 Toyota bushings purchased online and shop services is $371. The poly bushings from MT are sloppy the day they are new and the movement this allows causes them to where out quickly.
SmokingRocks
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Replaced the hood and hatch struts tonight with McCaster Carr gas struts... They were longer than the stock ones by more than I imagined they'd be, rear hatch has to be 3" higher now.
SmokingRocks
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Also picked up a little RC crawler so I can wheel when I'm at camp. My friend has one and we had a ton of fun at my wedding... So I bought one haha
Now you just need the FJ80 body for it!
Thanks for measuring out those MAF bushings, I have a set too, and need to replace them.
Did you ever find a vendor?
Did you ever find a vendor?
SmokingRocks
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Metal Tech hooked it up. John @ info@metaltech4x4.com
Here is a screen shot of the e-mail
Hopefully this help you and anyone else with man a fre UCA's.
Here is a screen shot of the e-mail
Hopefully this help you and anyone else with man a fre UCA's.
SmokingRocks
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OK I'll try to get better at posting my updates....
So this weekend was the annual Trail Snail Spring makeover. This entails repainting the front and rear bumper along with the bedliner on the body. I also took this opportunity to replace busted LED's on the front bumper (these are my turn signals), front grill upper dash section (mine was cracked) and I replaced the horn disk. Here are the picts
So this weekend was the annual Trail Snail Spring makeover. This entails repainting the front and rear bumper along with the bedliner on the body. I also took this opportunity to replace busted LED's on the front bumper (these are my turn signals), front grill upper dash section (mine was cracked) and I replaced the horn disk. Here are the picts
SmokingRocks
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Took care of a rust spot...
SmokingRocks
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SmokingRocks
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Horn Pin replacement
looking good! how's the zeon 12 treated you? Just picked one up for myself with the synthetic line.
SmokingRocks
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I've literally beat the living hell out of this thing and it keeps trucking. When I was on a mountain 4x4 SAR team I once ran back to back full spool pulls for about 3 hours along side a power wagon. Thought for sure it was going to let out the smoke but it didn't, my alternator was on the struggle buss after that day but that was it.
This winch is an absolute powerhouse.
Blue dress was trying to tempt you away... be carful the MSDS on those things has some concerns. Can be harmful of not handled properly.
SmokingRocks
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I was curious if anyone would actually look through these enough to catch my wife! You sir win today's gold star! 
I totally saw her just didn’t comment. Was wondering what the heck she was doing in that pic? LolI was curious if anyone would actually look through these enough to catch my wife! You sir win today's gold star!
