FJ62 Blown pinion seal

Sounds to me you bought a car with more problems than it's worth. Don't worry your not the only one!!!

The schmic looking and driving FJ62 I bought ended up being the biggest money pit I've ever seen.

My 60 series has had several pinion seals over the years, the seal wears a rim into the metal of the yolk, and if necessary you can put 2 seals on to get at new metal. Your carrier bearings may be stuffed also, but the diffs are not big money to rebuild using second hand parts as I did from a Diff place that had heaps of spares. Mine was rebuilt years ago & there is not a noise or backlash in it. Unbreakable truck !

Thanks guys,

Also, i had a thought today (for once) were there other FJ62's out there that came with LSD?

Would it be worth asking the mechanic to see if he could find an LSD rear diff or were they too rare?

Justin

Cipher,
2nd hand (not reco) LSD $700 from wreckers. If you do up your diff I recommend replacing the flange (non genuine) and only using a genuine pinion seal. Buy it yourself if you have to and give it to the diff bloke. I've had 36 cruisers since 1988 that I've owned to do 4wd tours and for private use and doing the diffs this way meant no future probs. Non genuine seals tend to leak after about 15-20,000km.
The last flange I bought was for a 62 sahara and was $60, seal $9 genuine. Full LSD rebuild new bearings preload etc $400 cash.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Tour Boy

it cant happen overnight the pinion seal is too high for all the oil to leak out