subzali said:Hey Dan, I replied below. It would be awesome to see your truck up here sometime (either one!)
DanS HJ-45 said:Matt:
Excellent writeup in the RS section.
Couple of questions...
1)How do you like it? Any funny steering issues like bump steer? I absolutely love it! Still working on belt tension, I get some squeals once in a while. No bump steer that I can tell (though I have never experienced it before so I'm not sure what to look for) - I kept the drag link as parallel as possible to the tie rod as I could (it's at least as parallel as factory) so I can't imagine why I would have any problems...
2)Could you look at this thread http://forum.ih8mud.com/diesel-tech...here-we-go-fj-40-getting-3b-turbo-h55f-6.html and let me know how the position of the steering box on yours compares to mine? They look pretty close to me. I would suggest having the small end of the pitman arm centered under the big hole in the frame if your intermediate shaft allows for it, or even a small bit forward. If you check my thread you'll see where I had to cut into the inner fender a small bit to allow my intermediate shaft u-joint to have full rotation. If your intermediate shaft is using a smaller u-joint then I would keep it where you're at, looks about the same as mine.
3)Anything you'd do differently? Mine is pretty much the exact same thing, so I figured I'd ask someone who had recently done the same thing to see if there was anything I should do differently. I would either shorten the FJ55 steering column 1 1/2" or move the seats back. I just got back from a road trip where we were doing light 4-wheeling from 10-4 or so plus another 2 1/2 hours of driving and my arms are pretty tired, mostly I think because the wheel is too close to me so I'm holding my arms up just a tad. The other thing I would NOT do is combine the 70 series TRE at the pitman arm to the 70 series drag link tube to the FJ40 TRE at the tie rod. Way too expensive for what you get. I would have a custom tube made to connect a 60 series TRE at the pitman arm to an FJ40 TRE at the tie rod (basically they will take a tube and thread one end left handed for the 60 end and thread the other end right handed for the 40 end). Also pay attention to the rod end you use at the tie rod. The stud has to be pretty long because the boss on the rod for the drag link to plug into is pretty thick, thicker (I found out) than the steering arm. If you notice in my thread I used the driver (left) side FJ40 tie rod end for my drag link-to-tie rod connection. The stud is ALMOST too short to work, but it does work. If you find a better solution (Wayne mentioned 79+ components - that sounds like it will work in theory) then I will probably switch over to that just to be on the safe side.
Hope that helps!
I think I have the same JT mount. I checked mine today and the clearance is different. Not sure why...
Here is an old pic:
Matt,
Did you end up adding a PS cooler?
I saw a neat little cooler on a Tundra that I think would work perfect. I will try to post pics later...
Here's my issues:
-The bolts used to fasten the cooler to the grille mesh. Two of the bolt heads are plain as day on the grille. I'm not really going to worry about it now, but it does kinda bother me a little bit.
-The loop is really longer than it needs to be. It also bends down on the far side away from the box, which I don't think will be a problem; we'll just have to wait and see once I run it.
Other than that I don't think I could have asked for a better fit!
Time to update this thread...
November 20, 2010 - 4 hours
Tools needed
1. wrenches
2. screwdrivers
3. ratchet/sockets
4. tubing bender
Tonight I got kicked out of my apartment because my wife had a bunch of friends over, so I decided to tackle a piece of the power steering project that I intended to do during the original conversion, but wasn't able to. In August of '09 I spent a day up on Argentine Pass, and towards the late afternoon my pump began to groan a little bit, presumably due to the fluid getting hot from me being aired down the whole day. Well tonight I set about to add a power steering cooler.
I've had the p/s cooler loop from an FJ60 ever since I started acquiring parts for the conversion, and that's what I intended to install tonight. After looking at it for a few minutes I came up with what I thought was a decent solution and went to it. I mounted the cooler loop to the grille, attaching it to the mesh screen. After some slight rebending of the the tube I got the fit I wanted and it made a perfect match to the low pressure outlet of the p/s pump, needing just a short section of hose to connect the two. I then ran the other side of the coil back up to the pump. I like how it sits in front of the radiator and should benefit from the extra airflow moving across it, as opposed to its factory position in an FJ60.
Here's a couple pictures of how it sits on the grille:
Here's a couple pictures of the distance between the low pressure outlet and the coil:
And here's a picture of it sneaking past the radiator:
I have a couple issues with it, but I'm very happy with the way this turned out considering I'm just using what I already have and not doing any more significant fabbing. Here's my issues:
-The bolts used to fasten the cooler to the grille mesh. Two of the bolt heads are plain as day on the grille. I'm not really going to worry about it now, but it does kinda bother me a little bit.
-The loop is really longer than it needs to be. It also bends down on the far side away from the box, which I don't think will be a problem; we'll just have to wait and see once I run it.
Here's a picture of the bolt heads (the other two are hidden behind the bezel):
Other than that I don't think I could have asked for a better fit!