40 series cruiser suspension and diff advice

Post by **pcman** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 11:02 am

okie my fj40 is being a pain ive now snapped 6 center bolts on the suspension and im getting over it tho im now carring 4 spares all the time lol is this normal or am i just a crazy driver ??

also my front diff was playing up last weekend hence i did no wheeling with the hubs locked in and 4 high or low engagded it was making a clunk clunk sound as i was driving slowly someone said that it could be a chipped tooth off the crown wheel but ive ripped the diff apart today and its not that tho the entire diff swivel hubs locking hubs everything has had water in it and the oil and grease has turned to milk

now the pinion is loose and leaking so i know thats 1 thing to fix but why is the whole diff filled with water ive recently replaced the axle seals and the wheel bearing seals and a complete gasket set through the diff
its got a extended breater on the diff so its got me stuffed where the water is getting in through

Post by **pcman** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:25 pm

worked out the diff problem got a cv about to let go
one side is really tight and hard to move and the other moves easily

Post by **Tojo** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 2:24 pm

it's rare for the spring centre bolt to break. Something is loose and movement is causing it to break.

Post by **scotto** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:35 pm

diff AND suspension problems?

maybe you should consider MODS to your diff AND suspension

Post by **pcman** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:53 pm

you supply the parts and ill make em fit :lol:

hopefully i can rip the cv apart tomorrow and see if its gonna let go or what and while its all apart ill strip down the 3rd member clean it all up and pass it onto someone that knows what there doing to put a bearing kit through it for me and hopefully ill be able to have it back on the road before next weekend so i can go brake something else

Post by **scotto** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 12:28 am

make sure it is running by december :twisted:

Post by **DIRTY ROCK STAR** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 9:45 am

Haha, what you mean that faded red cruiser isnt standard??

what tha fawk is it? whos is it and what are those diffs from??

I LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!

oh and i havent snapped any of those bits as yet, but i do have a front drive shaft thats cactus in the slip joint and all my tie rods are crap!
so im on fire!

Post by **MY45** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 10:42 am

Cant wait to see how the front drive shaft is mounted :rofl:

Post by **DAZ** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:36 am

make holes in springs bigger and update to the bigger late model centre bolts and make sure everthing is tight

also are you sure it is a cv king pin bearings make it hard to swivel side to side if they are shaged

Post by **Cluffy** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 1:19 pm

mack diff centres?

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