1966 Toyota Stout Build (20/22R Hybrid)

[superyota]

oh.  i was thinking of red rock canyon out near ridgecrest.  i know where your talking about now.

[SloCrawler]

rather than going to a diffrent pitman arm I'm thinkin of modding this one with a heim joint on top... any thoughts

[superyota]

i would get a heim and check it first to make sure it's not going to bind up when the passenger side drops.

[jrock]

Do it. It should work fine. If it binds, get a high angle spacer.

[SloCrawler]

heim joint or something like this? right now my pitman arm is really the only thing holding me up. got a new camper and been working on instead of crawler time to finish this  :

[jrock]

Just drill it out and throw a hiem in there.

[SloCrawler]

Big thanks to superyota, front axle all welded up ready to intall gears and rebuild

[superyota]

 
I'll bring you a drive shaft this weekend so we can hook the front end up.  looks good.  figure out where your bump stops are going to be and we'll weld up the rear shock mount this weekend too.

[SloCrawler]

Sounds great to me

[SloCrawler]

Got some 1/4" plate to extend my front hanger foward, some 3/16" for shock tabs, and some square to make a front driveline..

[SloCrawler]

so my front hanger is 43" from shackle hanger to spring hanger. my tires barely rub and my shackle is a little agrresive. im thinking of extending to 45" giveing me more clearance for tires and better shackle angle. plus ill should give a little lift to clear my pitman

[SloCrawler]

change in plans, im goint to just cut off drop hanger and push foward tell drag links are parallel, hopefully i dont weakin frame too much

[BigBs84]

You can redrill your center pins to get the axle forward a bit more, but that wont do anything for your shackle angle. Damn rework

[SloCrawler]

I also had to special order bearings to make my V6 spool work in a 4cyl carrier, should have axles done soon

[Sparkplug]

I think you should move the steering box forward, and rotate it. That will put the nut at the end of the spring, and arm level, so the spring cant hit it, no matter how flat your springs go. Its how I set up my 4runner

[SloCrawler]

I want to fix my pitman clearance and tire clearance and shackle angle at ounce, and the best way is geting that hanger foward, so im either cuting it off and moving foward or adding some plate like this..

[superyota]

cut it off and move it forward.  you've already cut out your core support to make room for the box going through it, now unbolt the springs from the axle, or from the hangers and swing it forward til your tie rod and dragling are parallel. 

[SloCrawler]

cut it off and move it forward.  you've already cut out your core support to make room for the box going through it, now unbolt the springs from the axle, or from the hangers and swing it forward til your tie rod and dragling are parallel. 

that's most likely what I'm going to do,  just waiting to get front axle back, then ill see how foward I can go.

[SloCrawler]

got rear axle ready to be bolted on, got hydro assist to put on front axle and 1.5" spacer match the rear

[superyota]

sweet! now get it over to sean's so you can get it all mounted and welded up.

[SloCrawler]

you think i need to have the front axle on to get my rear pinion angle correct?

[superyota]

no.  get the rear mounted up.  the front axle has nothing to do with the rear pinion angle

[SloCrawler]

rear end installed and E brake hooked up, just need shocks now, my buddy called me from slo pro and said the front axle is all done he just needs to put gear oil in the closed knuckles, i told him i think they just take grease and hes convinced other wise.

[superyota]

there is a plug at the top of the knuckle.  pull it and pump a tube of grease into each side.  thats what I did.  do not put gear oil in the knuckles.  thats not what goes in there.  grease is all that is supposed to be in the knuckles.

[SloCrawler]

ill let him know again, he wanted to make call today and confirm

[SloCrawler]

my buddy said the experts recomend oil in the closed hubs. Got a new tow rig now im not scared to tow long distance ,2004 F250    

[SloCrawler]

need to find m10x1 inverted flare fitting to redo hard lines on axles, anybody know who has those in stock? I will finish preping frame for new shock mount this weekend and get front axle reinstalled, got 3/4 less pitman installed. After this is all done time for shocks and Hydro Assist to be put on and im ready for MCR, other then little tiny things like rock lites and a few seals, oh yeah then ill be ready for sure this time superyota for them drivelines.

[superyota]

my buddy said the experts recomend oil in the closed hubs. Got a new tow rig now im not scared to tow long distance ,2004 F250    

i'm really suprised that i'm the only one that is posting up on this.  you NEVER put oil in the knuckle's/hubs.  I would be very skeptical about your buddy and the work he does if he claims to be a mechanic and is advising you to put oil in there.  i'll see if i can find a link about this subject and post it up for you.

nice tow rig by the way.  looks good!

[superyota]

your buddy didn't start this thread by any chance, did he?  read through it when you get a chance.  http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=81098.0

[jrock]

my buddy said the experts recomend oil in the closed hubs.

Screw the experts. MC has the best Toyota experts out there Its grease you need in them thar knuckles


Beast of a tow rig you got. I like it.