Post by catch2nd on Apr 1, 2008 20:16:47 GMT -5
The Toyota is getting a little love after a winter of daily driver duties and a few wheeling trips!
I was surprised the other day when I had a few non Toyota off road enthusiasts in my garage and there were fairly clueless as to how a Toyota front axle was put together and what the heck a birfield was.
So I thought I would do a bit of a thread to get some people up to speed on these durable little axles as my front goes under the knife for some upgrades and reinforcement including an ARB air locker, knuckle gussets, Longfields, and a shaved drain plug.
This is a shot of the axle about a 1.5 years ago when I did my SAS
and how it looks today..... ugh
Brake dust shield carnage!
I did not take any pictures of the tear down as I was in a rush to get the 3rd member shipped out for the ARB install. It took less the 2hrs to get everything pulled apart!
Here is the knuckle less spindle and hub
Time to clearance for some upgraded birfields.
These are made by Longfield out of 300M cromoly, they have 30 spline inner axles and are stronger the Dana 60 axles and joints, did I mention that they can turn up to 40 degrees!
factory on left, Longfield on right
I was surprised the other day when I had a few non Toyota off road enthusiasts in my garage and there were fairly clueless as to how a Toyota front axle was put together and what the heck a birfield was.
So I thought I would do a bit of a thread to get some people up to speed on these durable little axles as my front goes under the knife for some upgrades and reinforcement including an ARB air locker, knuckle gussets, Longfields, and a shaved drain plug.
This is a shot of the axle about a 1.5 years ago when I did my SAS
and how it looks today..... ugh
Brake dust shield carnage!
I did not take any pictures of the tear down as I was in a rush to get the 3rd member shipped out for the ARB install. It took less the 2hrs to get everything pulled apart!
Here is the knuckle less spindle and hub
Time to clearance for some upgraded birfields.
These are made by Longfield out of 300M cromoly, they have 30 spline inner axles and are stronger the Dana 60 axles and joints, did I mention that they can turn up to 40 degrees!
factory on left, Longfield on right
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