I figured while I had the front reverse clam out I would put in a ECG bushing. for some reason I failed to order the removal tool so because I'm way to impatient to wait for shipping I decided to make my own and as a bonus this time it worked.

I used the longest M12 1.25 I had laying around and welded a M12 nut to a scrap of steel and ground it down until it just slips into the right place under the needle bearing lip.

I also had to thread the entire bolt because of course nobody local (aka home depot) does not have fully threaded M12 1.25 bolts. I had a die on hand and it was that was fun. of course I could have used a different non metric size and just purchased some threaded rod. however that would not be Toyota like. you must suffer in the USA with crappy non metric! said a voice from the clouds.





I'm also wondering if anybody knows the parts # for these special E14 bolts? I can't seem to find them on the parts diagram.

I think there are 4 short ones and 2 long ones (about 100mm I think) see pict.

Should be:

BOLT (FOR DIFFERENTIAL CLUTCH CASE SETTING)
90107-12001 *12-1.25PX85-30 2 $5.42
90109-12029 *12-1.25PX20-14.5 4 $1.74

First one is 85mm long (flange to end of bolt), 2 per vehicle, other is 20mm long, 4 per vehicle.

-Charlie

yea it's weird the parts diagrams seem wrong for these bolts

it shows them all as 41435A on the diagrams and also gives them all the same part number 90109-12029

and when I do a validation it tells me "This part does not fit the vehicle you selected:"

Thanks I figured somebody had run into that before and just knew.

Cheers

can you tell me what ECG stands for? i tried to search on google and all i could find was 'ECGS'. which i also have no idea what that stands for. assuming they are the same thing?

yes

TOYOTA CLAMSHELL BUSHINGS - 96-02 4runner

this is the bushing that replaces needle bearings and also the tool they sell. sorry yes I should have been more careful about my acronym.

Discount steel in Minneapolis surprisingly has full length threaded bolts in a lot of sizes. I mean too late now tho lol

ECG should be ECGS which is EAST Coast Gear Supply

awesome, thanks you two. i am not new to cars/wrenching in general, but i am very new to the 4wd world. looking to learn as much as i can!