Ubolt flip kits?? - Page 2

TMAN FJ60 · 01-31-2004, 11:32 PM

Wellll............i didn't get them on today..

I ended up having to put a new master cylinder on today, and by the time i got through with that, I had to go to work, then go out for a birthday dinner (yeah, i'm 18 now

). So, hopefully I'll at least get part of the kit done tomorrow, maybe the front if i work fast. In the mean time, I'll go take some pics (of the kit) and post them - anybody know how to post multiple pics in one post? Help a newbie(to the red star, anyway) out!

Travis

TMAN FJ60 · 02-01-2004, 12:28 AM

ok here's the pic

TMAN FJ60 · 02-01-2004, 12:30 AM

and the top plate - holy thick spring perch, batman!

surfpig · 11-30-2005, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toy4fun

I have the same kit and I had a little problem with the fit on the right front because the housing is a little more square(on an 82 FJ40) then the pre 80 models on a FJ40 I'm not sure about the FJ60s kits but mine had a square u bolt right here stock and I had to do a little grinding to get it to fit.

I was just wondering if any one else had any problems

Hello, all, I just dug up this post...
I was trying to install a set of these on the front axle of my FJ55 the other day, and ran into a problem with the top plate interfering with the bumpstops on the axle, especially on the drivers side. From your photo it looks like it fits over it on the passenger side, but it's nuthin' doin' on the drivers side. Do I just grind the thing off and be done with it? Can someone dig up those photos again so I can see what people have done?

Thanks,

Nial

65SWB45 · 11-30-2005, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surfpig

Hello, all, I just dug up this post...
I was trying to install a set of these on the front axle of my FJ55 the other day, and ran into a problem with the top plate interfering with the bumpstops on the axle, especially on the drivers side. From your photo it looks like it fits over it on the passenger side, but it's nuthin' doin' on the drivers side. Do I just grind the thing off and be done with it? Can someone dig up those photos again so I can see what people have done?

Thanks,

Nial

Nial, I've been looking at buying one of those kits for my 40 for the last couple of days. Gotta try and get every inch of clearance out of my SUA! Anyhow, it makes sense to me that you would have to grind off the factory snubber plate. Seems like the top plate of the flip kit should be more than adequate to replace it anyways. Hth

surfpig · 11-30-2005, 10:14 AM

Snubber. Thanks, I wondered what that was called! That's where my thinking was headed, just remove it. I read a thread over on mud where the previous incarnation of the plate just bolted over the top of it, and people were bending it (1/2 " thick!). Mine has the curved gussets to fit the axle curve, and wont fit over the snubber (my new word for the day), so, I'll be pulling out my grinder this weekend! By the way, I installed them on the rears along with my new Belton springs last June, very happy, no issues, finally getting around now to the fronts...

nial

surfpig · 12-02-2005, 09:24 AM

Crap, where'd my post go???

Well, got out the grinder last night... Now I got a 1/2" snubber! Gotta stop being so attached to stuff I don't need.

nial

mr_manny · 12-02-2005, 09:41 AM

Are these considered Old-school?

Rubithon tested

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...flip+kit+manny

lanefj40 · 12-02-2005, 12:39 PM

Manny
are they still in business? The links to the website are not working. How much did they cost?
Thanks

mr_manny · 12-02-2005, 01:14 PM

His number should still work...He's pretty busy, so it may be a while before he calls back.

I think Ross mentioned that he only had one complete set left ?
the LCAH business has been sold...

Tankota · 12-05-2005, 01:52 PM

I used the high clearance plates from LCAH when I was spring under. Nothing will give you better clearance and be easier to bolt on than those. I am surprised you guys are messing around with all the welding and fabricating etc when those plates are so easy to put on.

surfpig · 12-05-2005, 03:38 PM

Here's mine now... Pretty clean.

Nial

toy4fun · 12-05-2005, 11:21 PM

Looks good and I think you will be happy

ALF · 12-06-2005, 09:37 AM

How about these:

.

GM Axle Plate. Front Passenger side axle plate must be modified to fit the diff. The other 3 are straight bolt on.

ALF

FJBen · 12-06-2005, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ALF

How about these:

GM Axle Plate. Front Passenger side axle plate must be modified to fit the diff. The other 3 are straight bolt on.

ALF

Do you have a part number or price on those?

mr_manny · 12-06-2005, 11:20 AM

nicely done

lanefj40 · 12-06-2005, 02:27 PM

More info on those GM plates!
You could be our Hero!

surfpig · 12-06-2005, 05:16 PM

Quote:

GM Axle Plate...

And probably a bit less that $300 a set!

Nial

ALF · 12-07-2005, 08:23 AM

GM Axle plates were purchased from GMPartsDirect.com. Part # is 15592588. It may show as a special order item but you can still order it. You can also get them locally but you will pay dealer escalation. I paid $10.52 each for mine.

