FJ Cruiser Front Axle Replacement
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Here's the link to where I got the front axles, I got the Heavy Duty ones:
www.rockauto.c...
Like I said in the video, I would also replace those metal seals that tap into the spindle. I hope this was helpful to anyone doing this replacement and thanks for watching, please Like and Subscribe, it helps me out.
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Video shot on GoPro HERO6.
Getting ready to do my 2008. I really appreciate the time you took to film and edit this. Thanks!
Excellent video ! I do a lot of my own wrenching and am going to be doing this to my dads FJ. After watching you I don’t feel the need to look at any other videos. Keep up the good work !
Thanks a lot for the comment man and I hope it’s a smooth install.
Bro your videos are saving me money on a trip to the mechanic!! Thanks again brotha!! Really in depth and detailed striaght to the point!
I like your way better. Most people remove the breaks and rotor. There is really no need. Thanks. Very helpful when you're on a trail. You don't want a bunch of work. Thanks
This video really helped me swap the half-axles on my 4th Gen 4Runner, which has the same underpinnings as the FJ. I took the OEM axles into a local specialty shop to have them rebooted, with a longer boot for a lifted suspension. Looks good. If you don't have an impact driver, use the bottle jack under the tie rod end to keep it from spinning while you wrench on it. Thank you for posting this!
Yeea, I have a friend with a tacoma and my brother drives a 4Runner and I was surprised how they share so many of the same parts haha. It’s pretty kool. If it works it works haha. They’re all really reliable. Thanks for the comment.
Good job , the laid back mechanic
Seeing everything you are doing & explaining is so helpful, thanks to you and your camera person 🙂
Your way is simpler than others
Great video, no need to take the caliper off. Rock on!
Hey Kamal, when I replaced the inner seal I pinched it with the hammer tapping it in. I think it tore a little bit, you think I should get a different one or put some grease in that metal plate thats on the inside of the axle canister and hope for the best?
Great Vid mate, I do a few myself, yours is very informative and easy to follow. Saved me many hours by not removing the calliper and lower ball joints.
Legend 🤙🏼
Keep up the great work!
I followed your advice and instructions to this video and it helped me out big time. The first side I did was a little slow because I took my time. The second side was way too easy. I used a CV axel popper and it was stupid easy to do. Again thank you.
Awesome info man, your video just helped my replace mine in about 45 min.
Thanks for putting this video out. Your lift video has helped me to install 5100's recently and I'm about to try and replace the axles. Thanks for the tip on replacing the seals too.
Your videos kick ass dude. This and your headlight one have helped me out so much. Im a decent do it myselfer guy and have knowledge with this stuff and i prefer your videos over all the others. Cools supra shirt too.
Tyler james thanks a lot, I really appreciate the comment. I make these videos to help people out so I’m glad they did for you. Hopefully I’ll have my own Supra one day haha. It’s been the dream car for years now.
Bro thanks for posting this, I'm buying an '07 manual FJ and I'm planning upon arrival to change cv axles, break rotors, brake pads, OME suspension and installing new wheels and tires. The only thing I would not dare do myself and I'm doing at the dealership is replacing the clutch. Thanks again!
Alejandro Gonzalez thanks for the comment and have fun working on it. I actually want to get a manual FJ one day. I’m sure it’ll be a fun truck to drive.
Thank you for sharing is helpful to have this . Just got my fj this past weekend and love it .
Yeea, they’re great trucks. I love the way they look too. This one belongs to my dad but I kind of want to get myself one some day haha. It’s surprising how well they’ve held their value. You can’t really find many cheap.
Great job and nice discription of CV axle removal and Install. Thanks👍😊
Very nice video man... Well explained and detailed.
Thanks for the video.
If you are not replacing the ball joints not taking them apart is always the way to go.
John M Yeea, that’s for sure haha. I actually ended up replacing the lower control arms after this video and removing the ball joints from that lower hub piece was definitely not easy haha. Thanks for the comment.
Great video, well explained. Thanks for posting.
I saw a few video by far this the most informative discription on how to do the job he very good on what socket. Info 19 milimeters socket a for the bottom bolt of the steering knuckle 19 mili for the castle nut of the tie rid steering also explained to use a jack to close the gap n replace seal om the transfer case n steering knockle straight foward
Edwin Rodriguez thank you, I really appreciate the comment.
Nice video and well presented. Just curious... how have those heavy duty axles held up for you after two years? Are the boots still intact without splitting or cracking? Thanks!
Still using the same axles in this video with no problems. That’s with driving on the beach a lot and some other light off roading as well. Thanks for the comment.
Thanks so much for posting this! Legend!
Very helpful!
I worked as a mechanic and have changed several Half shaft axels, but not on an FJ. Your video was very helpful in refreshing my memory and looking at what parts to move on the FJ. I also watched 4 other videos on the same subject but yours was the best by far. I did find one other one helpful, that one showed it is not necessary to disconnect the tie rod from the hub, just rotate the hub towards the tie rod instead of towards the back. Other than that, your procedure was the simplest and most straight forward.
You are well spoken and have a lot of patients, with a little Beter scripting, you could do this type of thing professionally!
Good Luck with future videos!
Jim Shea
Great video! Very helpful. I'm sure I will be doing this soon.
