Wedding 45

[NOSAJ]

 

[NOSAJ]

Btw this is a semi float rear axle. I’m wondering if a rear disc conversion would even work on this axle since most are made for the stock 40 series and there is something different about this rear axle than I’m used to.

 

[NOSAJ]

 

[NOSAJ]

1” wide groove for the vented verses the 1/2” wide caliper for the solid.

 

[Lifelong40Fan]

Seems like you should be able to swap the 40 rotors onto the 45 hubs so you can use your new calipers/pads on the front. Then in the rear, will the narrower shoes fit the wheel cylinders and just lack the filling the 45 drum?

 

[duncanrm]

Haha wow.. dodgy previous owner!

 

[NOSAJ]

Seems like you should be able to swap the 40 rotors onto the 45 hubs so you can use your new calipers/pads on the front. Then in the rear, will the narrower shoes fit the wheel cylinders and just lack the filling the 45 drum?

That was my thinking also for both. Just worried something else might go wrong with the front I’m not seeing. For the back I was going to try that but wondering if they might flop around in there and pop off without the extra width. I’m tempted to run the front with new pads and see if they will bleed and might even jerk a rear axle out of a junk cruiser here and bolt it up with the regular drum brakes, or the rear axle out of the pig…decisions…decisions

 

[NOSAJ]

Just googled and saw this on @cruiseroutfit I bet this was a FF axle that has been screwed with.

 

[Lifelong40Fan]

Fastest getting on the road fix would probably be to try the 45 calipers and new pads on the front and the narrower shoes on the back and hope for the best!

 

[NOSAJ]

Fastest getting on the road fix would probably be to try the 45 calipers and new pads on the front and the narrower shoes on the back and hope for the best!

I think you are right!

 

[tlc762]

Looks like you have mini truck front rotors and calipers (solid vs. vented rotors) which was a pretty common swap back in the day/or in the third world where 40 series never got front disc brakes. You can just swap them out for landcruiser rotors and calipers, you want to use '79 and later style rotors since they mount to the backside of the hub with two locating bolts and the six studs just like the mini truck rotor. The 76 to 78 rotors mount to the back of the hub with six bolts.

 

[NOSAJ]

Thanks! @tlc762 I would not have figured that out. I really appreciate everyone’s help! Good to have a second set of eyes.

 

[locklaw]

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Shoe comparison.

A stock 55 series drum doesn’t fit. It’s too deep and hits the backing plate.

There are quite a few iterations on brakes. The 45 and 40 generally dont share rear brake parts from about '75 onwards.

If you have the parts from the 55 or any 40 series rear (backing plate out) you can swop the whole assembly over and make life easier to get parts in future. You only need to pull the shafts and with the oil on the one backing plate you likely need to do the wheel bearing seal in any way.

The front solid disc is most likely from a SFA Hilux. The solid front ran up to 1995 in Africa spec Hiluxes, unlike Stateside where you got IFS much earlier. It's a bolt-on upgrade.

 

[Lifelong40Fan]

Haven’t seen an update in a while. What’s the status? Are you going to make your deadline? This is available in Jackson, TN, if needed.

 

[NOSAJ]

We are coming off the high of an amazing weekend. We had to change around the rehearsal dinner because Nashville was possibly going to get 4-8” of snow. The rental company even cancelled our tables and chairs. Thankfully God worked everything out. In the middle of it I was having to get plow trucks ready. I had my crew plow the church parking lot and the streets on the way to the house. I realized I haven’t updated this thread. I was up each night until 2:00 or 3:00 am. Yes I made the deadline! Had some very close calls and many times I thought either about giving up or it was going to be impossible. I want to thank everyone on here for their help and words of encouragement! Special thanks to @ceylonfj40nut for sending me his injection pump. If he didn’t have one or wasn’t willing to sell we would be done for. Thanks also for the tech advice on the engine and the other parts you sold me.

Thanks to @duncanrm and all his help and direct messages. I probably bugged the fire out of him with my questions but he almost always responded to me within minutes. I would not have known what to do without his detailed pictures and tech advice.

Thanks so much to @Lifelong40Fan I can’t tell you how much that means that you would offer your 45! I came very close to messaging you. I took the wedding 45 for its first drive ever on a public road here in the USA on Tuesday 1/7 with the wedding on 1/11. My plan was to message you on Wednesday if things blew apart. Thankfully all went well. I had some scares with headlights blowing a fuse the day before and the voltage regulator broken we had to sort.

Thanks to my dad the electrical genius for coming up again and helping sort through stuff and me waking him up on FaceTime calls late to walk me through stuff.

Thanks to my precious daughter in law who if she didn’t want this ride for her get away car this never would have happened. She loved it and took several pictures and kept exclaiming how cool it was. Can’t wait to see the professional pics especially with the snow in the background.

We made it y’all! The truck was a hit!

 

[duncanrm]

Superb!!! Well done!

 

[NOSAJ]

First drive and start up. It was smoking a lot. Thankfully it clears up when it gets warmed up.

 

[NOSAJ]

Son’s first time driving it. Longest drive and practicing at the church. 2 days before the snow.

 

[NOSAJ]

Lit up at our entrance for rehearsal dinner.

 

[duncanrm]

Engine bay photo?