A Special 85 build....

[Nimyad]

Itd be cool to have some by thursday cause thats one of my days off.

Ok, well I have school till about 2:30 everyday and Tuesday and Wednesday I'm busy in the evening.

[Mudfanatic92]

So not much has happened to the truck... Today I just ordered up some shock hoops and high steer!! Should get here Tuesday! Getting super anxious!

[Mudfanatic92]

Heres a pic of what i got today....

[Nimyad]

Pretty

[THK Matt]

Another project about to begin... This will be fun my friend.

[Mudfanatic92]

Oh yes... Im gonna try and get the back end rust free and painted and get the rears prepped to go up front...

[THK Matt]

I'm already on the hunt for a complete body ;] let building begin!!! lol right on dude, you're makin some steady progress.

[Mudfanatic92]

Got My knuckle rebuild kit today!! And now waiting to hear from the guys down at central 4WD for my high steer kit.

[THK Matt]

When's it supposed to arrive?

[zebracrawler]

i see some pics of parts from my truck on here nice build

[Mudfanatic92]

When's it supposed to arrive?

Tomorrow

i see some pics of parts from my truck on here nice build

Thanks!!!

[Mudfanatic92]

HIGH STEER IS IN!!!   

[THK Matt]

i see some pics of parts from my truck on here nice build

Which parts

[THK Matt]

So tomorrow, Cody is coming over with his axle and we are cleaning it up, rebuilding it and aligning it. making it a "drop-in" axle.

[Mudfanatic92]

i see some pics of parts from my truck on here nice build

Lol btw, what are the specs for your front hanger?

[THK Matt]

What brakes are we using? stock 85 brakes or are you going to FJ60 rotors and calipers from an 86-95 ifs truck/4runner?

[Mudfanatic92]

Well right now im using what i got, then if i find a brake booster/MC combo for cheap and V6/IFS calipers at pull and save ill get new FJ60 rotors then....

[THK Matt]

What a long day, have lots of photos uploading.

[THK Matt]

I'll let Cody fill in what was done, I'm hella tired and off to work lol

[THK Matt]

his axle is the 85 with the full bottom gusset and mine is the other one with a short gusset. if that helps out figuring out which axle is which. my gf went camera happy.

[Mudfanatic92]

So a short summary would be, as you can tell, axle rebuild day.  Got to Matts house and unloaded and started tear down. Made a huge mess of course due to the nasty gear oil mixed with grease. So after tear down we started to roughly grind down all the needed bracketry and ent to the car wash and power washed the knuckles and axle housing. After ward was MORE grinding and making everything pretty and smooth which was then I decided to take a 36 grit flap disc to my index finger. After we got it all taped up with electrical tape and a blue shop towel, we started with the rebuild. Got the new races in, then new bearings, then put knuckles on... well the we forgot about the knuckle seals, so we took off the knuckles and installed the knuckle seals. After that we got the high steer arms on and got the diff in. When i was about to put the Birfs in, i realized we for got the new inner axle seals. So i decided to do that but then i boogered one up and now short an axle seal... and got only one birf in.


Now today im gonna pick up some FJ60 Rotors from oreilly's and then hopefully get some IFS/V6 calipers at the junkyard tomorrow.

[THK Matt]

I should have a new inner seal today and have it rebuilt by Saturday when you come to pick it up. If you haven't gotten any paint yet, i can do so and also have it painted. give me a paint them and ill spray it out.

[Mudfanatic92]

Here is my axle all spiffy'd up! Thank you again Matt! You rock!

[Mudfanatic92]

Got my rotors now and I'm gonna put them on my hubs within the next couple days. It's slowly coming together... So excited!!

[THK Matt]

Got the remaining gaskets put on, cut down the dust shields, and torqued the spindles down to oem spec.
It is now ready for the rebuilt hub assemblies. Soon as Cody can swap the new FJ60 rotors onto the hubs, I can repack the bearings and put the new seal on and install them onto the spindles. and button it up. then all it needs is the tie rod installed and aligned to a "35in tire".

[rcbro]

All that work and no knuckle or axle gussets?

[toyotanner]

or armor? lol

[Mudfanatic92]

or armor? lol

All that work and no knuckle or axle gussets?

Unfortunately not this current moment in time... Funds need to elsewhere more important... But I will eventually put armor on both axles.

[Nimyad]

At least do a ring gear guard, you'll hate yourself as soon as we go wheeling up compressor creek and pop your diff and trash a ring and pinion.

[zebracrawler]

Still want the specks for that hanger?