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[NeverGiveUpYota]

What’s funny is I know your all gap mouthed at the condition of my frame but it’s actially only flaky. The oil seal someone did has a layer of sticky silt stuck to it. And the oil seal itself is easily a mm or more thick. I’m planning on cleaning up as much as I can reach and linseeding the crap out of it.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

How’s this for sexy?! Hahaha! Lips and fingers black w/ grease and grime! It’s official I’m a grease monkey.

 

[Hojack]

102 pages on your own build thread... you’ve definitely surpassed a grease monkey

That salt is a killer... I’m so glad Oregon uses gravel instead. They are using some in town only when roads become bad but I’m 50 miles away.

 

[Willard]

What’s funny is I know your all gap mouthed at the condition of my frame but it’s actially only flaky. The oil seal someone did has a layer of sticky silt stuck to it. And the oil seal itself is easily a mm or more thick. I’m planning on cleaning up as much as I can reach and linseeding the crap out of it.

Your frame looks like any in New England. Having it oiled absolutely saved it from complete rot. My 60 is from Chicago (purchased from a Toyota dealer new), then Rhode Island, and finally New Hampshire before I brought it to Virginia. One or two of the previous 3 POs somewhere oiled mine as well and kept it up throughout the years.

Scraping that off will be a pisser of a job for sure. Be happy it was done though. I sure am.

The big issue I find with it is the massive amount of sand and dirt that gets attached.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

So I have learned from this experience. After one hour of struggling it’s time to pull out the big guns.
I cut the nut off in no time and had the bolt knocked out w/in mins this AM.
Then cut off the overlapping lip of the bushings and then chopped out a section w/ a long flathead and a chisel, squirted in some acetone and ATF and the pried inward and pushed out fairly easily.
Fought w/ both pins for a while before closing up shop to put together a Shepard’s Pie and go get a sick child from his dad.
Both pins are pressed outward from the locked side but still not moving much. Squirted each liberally. Will tackle them later in the week.
And there she stands to wait for her girl to get back to her pampering.

 

[FJACS]

Use your torch to burn the bushings out. It will stink, but it’s effective.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Use your torch to burn the bushings out. It will stink, but it’s effective.

It takes a lot of time w/ the propane to get a good burn. These bushing honestly seem fairly new. Odd that I’ve got a mix of yellow, black and reds. What’s the story w/ a a mapp gas torch? Is that an Ace Hardware buy or a big box store like Home Depot? Same idea as the propane torch nozzle w/ a gas cylinder?

 

[FJACS]

The torch is the same idea, common hardware store thing. MAPP is sort of an older term - I don’t actually think they still make it. That said, you can buy yellow bottles that say MAPP - they require a different torch head then propane.

I’m a cheapskate, I use propane for heating, and oxy/propane for cutting.

 

[Cruiserdrew]

Real MAPP no longer made. But yellow canisters still burn pretty hot.

Oxy acetylene more useful. But more $$$

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Ok thank you guys!

 

[89BIGBLUE]

Weed burner that Beeyatch!

 

[John McVicker]

2 things just for future reference. This is info I found when I've worked on my suspension.

A) all your bushings may be yellow. The top ones in particular get to looking black over time. I cleaned up a couple of my 'black' bushings...just because I was wondering 'why some black and some yellow'? Found out they were all yellow.

B) a Sawsall with a 4 inch blade with 3-4 cuts will make short order of those pesky bushings.

 

[g-man]

I used the yellow can mapp gas. Let it burn for about 15 minutes or longer before you can expect the bushings to really melt and soften. propane is only about 100 degrees cooler..like 3600 deg vs 3700 for mapp. Just have to be patient and let it do its thing.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

2 things just for future reference. This is info I found when I've worked on my suspension.

A) all your bushings may be yellow. The top ones in particular get to looking black over time. I cleaned up a couple of my 'black' bushings...just because I was wondering 'why some black and some yellow'? Found out they were all yellow.

B) a Sawsall with a 4 inch blade with 3-4 cuts will make short order of those pesky bushings.

I’ve not updated a sawzall yet in my toolkit. Mine is a battery operated black and decker one that works great but I’m at a point where the one battery I have left won’t charge well anymore and I won’t replace it cuz their too pricy.
It time to buy either a new ryobi to go w/ that battery or an electric one. Same as my circ saw.

But no the one black one is black because I cut through it and it was black inside too.

 

[Willard]

I’ve not updated a sawzall yet in my toolkit. Mine is a battery operated black and decker one that works great but I’m at a point where the one battery I have left won’t charge well anymore and I won’t replace it cuz their too pricy.
It time to buy either a new ryobi to go w/ that battery or an electric one. Same as my circ saw.

But no the one black one is black because I cut through it and it was black inside too.

My 110V one says Craftsman on the side of it, I got it on sale, abused the crap out of it and it shows it, had it for several years and used it to cut everything from bolts to cutting up a rusted frame or the scrap yard.
It is the one of two tools I am glad is not battery operated. The other being my grinder.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

My 110V one says Craftsman on the side of it, I got it on sale, abused the crap out of it and it shows it, had it for several years and used it to cut everything from bolts to cutting up a rusted frame or the scrap yard.
It is the one of two tools I am glad is not battery operated. The other being my grinder.

Yeah I hear you. I’ve had the B&D set for years, circ, drill, sawzall all been great and used to build my chicken coop but I’ve advanced and like I said those batteries are too pricey now to bother. I bought a electric drill at a pawn shop back in the spring and wow is it worlds better than battery operated! I should have looked online yesterday for some deals but I flaked out. Santa needs to hook this Mama up!

 

[cps432]

So I have learned from this experience. After one hour of struggling it’s time to pull out the big guns.
I cut the nut off in no time and had the bolt knocked out w/in mins this AM.
Then cut off the overlapping lip of the bushings and then chopped out a section w/ a long flathead and a chisel, squirted in some acetone and ATF and the pried inward and pushed out fairly easily.
Fought w/ both pins for a while before closing up shop to put together a Shepard’s Pie and go get a sick child from his dad.
Both pins are pressed outward from the locked side but still not moving much. Squirted each liberally. Will tackle them later in the week.
And there she stands to wait for her girl to get back to her pampering.

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Tread lightly and carry a big stick.

 

[4Cruisers]

Weed burner that Beeyatch!

I used a propane weed burner (5-gallon BBQ tank) to burn out the one too-tough-to-get bushing on my '86 FJ60, worked great.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Hilarious. Hopefully I can get at the pins tmrw. Really can’t get much done w/ kiddo home plus he came to me pretty sick, slightly asthmatic and upper resp type cold. Luckily I think we knocked it out over the week and I kept up on vit c for myself.

 

[NeverGiveUpYota]

Pins are out. I bought a map gas torch but honestly decided I didn’t like it. Too hot and was just making glue out of the bushings inside the spring. Ended up cutting both sides w/ the angle grinder and dropped the spring out that way for each.

Also got two sheared bolt shafts out after that. One was in the upper shock mount and the other was the passenger lock pin. Whatever they’re called. Too tired and rushing to get ready for work. Bought this cheap ($22) handy gem at Ace for small spaces and it worked awesome. Drilled a little in the shaft, pushed a chisel punch in and turned it right out easy.