Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Gday all

just building up a front diff for my 4runner and i need to know another way to center the knuckle on the axle housing, as in the amount of lower shims required, i cant afford the 300 dollar special service tool. how does every one else do it?

cheers

Eyecrometer Honesty just reused old shims if your swaping swivel hubs then good luck someone will have a way

thats what i did on the last axle i have but this one the idiot b4 me only put a big shim in the bottom and a big one on the top, dosen't seem right to me as my other diff had avariety of sizes?

If you have access to machining equipment and expertise the tool isn't too hard to replicate - just a little thinking required.

IIRC the preload is another slight problem (if you're going from the toyota workshop manual) assuming you've only got a spring-scale (fish scales), as opposed to the torque measuring SST thing-a-mi-bob.

-Stu

yeah i might have to go that route, was hoping theres a easier way, do it once do i right i guess

anyone got a pic of what to make, or how to measure it up with fish scales etc?