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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.

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

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.

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

I like mine with sourcream and sweet chilli sauce

Loanrangie wrote:I like mine with sourcream and sweet chilli sauce

LOL. Everytime I read the title of this thread I feel hungry.

Loanrangie wrote:I like mine with sourcream and sweet chilli sauce

That's what I think everytime I see the topic.

Can we get the title changed?

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

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

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...

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.

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 ... might have to wait abit longer till i do this now though

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

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

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

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

4 or 5 speed 60 series tho?

its a 5 speed. 1987 FJ62

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 ... might have to wait abit longer till i do this now though

wat does lifting the tcase have to do with wedges?