With the removal of those cone washers try sticking a small thin bladed screwdriver into their expansion slot & just twist them out. No need to bash on the axle flange or studs & loosen & stretch in the threads so they eventually snap off under load. I wipe a very thin film of grease on them on re-install so they dont rust or sieze in.
Hey mate, no real fuel usage difference as the change in gear ratios compensation for the larger tyres and extra drag. They perform like a stock setup on corrugations, just with more clearance.
Portals are awesome to lift and give the car height and articulation. However if and if you bust something remote. Your stuffed as no one remote has supplies for such a thing so repairs could be 10 fold. Not being biased just saying thats all. Love the rig by the way.
Hey great vid about portals, really want to know the pros and cons on the portals as I’m thinking of getting em. Compressor wise, servicing, how tough are they?
Thanks mate, we love the portals, not noisy at all, arb single comp comes with the kit mounted in the engine bay for the front hubs, I service the rears every 5k kms and fronts every 10k kms. Straight cut gears this wide are pretty strong, I just a decent amount of power on 37s and have not had any issues with damage caused from stress.
I'm pretty sure I forgot to push the breather line in properly when I checked them before we left on the trip, it came out way too easy when I pulled them apart after the trip.
Can you explain how water gets in when they have breathers? And hard facing being worn off is usually heat isn't it? Is it normal to have such portal wear after suuch a short time?
Hey mate, I had changed the oil in the gearboxes prior to cape and didn't push the breather hose back in properly, it got water in it and then it was over the capacity to spat some oil out the breathers with the excess water resulting in bugger all oil in there. Heat from driving a few thou kms after with minimal oil wore the hard facing.
Hey mate, mine came with my portals but here is a link to something similar. alliedautoonline.com.au/products/3-prong-1-2-drive-rear-hub-nut-tool-socket-for-toyota-landcruiser
@@LifeoftheCromies Thanks for that looks so much better than using a screwdriver 🪛I might be showing my age we used to remove the rear axle and set the bearing load with a fishing 🎣type spring scale
I'm pretty sure I forgot to push the breather line in properly when I checked them before we left on the trip, it came out way too easy when I pulled them apart after the trip.
think that would give me 10-20mm at most still going to drag my fat diff because of all the guy's running 35+ tyres . When i win the lotto portals and 40's @@mattluszczak8095