You will need to modify the front passenger side plate to allow the plate to mate with the differential. You will also need to make your own bottom plates and get ubolts that fit through the axle plate holes correctly. But they are very nice and beefy.

ALF

RJ40 · 12-07-2005, 09:19 AM

Very cool! Would you happen to have another pic. or two of those bottom plates? How thick a piece of steel did you use for them? (I just love doing a great mod for less than a king's ransom!!)

Cheers!

72fj40 · 12-07-2005, 01:58 PM

I did same as ALF. I found parts at a spring shop. They were similar to the kits you all have pictured, except they were about 3/4" to 1 " thick and stamped to accomadate the axle tube. They were more than GM's.
The bottom plates I made out approx 1/8" flat stock, 2 pieces laying on top of each other. The 1st piece was as wide as the spring and about 1 1/2"
longer than the outside dimension of the ubolts on the bottom of the spring. The second layer was made out of 3 pieces all as wide as the spring. 2 short pieces and 1 long one cut,positioned and welded to the 1st plate as to make channels for the ubolts to set in.
+---+ +------------+ +---+
+---+ +------------+ +---+
Be sure to weld the sides as not to interfere w/channels and drill holes for the center pin

Berg · 03-13-2006, 07:36 AM

Using these GM plates looks way clean... but what do you do for rear shock mounts ?

anyone come up with a clean solution?

ALF · 03-13-2006, 08:26 AM

There is a tab on the rear mounts that brings the shock up out of the way of the rocks.

I will get a pic and post it up.

ALF

Berg · 03-20-2006, 12:04 PM

Alf.. I'd like to see that picture if you got time..

btw.. I got quoted $3.85 each for squarre ubolts with nuts and washsers and that's automotive spec bolts.

need to buy a quanity though.

01-31-2004, 11:32 PM	#26
TMAN FJ60 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Member # 17830 Location: College Station, TX Posts: 602	i'm a lazy bum!! Wellll............i didn't get them on today.. I ended up having to put a new master cylinder on today, and by the time i got through with that, I had to go to work, then go out for a birthday dinner (yeah, i'm 18 now ). So, hopefully I'll at least get part of the kit done tomorrow, maybe the front if i work fast. In the mean time, I'll go take some pics (of the kit) and post them - anybody know how to post multiple pics in one post? Help a newbie(to the red star, anyway) out! Travis __________________ '84 FJ60 Wanted: driver's side window regulator [email]tmanAg08@gmail.com[/email] TLCA #13379 gig 'em

02-01-2004, 12:28 AM	#27
TMAN FJ60 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Member # 17830 Location: College Station, TX Posts: 602	ok here's the pic Attached Images __________________ '84 FJ60 Wanted: driver's side window regulator [email]tmanAg08@gmail.com[/email] TLCA #13379 gig 'em

02-01-2004, 12:30 AM	#28
TMAN FJ60 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Member # 17830 Location: College Station, TX Posts: 602	and the top plate - holy thick spring perch, batman! Attached Images __________________ '84 FJ60 Wanted: driver's side window regulator [email]tmanAg08@gmail.com[/email] TLCA #13379 gig 'em

11-30-2005, 10:14 AM	#31
surfpig Wheeler Join Date: Aug 2004 Member # 34328 Posts: 105	Snubber. Thanks, I wondered what that was called! That's where my thinking was headed, just remove it. I read a thread over on mud where the previous incarnation of the plate just bolted over the top of it, and people were bending it (1/2 " thick!). Mine has the curved gussets to fit the axle curve, and wont fit over the snubber (my new word for the day), so, I'll be pulling out my grinder this weekend! By the way, I installed them on the rears along with my new Belton springs last June, very happy, no issues, finally getting around now to the fronts... nial __________________ Nial '77 FJ55 (upgraded to daily driver) Sacramento, CA

12-02-2005, 09:24 AM	#32
surfpig Wheeler Join Date: Aug 2004 Member # 34328 Posts: 105	Crap, where'd my post go??? Well, got out the grinder last night... Now I got a 1/2" snubber! Gotta stop being so attached to stuff I don't need. nial Attached Images __________________ Nial '77 FJ55 (upgraded to daily driver) Sacramento, CA

12-02-2005, 09:41 AM	#33
mr_manny almost done...honest Join Date: Apr 2004 Member # 29301 Location: san pancho, ca Posts: 1,138	Are these considered Old-school? Rubithon tested http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...flip+kit+manny Attached Images __________________ 1972 FJ40 - never ending project TLCA 14254 Help the Honey Bees

12-02-2005, 12:39 PM	#34
lanefj40 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Member # 18622 Location: Troy NH Posts: 13	Manny are they still in business? The links to the website are not working. How much did they cost? Thanks

12-02-2005, 01:14 PM	#35
mr_manny almost done...honest Join Date: Apr 2004 Member # 29301 Location: san pancho, ca Posts: 1,138	His number should still work...He's pretty busy, so it may be a while before he calls back. I think Ross mentioned that he only had one complete set left ? the LCAH business has been sold... __________________ 1972 FJ40 - never ending project TLCA 14254 Help the Honey Bees

12-05-2005, 01:52 PM	#36
Tankota Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Member # 1159 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 1,861	I used the high clearance plates from LCAH when I was spring under. Nothing will give you better clearance and be easier to bolt on than those. I am surprised you guys are messing around with all the welding and fabricating etc when those plates are so easy to put on. Last edited by Tankota; 12-05-2005 at 01:55 PM.

