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Post by mercury6 »

I am trying to find castor wedges to fit a 60 series cruiser with 4" suspension lift. The lift has made it so my rear tailshaft is too long.

Can anyone let me know where I can get them.
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Re: Wedges

Post by bad_religion_au »

mercury6 wrote:I am trying to find castor wedges to fit a 60 series cruiser with 4" suspension lift. The lift has made it so my rear tailshaft is too long.

Can anyone let me know where I can get them.
castor wedges won't help your driveshaft being too long... they'll only stop the uni's binding and ripping out a pinion

but ARB sells them, as does snake racing/big balls offroad
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Post by 75 cruser »

when i put extended shackles in mine ive had too shorten the front and rear shafts by 30mm. All the spring wedges will do is allow your sterring to be corrected to the correct castor, you will need to find some one with a digital wheel aligintment machine to tell you, the degree of castor is out, then you you can grab the correct castor plates.
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Post by Sixty's Guy »

I bought mine from BBM. That was because I put on extended shackles. Is that what you have done?
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Post by Loanrangie »

I like mine with sourcream and sweet chilli sauce :D
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Post by Hekta »

Loanrangie wrote:I like mine with sourcream and sweet chilli sauce :D
LOL. Everytime I read the title of this thread I feel hungry.
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Post by -Scott- »

Loanrangie wrote:I like mine with sourcream and sweet chilli sauce :D
That's what I think everytime I see the topic. :lol:

Can we get the title changed? :D
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Post by ofr57 »

sorry for the highjack but ... when i lift my transfer case in my suzuki i still have to put wedges in am i correct?
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Post by bad_religion_au »

ofr57 wrote:sorry for the highjack but ... when i lift my transfer case in my suzuki i still have to put wedges in am i correct?
i'd say so, to aleviate the increase in driveshaft angle, but you'll either need to run a driveshaft with a CV joint, or angle your Tcase down a bit, so the diff pinion, and the output shaft of hte T case are roughly paralel

not that i know shit about zooks... so i might be miles off
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Post by benhl »

ofr57 wrote:sorry for the highjack but ... when i lift my transfer case in my suzuki i still have to put wedges in am i correct?
Rears could prove benificial in improving pinion angle as will fronts but fronts may cause greaters steering issues with castor angle than they solve in pinion angle. A compromise issue me thinks...
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Post by muppet_man67 »

bad_religion_au wrote:
ofr57 wrote:sorry for the highjack but ... when i lift my transfer case in my suzuki i still have to put wedges in am i correct?
i'd say so, to aleviate the increase in driveshaft angle, but you'll either need to run a driveshaft with a CV joint, or angle your Tcase down a bit, so the diff pinion, and the output shaft of hte T case are roughly paralel

not that i know shit about zooks... so i might be miles off
there is no point angleing the transfer case because if you angle the front down then the rear angle will be worse and vice versa. cutting knuckles seems like the only possible total solution. But I would only want/let a very experienced fabricator do something like that.
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Post by ofr57 »

muppet_man67 wrote:
bad_religion_au wrote:
ofr57 wrote:sorry for the highjack but ... when i lift my transfer case in my suzuki i still have to put wedges in am i correct?
i'd say so, to aleviate the increase in driveshaft angle, but you'll either need to run a driveshaft with a CV joint, or angle your Tcase down a bit, so the diff pinion, and the output shaft of hte T case are roughly paralel

not that i know shit about zooks... so i might be miles off
there is no point angleing the transfer case because if you angle the front down then the rear angle will be worse and vice versa. cutting knuckles seems like the only possible total solution. But I would only want/let a very experienced fabricator do something like that.
and that makes it sounds less of a road car and more of a trailer queen
thanks for the advice fellas :armsup: ... might have to wait abit longer till i do this now though :cry:
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Post by bad_religion_au »

muppet_man67 wrote:
bad_religion_au wrote:
ofr57 wrote:sorry for the highjack but ... when i lift my transfer case in my suzuki i still have to put wedges in am i correct?
i'd say so, to aleviate the increase in driveshaft angle, but you'll either need to run a driveshaft with a CV joint, or angle your Tcase down a bit, so the diff pinion, and the output shaft of hte T case are roughly paralel

not that i know shit about zooks... so i might be miles off
there is no point angleing the transfer case because if you angle the front down then the rear angle will be worse and vice versa. cutting knuckles seems like the only possible total solution. But I would only want/let a very experienced fabricator do something like that.
my angling of the t case was only in reference to keeping the pinion and output shaft paralel. otherwise it'll vibrate without a CV joint in there.

the front doesn't matter so much, as it's usually only engaged doing slow stuff
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Re: Wedges

Post by Bunyip »

mercury6 wrote:I am trying to find castor wedges to fit a 60 series cruiser with 4" suspension lift. The lift has made it so my rear tailshaft is too long.

Can anyone let me know where I can get them.
go to your local 4x4 wreckers and get a tail shaft from a fj 55 there the exact length you need and same spline ;) ;)
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Post by mercury6 »

I have tried with a FJ55 Tailshaft the one I was given from a FJ55 was in fact longer than the FJ60
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Re: tailshaft

Post by Bunyip »

mercury6 wrote:I have tried with a FJ55 Tailshaft the one I was given from a FJ55 was in fact longer than the FJ60
whoever you got it off gave you the wrong one, have done this mod numerous time's with my own 60 and also on mate's 60's
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Post by bad_religion_au »

4 or 5 speed 60 series tho?
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its a 5 speed. 1987 FJ62
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Post by redzook »

ofr57 wrote:
muppet_man67 wrote:
bad_religion_au wrote:
ofr57 wrote:sorry for the highjack but ... when i lift my transfer case in my suzuki i still have to put wedges in am i correct?
i'd say so, to aleviate the increase in driveshaft angle, but you'll either need to run a driveshaft with a CV joint, or angle your Tcase down a bit, so the diff pinion, and the output shaft of hte T case are roughly paralel

not that i know shit about zooks... so i might be miles off
there is no point angleing the transfer case because if you angle the front down then the rear angle will be worse and vice versa. cutting knuckles seems like the only possible total solution. But I would only want/let a very experienced fabricator do something like that.
and that makes it sounds less of a road car and more of a trailer queen
thanks for the advice fellas :armsup: ... might have to wait abit longer till i do this now though :cry:
wat does lifting the tcase have to do with wedges? :?: :?
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