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Originally Posted by Bad Luck
Carrier looks great. Ring and pinion had a good wear pattern and the teeth looked really good. Nice, crisp edges to the teeth.
I agree on the transfer case explosion probably damaging the rear diff. There was still a good chunk of the driveshaft still attached to the pinion flange so the pinion bearing probably saw some violence during that fiasco.
I'm having a surprisingly hard time finding a used rear diff. I'm 4.10 which is really common ratio for 4wd 3rd Gen 4Runners/1st Gen Tacomas. All the pick n pulls are picked clean of the very few ones that would have one. Even car-part.com wants $600 or more for a used diff. Talk about a rip off. If I'm lucky this one will hold out long enough for me to find a used one for sale on marketplace/craigslist/classifieds.
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It's different in the south. I've read about your lucky pick and pull hauls up north, I'm very envious on what items your able to get on one trip.
Our local pick and pull dried up when 4runner prices rose. For a good 5 months there were zero 4runners available for parts. Even before that, having a 4wd available for parts were far and in-between.
But now in 2022, seems like the spigot for 4runners in the local pick and pulls are slowly flowing again for higher prices though.