I used all mussels Americans car only i bought from toyota the fj and i shore that it Americans idea to built this car but one i see the maintenance i and the high price for the spare part i thing i will sale that car thank you for quit and gentle explaining for changing the axel i hop to see more video in your Chanel
Can you make a link to where you got that cool beeping torch wrench? Great video. Big help!! Thanks
It’s a Snap-On 3/8 torque wrench. I’ve had it for a while but new ones are now really expensive. You can search for used ones online but Harbor Freight, Home Depot, and Lowes also sell digital 3/8 torque wrench’s just like it for a lot better price if you’d like to look there. Thanks for the comment and I hope you can find a good torque wrench.
Hey, I have same truck same color, same spacers same axles now thanks for the videos they have helped me and saved lots of dough.....I took on an exhaust leak]~ 280K miles, ever have one or know the common failure point? thanks!
Haha nice, thanks for the comment. We’ve never had an exhaust leak but I’d just go under there with the FJ running and hold your hand next to the exhaust. They’re usually pretty easy to find that way. You’ll feel the hot air hahaha. Just don’t touch the pipe if it’s been on for a while, might get a burn. Your could also use a mirror which will help you get into tighter spaces, it will fog up where the leak is.
Very well illustrated..One of the best.. thanks for sharing..
Do you have the parts numbers from "Rock Auto" for the 2 seals.
Thank you...this was very helpful.
Could you make a video how to grease fj cruiser and how to change from and rear diff and transfer case for FJ cruiser
Nice flashlight, where can I get one?
I just came across your video, it's very informative. As someone who's new at this, did you need to drain the front dif to change your axle? also, did you need to do alignment after? Thanks again for this helpful video!
You do not need to do anything with the front diff fluid, the seal where you take the axle out is at the same height as the fill plug for the diff, so if it’s slightly overfilled you might have a little bit of fluid come out but that’s no problem, they design it that way so you don’t have to top of diff fluid with an axle replacement. You also do not need to get an alignment when replacing these axles. Thanks for the comment and I’m glad you found the video helpful.
@@kamalakeel Great, thanks for the info!
I really really liked this video..... could you please tell me what is the proper name for "this piece" that you mention replacing a couple of times..... hub bearing axle seal ???? also really liked the digital torque wrench. Is it a snap on or ???
I think it would be referred to as the front axle hub seal or wheel seal, just make sure you don’t mix it up with the front axle differential seal, which was the other one I pointed out. It is a snap on torque wrench. It’s been good for many years now for me. Thank you very much for the comment and I hope your replacement goes smoothly.
Great video, very helpful! I agree completely on the ball joint. Question: is an alternative to remove the brake caliper from the rotor instead of the tie rod end?
Nevermind. I tried it your way and liked how it worked.
I got my axles in and all done and its been like 3 weeks or a month, and the passenger side inner cv boot is torn. I ended up buying a differential drop kit to help. I was wondering if you have any knowledge or tips on how else to prevent the new axle boot from ripping. Luckily i got a new axle under the warranty and didn't have to pay for it. I am going to install the new one tomorrow
Tyler james do you think it tore from the stress or from something hitting it? If the stress tore it then I’m sure the diff drop kit will help with that. Idk if you ordered the ones from the description but I got heavy duty ones that apparently have stronger cv boots that won’t tear as easily. We haven’t had any issues with ours since changing them in this video. Thanks for the comment and hopefully they’ll hold up just fine this time around.
I am guessing you got this issue resolved... Did you have a 6 inch lift? I bet that may be your issue.
@@claytonwilson4301 It has a 3 inch lift, The new boot tore again. I installed jba upper control arms which i am very happy with. But i went to get the alignment done, and the camber adjustment bolt/tab is frozen into the lower control arm. And apparently that causes the axle to have to ride at a higher angle than normal because they can not adjust it down. So now i am replacing the cam adjustment bolts along with the lower control arms with bushings. Then i will buy new o.e.m. cv boots to install at the same time, since it will be apart for that process.
Shouldn’t happen prematurely anymore after installing the drop kit
Is it typical go have a gap after installing an aftermarket CV axle? I swapped both seals and axle and found some drips of oil and a gap.
Huh!!!! How come no oil came out where the cv axel came out? Mine did
DISTRESS the fill plug for the front diff is at the same height as those front axle seals so you shouldn’t have a lot of oil come out but it’s no problem, yours could have been slightly overfilled, thanks for the comments, and I hope this helped.
Being i’m watching this video a year after posted I want to ask, how have the axles held up? Is it worth the money?
Logan Dressler Yeea, we haven’t had any issues with them since the install. We mainly drive on the beach with it so it’s off road quite a bit.
How did the axles hold up?
Still running same axles from the install in this video, no tears in any of the boots and no problems with the axles themselves. Car has over 200,000 miles now. Over 4 years with these axles. They’ve held up very well. It was worth paying a little extra for the heavy duty axles.
Hey I got a question does the FJ Cruiser have any pitman arms if so where are they located? I have a brother-in-law that has the same vehicle and we replaced all the CV axles the outer sway bar links inner and outer tie rod’s and he still getting shaken in the steel wheel he thinks it might be a Pitman arm so I’m not sure if they have one because I looked up the part and I couldn’t find anything anywhere.
I don’t believe it does have a pitman arm, I’m pretty sure the steering shaft attaches directly to the steering rack. We had a shake as well and I replaced the lower control arms which fixed the problem, the inner bushings were bad and caused a shake in the wheel around 50-60mph.
Ya this shakes at all speeds
Great video! Did anybody ever tell you you look like the prime minister of Canada?? (Trudeau)
That is the first time anyone has told me I look like Trudeau haha. I usually get Roger Federer and Joaquin Pheonix haha. Thanks for the comment though.
A real camera with a Zoom would be better.