Landcruiser axle nuts question..........

People hit the out side of the axle and make the hole the cone goes into out of round. They do this to pop the cones to get the axle out. No matter how tight you do them up they bed in and come loose again, after that is only a matter of time till the studs shear off.

Hi Squizzy,

Just to clarify that; are you saying that if the axle needs to come out to work on the diff, for instance, then studs that shear off are inevitable?

Cheers,

Brian

Nope. Saying that if you bash the outside of the axle and distort the conical holes there is far a more likely chance that they will come loose. Next to keys locked in cars and flat tyres and not able to change them, loosing axle studs up here is fairly common, Usually city cars that dont have the problem untill they are used hard, ie mud or rock hills, towing vans on the gibbor canning.
Sometimes they are that badly distorted that we end up replacing the axle.

The other trick is to drill and add two more dowels to each axle. That is what I did to my own 61.

Interesting info; Thanks for that :-))

Bloody keyboard

here's the word NOT
do NOT make the spots too high or you won't get the wheel on

Doug,
How often do you regrease the rear wheel bearings? Wouldn't you have to grind the welds off each time?

Phil
Probably same period as you , or do you do yours every 3 or 4 months , Phil it's just a little bit of weld , a grinder can have it off in less time it takes to undo the stud nuts , How often do you do yours , ????? It is a way of solving a problem , lubrication is a different issue and can be bealt with when required, I have heard some say have the holes drilled out to take the same size as the 79 series , I don't think that is an ideal method because the width between the edge of the hole and the outside edge of the hub is made less thus could weaken the whole thing , There would be no doubt better ways to fix the problem costing lots of dollars, my way is cheap and it works ,

Hi doug,
I've had friends with the stud problem on 80series, and wondered about what we'd do if it happened out in the bush. But your idea of putting some weld on it sounds like a good bush repair.

I do my bearings in March/April each year, before any desert trips - I do about 20-25,000k per year - the vehicle lives in the garage when I'm not away.

Phil
There are 1000s of vehicles out there that have over 500,000 Ks and never had bearings looked at , I had a EK 1962 Holden that had a w/b on the way out , I picked up the noise only after I got onto the Canning Freeway in Perth 1967 , I continued onto Darwin and then to Adelaide , noise still there , no worse but replaced the whole axle/bearing from a wreckers a few months later , .

Doug

Gday Doug,

Those 1000's don't do what I do. So I don't do what they do :-)

I guess yearly bearing servicing is a habit after owning many Landcruisers since the FJ55 20 years ago.

My vehicle is only used on trips and many are remote - desert trips, high country, sand, beach, etc etc. By servicing the bearings in March/April, I eliminate the water from the summer High Country trips, and ensure everything is fine when I'm 4 days from anywhere on the Madigan Line or Great Vic Desert or wherever in the winter.

Sorry, but I've seen Troopies stranded in the middle of deserts by rear wheel bearing failures. Last time was 2003 - 1994 troopie with 200k on the clock stranded near the gum tree in the Simpson Desert because he didn't maintain his bearings. We had a spare set and fixed them for him. Otherwise he would have been forking out $3000+ for Birdsville Autos to fetch him.

If I only used my vehicle on bitumen and gravel, then I'd probably extend the interval.

Obviously didn't check the pr-flight check list.


LOL

Obviously didn't check the pre-flight check list.


LOL

You can get a second hand hub for that.

Check it out.

Cheers Steve.

Reiner,

I broke all the studs on one axle while slipping on some large steps with the locker engaged, ended up changing the lot to the 100 series ones which are bigger. A bit more work but much stronger.
Walter

wonder how long a 10mm stud is going to last with the new V8 giving them the treatment?

Axle.

Axle, I reckon the studs are now stronger than the crownwheel :-))

Thank you for your reply Hughesy, I replaced all the rear studs today and the car is running fine. I did the good side too just in case. I think the car had a hard life before I bought it 3 years ago.
I have replaced pretty much all steering and suspension bits in the time I owned the car.

Reiner