What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (64 Viewers)
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To do this job specifically you need :
flathead screwdriver : To pop your center cap off and also a thin flathead to pry your dust cap off
12mm socket - skid plate bolts
Lug wrench
Suitable jack : I used the factory bottle jack
14mm socket and 14mm wrench : for removing front drive shaft
Snap ring pliers : to Remove the CV axle C-clips
The 14mm or 12mm socket will get the nuts off the hub. I think it was the 14
Hammer : to bang on the edge of the hub to free up the cone washers.
That's all you need to be able to do this.
What gears did you go with ? Did you install a locker up front ?
I called the dealership and was quoted $118 for ring and pinion (parts only ). Seems stupid cheap. I'm going to have to call again tomorrow to verify that. Did you buy the gears from the dealership ? I can get the install kit from a buddy for 197 which isn't too bad. The locker is the $$$$ part though.
Somebodyelse5
16124-75030
When you pulled your drive flanges, did you cover them with anything before throwing the wheel back on and limping home? I'm waiting for my '99 to detonate one of these days
Not yet. Didn't have anything handy at the time. Drove about 10 miles on the highway and no noticeable grease flinging out from the wheel bearings.
Somebodyelse5
16124-75030
Interesting. I'd be tempted to slap some tin foil over the exposed area, but not sure that would really make much of a difference.
Great job with the trail side repair sir
cruzerDave
Land Shark Outfitters
ROFLMAO - no, you're not
If i didn't have drawers installed I would've come from above and suggest you consider it. It's not the starting or mostly tightening the shock mount that's as tough as finally getting it tight *enough* that I found challenging. Really, really challenging.
Great...What does a proper shop do to get at these back shocks?ROFLMAO - no, you're not
Fight til the death
OME 864s going in this weekend, one way or another!
I have the 865s.... I got a deal on them so I said why not... what’s the difference in these two? I don’t need a medium weight spring as slee off-road shows it is but I do carry one kid two adults and 2 dogs plus our bags and what not so assuming that’s going to be ok.... my fear was the spring was more than I need and don’t want the ride to be super stiff.
864s are quite a bit stiffer than the 865s. My Cruiser isn’t a daily driver and is used mostly fully loaded for trips, on and off-road; therefore, I went with 864s.
So if that’s the case what about the 866s? Those are for a heavy load according to slee.
See chart here: Cruiser Outfitters
The 866 is a progressive rate spring, first part of compression softer than when spring is more fully compressed. Still not as stiff as 864s, but a good compromise.
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Dont you have to remove that big 32 mm axle nut to pull the axle out of the hub? How do you do this repair?
He's talking about remove the drive flanges (and front drive shaft) only. The CV's stay in place but don't spin.
Why take the dust cap off and center caps and remove snap ring for cv axle and the cone washers etc
Those steps are all so you can remove the drive flanges to disengage the CV axles from the hubs. You don't remove the CV axles. Even if you wanted to, that big nut doesn't hold them in anyway. They pass through the bearings and adjuster and lock nuts and then they are splined into the drive flanges. The big nut holds the bearings in the hub and the hub on the knuckle.
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ahh thanks for the info i need to look where the drive flanges are and how it works i havent seen them.
Yeah it'll make perfect sense once you tear into it.
