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I think I should deal with this
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This thing’s killing me.
I got my trunnion bearings and went straight to work to get her put back together. 4 minutes into the first knuckle reassembly and this happened:

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I was just beginning to snug up the bottom trunnion nuts when this one went pop. I don’t think I even had 25 pounds on the wrench when it came free. All things considered, I know I should be thankful I found the problem here and not on the trail ... but dang! I gotta catch a break at some point.
... this was just supposed to be a pads and rotors job. Now it’s morphed into pads, rotors, brake lines, knuckle rebuild, wheel bearings, tie rods, and now ... knuckle studs.
 
lelandEOD said:
This thing’s killing me.
I got my trunnion bearings and went straight to work to get her put back together. 4 minutes into the first knuckle reassembly and this happened:

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I was just beginning to snug up the bottom trunnion nuts when this one went pop. I don’t think I even had 25 pounds on the wrench when it came free. All things considered, I know I should be thankful I found the problem here and not on the trail ... but dang! I gotta catch a break at some point.
... this was just supposed to be a pads and rotors job. Now it’s morphed into pads, rotors, brake lines, knuckle rebuild, wheel bearings, tie rods, and now ... knuckle studs.
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I’m with you on the morphing out of control. Mine started as just changing diff oils, now it’s up to: gears, shafts, knuckle rebuild, knuckle studs (1 broke on disassembly), pads and rotors, brake hoses, new turbo, new intercooler couplers, timing kit, water pump, trans cooler, catch can, exhaust, injector seals, glow plugs, fuel filter housing, relocating the boost controller, and I’m sure that I missed some.
Got to love our money pits!
 
rusty_tlc said:
I think I should deal with this
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What year is your cruiser? I remember somebody using a Celica canister on a 100 series back in the day. Toyota used a lot of the same purge parts in different canisters. Just wish I remembered what the guy did to retrofit it.
 
DesertLake said:
I bought a set of Powerstop 100 series front pads and the noise shim was wrong for my pistons. Either the 100 series front pistons are closer together, or the pads were mislabeled. The Powerstop 80 series pads have done great though.
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I just went with 80-Series stuff. I don't want any complications right now.
 
lelandEOD said:
This thing’s killing me.
I got my trunnion bearings and went straight to work to get her put back together. 4 minutes into the first knuckle reassembly and this happened:

View attachment 2644907

I was just beginning to snug up the bottom trunnion nuts when this one went pop. I don’t think I even had 25 pounds on the wrench when it came free. All things considered, I know I should be thankful I found the problem here and not on the trail ... but dang! I gotta catch a break at some point.
... this was just supposed to be a pads and rotors job. Now it’s morphed into pads, rotors, brake lines, knuckle rebuild, wheel bearings, tie rods, and now ... knuckle studs.
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I replaced all the studs when I did my 40 to mini truck knuckle conversion, cheap insurance.
 
lelandEOD said:
This thing’s killing me.
I got my trunnion bearings and went straight to work to get her put back together. 4 minutes into the first knuckle reassembly and this happened:

View attachment 2644907

I was just beginning to snug up the bottom trunnion nuts when this one went pop. I don’t think I even had 25 pounds on the wrench when it came free. All things considered, I know I should be thankful I found the problem here and not on the trail ... but dang! I gotta catch a break at some point.
... this was just supposed to be a pads and rotors job. Now it’s morphed into pads, rotors, brake lines, knuckle rebuild, wheel bearings, tie rods, and now ... knuckle studs.
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Scaring me Lee! I'm about to do pads and rotors on mine...
 
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lelandEOD said:
This thing’s killing me.
I got my trunnion bearings and went straight to work to get her put back together. 4 minutes into the first knuckle reassembly and this happened:

View attachment 2644907

I was just beginning to snug up the bottom trunnion nuts when this one went pop. I don’t think I even had 25 pounds on the wrench when it came free. All things considered, I know I should be thankful I found the problem here and not on the trail ... but dang! I gotta catch a break at some point.
... this was just supposed to be a pads and rotors job. Now it’s morphed into pads, rotors, brake lines, knuckle rebuild, wheel bearings, tie rods, and now ... knuckle studs.
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Time for ARP studs!
 
MountNGoat said:
And the reason?
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It just leads to stripping out the threads of the knuckle, instead of breaking the studs. I guess, you usually end up with a junk knuckle. Kurt was pretty vocal about not using them.
 
JDMRedhead said:
It just leads to stripping out the threads of the knuckle, instead of breaking the studs. I guess, you usually end up with a junk knuckle. Kurt was pretty vocal about not using them.
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I am not familiar with ARP studs. What grade are they?
 
JDMRedhead said:
It just leads to stripping out the threads of the knuckle, instead of breaking the studs. I guess, you usually end up with a junk knuckle. Kurt was pretty vocal about not using them.
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I trust Kurt's judgement on just about all things Land Cruiser.
 
Posted this on Facebook,. 28 year old fuel pump was dieing slowly.. so replaced it today, then worked on the bumpers..
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