12-05-2005, 03:38 PM	#37
surfpig Wheeler Join Date: Aug 2004 Member # 34328 Posts: 105	Here's mine now... Pretty clean. Nial Attached Images __________________ Nial '77 FJ55 (upgraded to daily driver) Sacramento, CA

12-05-2005, 11:21 PM	#38
toy4fun Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Member # 20879 Location: Helper, UT Posts: 148	Looks good and I think you will be happy __________________ What?

12-06-2005, 09:37 AM	#39
ALF Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Member # 17034 Location: ATLANTA Posts: 133	GM Axle Plate How about these: . . GM Axle Plate. Front Passenger side axle plate must be modified to fit the diff. The other 3 are straight bolt on. ALF __________________ GA Cruisers TLCA 11517 79 FJ40 (currently body off) Last edited by ALF; 12-06-2005 at 09:39 AM.

12-06-2005, 11:20 AM	#41
mr_manny almost done...honest Join Date: Apr 2004 Member # 29301 Location: san pancho, ca Posts: 1,138	nicely done __________________ 1972 FJ40 - never ending project TLCA 14254 Help the Honey Bees

12-06-2005, 02:27 PM	#42
lanefj40 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Member # 18622 Location: Troy NH Posts: 13	More info on those GM plates! You could be our Hero!

12-07-2005, 08:23 AM	#44
ALF Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Member # 17034 Location: ATLANTA Posts: 133	GM Axle plates were purchased from GMPartsDirect.com. Part # is 15592588. It may show as a special order item but you can still order it. You can also get them locally but you will pay dealer escalation. I paid $10.52 each for mine. You will need to modify the front passenger side plate to allow the plate to mate with the differential. You will also need to make your own bottom plates and get ubolts that fit through the axle plate holes correctly. But they are very nice and beefy. ALF __________________ GA Cruisers TLCA 11517 79 FJ40 (currently body off) Last edited by ALF; 12-07-2005 at 08:27 AM.

12-07-2005, 09:19 AM	#45
RJ40 a.k.a. 1Fine40 Join Date: May 2004 Member # 31257 Location: Blue Turf Town, ID. Posts: 93	Very cool! Would you happen to have another pic. or two of those bottom plates? How thick a piece of steel did you use for them? (I just love doing a great mod for less than a king's ransom!!) Cheers! __________________ "Genius has it's limits, but ignorance knows no bounds!" A. Einstein 78'VJ40 DD!

12-07-2005, 01:58 PM	#46
72fj40 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Member # 31462 Posts: 150	I did same as ALF. I found parts at a spring shop. They were similar to the kits you all have pictured, except they were about 3/4" to 1 " thick and stamped to accomadate the axle tube. They were more than GM's. The bottom plates I made out approx 1/8" flat stock, 2 pieces laying on top of each other. The 1st piece was as wide as the spring and about 1 1/2" longer than the outside dimension of the ubolts on the bottom of the spring. The second layer was made out of 3 pieces all as wide as the spring. 2 short pieces and 1 long one cut,positioned and welded to the 1st plate as to make channels for the ubolts to set in. +---+ +------------+ +---+ +---+ +------------+ +---+ Be sure to weld the sides as not to interfere w/channels and drill holes for the center pin __________________ 72FJ40/350/sm420/model 18 tcase/Dana 44 frt/ARB/ Detroit/4:88s/36tslsx/8274 & on & on & on.. 75FJ40countycruzer/350/NV4500/32BFG's Last edited by 72fj40; 12-07-2005 at 02:01 PM.

03-13-2006, 07:36 AM	#47
Berg Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Member # 1176 Location: Utah Posts: 2,456	Using these GM plates looks way clean... but what do you do for rear shock mounts ? anyone come up with a clean solution? __________________ June 28th 2003

03-13-2006, 08:26 AM	#48
ALF Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Member # 17034 Location: ATLANTA Posts: 133	There is a tab on the rear mounts that brings the shock up out of the way of the rocks. I will get a pic and post it up. ALF __________________ GA Cruisers TLCA 11517 79 FJ40 (currently body off)

03-20-2006, 12:04 PM	#49
Berg Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Member # 1176 Location: Utah Posts: 2,456	Alf.. I'd like to see that picture if you got time.. btw.. I got quoted $3.85 each for squarre ubolts with nuts and washsers and that's automotive spec bolts. need to buy a quanity though. __________________ June 28th 2003 Last edited by Berg; 03-20-2006 at 12:18 PM.

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