Recent content by Snowy21

It looks like the ball is missing and the spring was grabbing in the notch on the shift rail.

You could go FJ60/62 axle and flip it to fit in the 4Runner. 9.5" R&P and mini truck outers. Should be perfect fit width wise, strong and economical for a rig on 37's.

XB seats swap in really easy but they are taller than stock so it'll put your head in the roof if you are any taller than 6'

It will break the tail housing ears off the trans before it'll pull on with the coupler backwards. Ask me how I know. Mine is tight too. I just took everything apart for inspection on my setup and the splines look great but separating the crawler from the trans is an exercise in patience. It's...

I've run the 4.7 in front of my chain case for about 2 years now without any problems. Probably about 15k road miles and whatever rock garden I can throw at the truck in 12:1. I'm not an engineer by any stretch but to me the tcases see the same amount of strain whether you are 2.28/2.56...

Are your sliders bending or is your frame collapsing where the base is welded on?

No way a single locked, single cased, IFS truck keeps up with a dual locked, dual cased, solid axle truck. Been there and done both. Once you get into big rocks the IFS doesn't hang. The SA truck doesn't ride as nice or turn as precicely on the highway as a trade off. IFS totally has a place...

You could always go FZJ80 if you wanted a luxo wheeler. I've got a friend with one on 2 inches of lift and 40's. Outside of just being huge, it wheels really well. One ton rear axle and a high pinion 8 inch front diff with monster knuckes and birfs is awesome from the factory.

The TG crossmember is some serious beef

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QlpHBfXTxV0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Don't mind the turtle at the end but this garden was night and day easier with the duals than single case.

I'm lame and jumped ship to TW after I got my Tacoma but I'm putting together my build on here too. I think any of the above offer the coupler. It's normally in stock less than the regular 23 spline input but it's out there. Found out the hard way that you can put the 23 spline side of the...

I would look at the Trail Gear crossmember. Depending on how you value your time, it's totally worth the $300 to just be able to weld in and be done. I've got some diehard anti-TG friends that have bought it and been very happy. I'd hit car-part.com and search for an 85 4Runner tcase. I picked...

I use double low a ton in technical rocks. I found out last week that a 30 spline original Long is not as strong as my cases.

Incorrect, your tcases don't care what the other one is running. You can put whatever ratio you want in front of another case with whatever ratio you want. They operate independently. Super easy to pick up a top shift tcase from an old 4Runner or pickup, stuff 4.7's in the reduction section and...

1. I've run 4.7's in my front case for years with no issues as have many other people who want to retain LH drop stock case. Super common, especially in Tacoma circles. If you are going duals, get a 4.7 crawler, you won't regret it. 2. FWIW I have had a TG crawler for a couple of years and no...