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Been enjoying having my truck back on the road, but lost speed yesterday, and directionals a little later. Going to have to pull the cluster and check out what's going on: hopefully it's just that the speedo cable came off, maybe knocked a connection loose at the hazards switch.
Its usually the cable.
NeverGiveUpYota
Dare me.
And she runs again. Replaced cam bearings #1-3 (had dropped oil pan and found #3 had partially spun) in situ in my driveway as well as connecting rod bearings.
A friend of mine said I’m tricking her out. Nah, just having fun!
A friend of mine said I’m tricking her out. Nah, just having fun!
Great JOB
NeverGiveUpYota
Dare me.
My truck and yours must have the same monster sized shackles. We both have a huge gap between the rubber and the edge of the well.
Thanks btw for the kudos. Truck is running nice. Been driving it nearly everyday. Starts, stops, idles, revs all good. I added a stretch of straight pipe for now to below the passenger seat so it’s a tad less noisy. Be a bit before I can get the exhaust fabbed up but I’ll at least get a muffler on it sooner than later.
Hot damn! Congrats!
I just moved to the area, joined Yankee Toys and am looking forward to spending a day or so at the Fall Gathering in a few weeks. In preparation, I'm redoing my front axle. I've done them on my 60 and an 80 about 10 years ago. After getting in there, I'm glad I did as one side looked good and the other had the typical grease/axle fluid goo. I've read tons of write ups on the forum about taking apart the birfs and switching sides. What are your thoughts? Should I go to the effort of removing the birfs, repacking and switching sides. I don't see any wear, or damage or clicking. Thanks.
Spent some time in the shop this weekend with my bro, visiting from TX. My dad swung over to help chase the rest of the rust on the rain gutter, and we got a coat of POR-15 on the whole gutter. My neighbor, Gordon, stopped over, too. He used to spend a lot of time in the shop when the previous owner lived here still, and it's fun to hang out with him and hear his stories.
Some more rust work on the top cap, then POR-15, then on to priming with a high build epoxy primer before assembling, seam sealing, priming, and paint.
you need to take apart the birfs to properly clean them and repack them. switching side is nothing that ive ever done.I don't see the need.
Finally got the axles put back together with new seals, bearings, rotors and pads. I buggered up one of the hub seals, so I had to wait on another to arrive from Mr. T. I also knocked a bit of the rust off the axle and treated with Ospho.
When installing the birfield, the manual says to put the flat spot on top/bottom. I forgot and monkeyed around with the long axle for a bit until I got it in. I'm pretty sure I didn't get the flat spot on top. The other side went in easy with flat on top/bottom. I'm assuming that is not a huge issue since the birf is spinning inside the housing anyway, correct? Thanks.
When installing the birfield, the manual says to put the flat spot on top/bottom. I forgot and monkeyed around with the long axle for a bit until I got it in. I'm pretty sure I didn't get the flat spot on top. The other side went in easy with flat on top/bottom. I'm assuming that is not a huge issue since the birf is spinning inside the housing anyway, correct? Thanks.
fourlow&go
@ the speed of plaid
You're correct, flat spot top and bottom is only to install the axle. One inside the ball all is well. Most important is properly set trunion bearing preload, and making sure the knuckle studs are fully set and locktited.
Thanks. I was hoping someone would say that.
no need to set trunion preload on an 80, just reassemble as from the factory.
Got a bit more work done on the metal parts for my hard top, and started getting the doors ready to go back on. Some broken fasteners from the PO, but most came out OK.
69 fj55 restore
Looks like a great project! Is that the one that was on Craiglist in western CT?