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I knew you'd like that FSJ. Wagoneer 1980 Ordered new bearings and flanges for the Max this morning. 12.50/bearing and 9.00/pair of flanges. Buffalo Bearings. Craig was super helpful and even said they'd ship today since I called so early lol. Not sure if I lucked out or not but I don't have inner bearings on my rig. So saved some money there. It's held up this long that way and I don't think it'll be an issue in the future.
Mines inner bushings as well, I gobbed grease in the in end of the axle before I put it together, if they don't last I will upgrading to inner bearings when it comes apart for synthetic bearings and frame extensions to tie my axles together for plowing and such, maybe tracks but il need to run 20s or maybe smaller to clear my tub.
Yeah I have a big soft spot for the old fsj , my pap had an old j10 or 20 with a 3 speed and that thing was like a mountain goat it would just crawl along anywhere.
I just thought now would be a good time to drill a tap zerks into the ends of the axles so those bushings are easier to maintain, I wish I would have but I got in a rush and then remembered after I had already installed a couple axles, if I knew it was going to take me so long to get to this point I'd have done it to mine, I think a dab of grease every now and then would really help those bushings.
I definitely have some plans to upgrade parts here and there but for now I'm focusing on getting it as reliable as I can for as cheap as I can... until I get buy in from the wife lol. We plan on getting at least one more, if not two or three for the kids to drive around as they get older. Loving how easy these things are to work on. I've got a destroyed back and while I do have to lean over a bit, everything is at the right height for working on.
Ordered new bearings and flanges for the Max this morning. 12.50/bearing and 9.00/pair of flanges. Buffalo Bearings. Craig was super helpful and even said they'd ship today since I called so early lol. Not sure if I lucked out or not but I don't have inner bearings on my rig. So saved some money there. It's held up this long that way and I don't think it'll be an issue in the future.
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