Thread: barn find

Had this one 15 years driven regular for the last year as I use it to drive to work.
Before that it sat a bit.
Haven't had to fiddle with them to much,mind you it has had new wheel cylinders all round,master cylinder done,new brake linings.
Did that probably 10 years ago.It helps that I stick it in garage at night.
But they are nothing like a late model Ranger,Navara etc.
Having said that brilliant in town or tight stuff beat the flash utes hands down.
They are tiny in comparison,swb good turning circle.
Drive on to the middle Mangahao dam carpark turn round area and see how you get on.
The late model trucks are just that trucks park one next to an old hilux or similar and see how small the old ones are.
I had a mate ticketed for the arse end of his over the next parking space.

If you want to convert the drums to disk on older cruisers you need to replace the knuckles & steering arms as well.
The best bet is to get all the parts from a later model that came with disks as standard.
60 series was the way to do it a few years ago but there's probably more 70 series parts around now that should do.
If it was me, the first thing I would do is dump the front drums in favour of disks.

Originally Posted by mickey

If you want to convert the drums to disk on older cruisers you need to replace the knuckles & steering arms as well.
The best bet is to get all the parts from a later model that came with disks as standard.
60 series was the way to do it a few years ago but there's probably more 70 series parts around now that should do.
If it was me, the first thing I would do is dump the front drums in favour of disks.

I didn't have to swap knuckles\steering arms when I got mine converted to front disks. This may not be true for the older model 40s but the ones made in the 80s shoud swap streight over.

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

I didn't have to swap knuckles\steering arms when I got mine converted to front disks. This may not be true for the older model 40s but the ones made in the 80s shoud swap streight over.

You may be right about the later models, but the older ones will not have the holes drilled to mount the disk or the brake calliper.
If you get all the parts from a later model they will all bolt up with no welding or fabricating required.