On Friday I turned the Chevy truck rotors for all four corners on my FJ40 project. The rotors are from a Chevy truck and the centers need opened up a bit to fit the Toyota Hubs. I also turned the front wheel hubs as they require turning a bit of material off of the flange so that they can fit inside the tophat of the Chevy rotor. My neighbor assisted me in installing longer wheel studs on all four corners. For the front caliper's I'm using old brackets that I had on my old FJ40. When I owned it, I had trouble with the caliper on the passenger front sticking, so I ended up ordering a new set of front brackets. I saved the old ones and I found that same bracket to be troublesome as I was mocking things up. I ended up cutting the bracket and re-welding so that the caliper was in the correct orientation. All is well now. I made mounting brackets for the Monte Carlo calipers and I was able to mock things up. I'm still in the midst of making the brackets for the rear calipers. I'll have some work to do on getting the rear axle housing finished up before I can call it finished and proceed to painting it.
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Saturday, January 27, 2018
trakka toyotas
Took the family for a ride in the FJ40 today. The girls squeezed in the back fold down seats and Noah sat on the floor in the back. It reminds Jill of our old Suzuki Samurai; just larger. I think I might need a Troopy as the kids get older. I discovered a Trakka pop top today. It marries the best things about a VW camper with that of an extended FJ in the form of an HJ45 Troop Carrier. Also found a a shot of a FJ55 with a Trakka top. Cool stuff. I can imagine a Trakka camper conversion in a Troopy now.
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