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Perth BJ70
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So the car is called Benji. He's a 1986 BJ70. I think a grey import from Japan. The previous owner put a 2 inch Ironman lift on leaf suspension, 3 inch exhaust (a bit tatty) and ARB bullbar. The car cost $4500 and came with a complete spare 3B engine for parts but turbo was buggered. I've since done front wheel bearings and front main oil seal and turbo and got it to the point of being a reliable daily driver...
Just started a new thread with some questions for the experts regarding my build thread: https://www.landcruiserclub.net/com...ns-for-the-gurus-bj70-and-rj70-merger.146833/
Started on the rebuild of the axle. It's taken me a few weeks. I started by cleaning up the axle using the pressure washer and hose.
I then started to pull it all apart. The axles were on tight so I used a few HT bulbs from Bunnings. The nuts were also used to remove the axle studs.
The rotors on both sides were very rusty. Lots of crap in the hand brakes too. I cleaned everything up with a wire brush in the drill and then etch primed and painted with Satin Black Metalshield. Should offer some protection.
The rotors on both sides were very rusty. Lots of crap in the hand brakes too. I cleaned everything up with a wire brush in the drill and then etch primed and painted with Satin Black Metalshield. Should offer some protection.
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I bought a heap of parts off ebay and from Repco. In a cruel twist of fate only the repco parts were wrong so the brake rotors have to go back. Assembly begins:
I saw a cool post on using old bearing races with a slit cut through them to seat the new races. It worked really well.
once the races and bearings were in it was time to put it all back together.
Unfortunately this was as far as I got as I realised Repco gave me the wrong brake rotors, for a post 96 Landcruiser. The axle is from a 92 HZJ75. More to come...
I saw a cool post on using old bearing races with a slit cut through them to seat the new races. It worked really well.
Unfortunately this was as far as I got as I realised Repco gave me the wrong brake rotors, for a post 96 Landcruiser. The axle is from a 92 HZJ75. More to come...
I finally got the right rotors, 68mm total depth. Now I'm really stumped. I can put the rotors on but can't get the calipers
in place. I've compared calipers and they are identical to the old ones so that's not the problem. I've looked at the Toyota rear brake rotor catalogue and the next size up is 103mm depth which is too much. I'm thinking that the hub/axle is somehow not seated properly? See the photos. Is this possible? Any help appreciated.
