What have you done to your Land Cruiser Today?
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60Dan
Explorer
Went to do a knuckle rebuild and both birfields were shot! 
Finally got around to putting carpet on my fridge slide out after building it almost 2 years ago
Butchered a cheap sun shade to make a reflective top for my fridge - figured it couldn't hurt. Got the idea from ab1985 - thanks pal!
Finally got around to putting carpet on my fridge slide out after building it almost 2 years ago
Butchered a cheap sun shade to make a reflective top for my fridge - figured it couldn't hurt. Got the idea from ab1985 - thanks pal!
cruiseroutfit
Well-known member
Went to do a knuckle rebuild and both birfields were shot!
What is shot about them? Heat marks?
Danimal
Adventurer
60Dan
Explorer
No the heat marks are not an issue.
Axle was very loose inside the bearing cage and you could feel it bind when you turned it. Hairline crack in the other.
Didn't want to risk it for my upcoming 4000 mile trip so for the sake of $360 decided to replace them. Will clean them up and see if one is worth keeping or rebuilding and keep it as a trail spare.
Pleased I ordered that knuckle rebuild kit from you Kurt, the wheel bearings on the left side were all pitted and chewed up. Had evidence of water in there.
hairy_apple
Adventurer
Since we were supposed to be camping on the Rubicon this weekend.. and my rear brakes exploded instead this morning... this is this weekends project. Ha.. I make the brackets, I just haven't had the time to put them on my own truck yet. Finally... going to have disks in the rear.
cruiseroutfit
Well-known member
Thanks again!
Bro, can you share where you ordered your gear in the UAE from?
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Rumpig
Adventurer
yeah no worries, it was from this site... http://www.amayama.com/
you just need to join up and then know the Toyota part numbers you want.... put them into the SEARCH box on the page, it'll likely give you a few options of where the part was available from and prices from each country (in my case the parts were in Japan and UAE, though UAE is much cheaper but is a bigger chance of delays or a chance they won't have the part even if it says so on the original search).
once you've choosen what you want you send off the list, they'll get back to you in a day or so with exact price of items plus the shipping cost, you then pay via Paypal (i just used a VISA debit card i have for online purchases via that option as i've not got funds in a Paypal account) and they'll confirm alls good after that. i got regular emails letting me know what was happening as far as the shipping went...so was happy with using them.
i ordered 4 parts from them, a week afterwards they said one part was no longer in stock in the UAE (which it did warn about could possibly happen when you order from UAE) and they refunded my money for that item. luckily for me it was the cheapest item i had ordered in the lot, so i went and paid the premium from my local Toyota store and they got it the next working day for me. That $9.50 UAE priced item cost me $44.50 here in Australia...but i got it the next working day instead of 2 1/2 weeks later.
Yuman Desert Rat
Expedition Leader
Dismantled the dash and cleaned out the vents, instrument panel, started working on a fix for the dual power outlets, detailed inside and gave it a good scrubbing....
Whats in your vents?
I'm going to make a new aluminium plate that will be recessed into the spot where the full Tim outlets were. Im going to install 2 new blue sea outlets. One regular outlet and a dual USB.
Whats in your vents?
I'm going to make a new aluminium plate that will be recessed into the spot where the full Tim outlets were. Im going to install 2 new blue sea outlets. One regular outlet and a dual USB.
