well, went to the alignment shop today and found that all the IFS stuff is so bent up, it can no longer be aligned within spec. its only minorly out of spec on each side, but i dont see it getting any better.

so ill have to take it easy off road, and im going to get a MC 4.7 gearset so i dont have to bounce over everything so fast in hopes of making the IFS live till next summer.

already got an axle for $45 at a local JY!

 

Yeehaw! Good luck with the project!

 

Wow, that's a steal!

 

45 bucks, dang. they wanted 400 for one here

 

what year axle is it

 

Welcome to the dark side.......hehehe

 

I feel your pain this weekend wheeling with the FJ60's I bent 1 tierod and thrashed another idle arm. The cruiser guys were like hey why are your front tires bowing in when you are climbing hills.....

I was thinking yes I know it normal when IFS busts.
I really need a solid axle....

The funny part is I didn't try to trash the stuff it just happens everytime I rock crawl with it My IFS can't handle it.

Anyways I was told I could have a 85 Toy axle for $100.

 

any year axle is fine, just truss the top of it if it's an earlier model. on the upside, you can run round u-bolts on them

 

yea get out the torch!!! cut that ifs crap off,I did it's good

 

So is it done yet?

 

hehe, i wish

with school going and and still looking for a job, i dont have nearly enough parts to even brainstorm a timetable.

hmmmm.....maybe i should take out a student loan.........

 

That's how I got all my toys when I was in college.....

 

yeah good idea cut that junk out.i thrashed mine really bad bent the lower control arm brace back and everything else was bent.cutting that stuff out was best move i ever made

BTW 48.95 i paid for the last 3 axles i got. end to end complete

 

Where'd you get them for under $50???

 

i get mine from a u pull it yard.go in pull axle yourself and thats it.as long as you aint afraid to get a little dirty your in.i have called a couple places on axles and they gave me anywhere from 300 to 500 bucks.thats just to much.

 

WOOOHOOOO!

so, a year later here i am finally starting to clean up the axle!

 

where'd you find it and what years it out of? have fun!

 

Keep us posted with lots of pics and progress.

 

its from an 81 and it was sitting in a local junkyard

 

I got an axle off a 1980 p/u for $50 on ebay. went and picked it up 2.5 hours away...cheap axles are out there!