Tool requirements for FG140 / Canter 4x4 driveshaft

[dhackney]

Note that to pull the drive shaft on a current generation Fuso FG 140 / Canter 4x4 you need two 17mm combination box end / open end wrenches.

Before you depart on an expedition, make sure you have two 17mm combo wrenches.

You will require both of them if you need to replace a U joint or access anything above the drive shaft.

[ThomD]

Oh man, I hope that isn't the voice of unhappy experience.

[Nullifier]

Oh man, I hope that isn't the voice of unhappy experience.

Unfortunetly that is what it sounds like.

It probably went like this...

[dhackney]

Oh man, I hope that isn't the voice of unhappy experience.

Not anything catastrophic.

You definately would not want to discover that with a blown U joint on Bolivia's road of death or meeting a Tata on a Himalayan pass or something similar.

I first learned it last July when I pulled the raw water tank out for its first rebuild, but I kept forgetting to post it.

I was reminded last week when I pulled it out down here in Chile for its second major rebuild.

And, I should mention that I am talking about the rear axle drive shaft.

I have not checked the front axle drive shaft to see what size wrench it requires or if you can get a socket down onto the nuts.