diff drop

[theizzardking]

The drop doesn't actually drop the whole diff 1", it just tilts it. Still seems to help though.

Right , which why i think a 1 inch change in angle isn't the end of the world, you drive up and down over grades greater then that constantly, maybe trying to drive down mount Everest over a week with a diff drop is a bad idea......sounds like fun though who's up for it?

 

[the great him]

Right , which why i think a 1 inch change in angle isn't the end of the world, you drive up and down over grades greater then that constantly, maybe trying to drive down mount Everest over a week with a diff drop is a bad idea......sounds like fun though who's up for it?

count me in izz

 

[CaliCal]

just from looking at the angle off my 3" + lift. now with it installed. it looks more "comfortable"

 

[THEREALTOR1]

I've been lifted ~2.5" for 6 months and no diff drop for me. I have it sitting in my garage, but I never got around to putting it on. I don't think it's absolutely necessary for lifts 2.5" and under.

I've been sitting at about 2.5"'s now for about 10 months, and just ripped the passenger side cv about a month ago. Have a new one going in next week, but seriously contemplating doing a 1" diff drop. I didn't think I would need it as i'm only running 99' talls with a daystar 1" spacer, but i'm afraid i'm going to start tearing through boots now. As others have pointed out, the angle really doesn't look that bad, and on the day that it ripped I was unfortunate enough to have driven down a road that was in the process of being ripped out, so it could very well be that I just hit a severe hole and really put alot of stress on it for a split second which caused it to rip.

On a side note though, I still have a slight vibration in the steering wheel when I get up around 60 -65 mph. Does anyone have any feedback on having this same issue that's been resolved by adding the diff drop? I've been working on this issue for a while, and still have to swap out the steering rack guide (as talked about here http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/70884-how-replace-steering-rack-guide-pictures.html ), but i'm really thinking now that it might just be due to some awkward angles causing the vibration. Will the diff drop help?

 

[Baja Runner]

I had more vibe with the diff drop.

Have u got your tires balanced ? Try an alignment ?

 

[SCRunner12]

I've been sitting at about 2.5"'s now for about 10 months, and just ripped the passenger side cv about a month ago. Have a new one going in next week, but seriously contemplating doing a 1" diff drop. I didn't think I would need it as i'm only running 99' talls with a daystar 1" spacer, but i'm afraid i'm going to start tearing through boots now. As others have pointed out, the angle really doesn't look that bad, and on the day that it ripped I was unfortunate enough to have driven down a road that was in the process of being ripped out, so it could very well be that I just hit a severe hole and really put alot of stress on it for a split second which caused it to rip.

On a side note though, I still have a slight vibration in the steering wheel when I get up around 60 -65 mph. Does anyone have any feedback on having this same issue that's been resolved by adding the diff drop? I've been working on this issue for a while, and still have to swap out the steering rack guide (as talked about here http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/70884-how-replace-steering-rack-guide-pictures.html ), but i'm really thinking now that it might just be due to some awkward angles causing the vibration. Will the diff drop help?

Honestly get a road force balance. I had a vibration at 60-80 mph and got a road force balance and now I have 0 vibrations. It's definitely worth it.

 

[Brentif]

Its funny this thread popped back up, I was just at Camburg the other day and I asked them if they thought a diff drop was necessary. The salesman said no, and also said "we can machine just about anything in house, and if we thought it made any difference we would make them, and we don't" I would tend to trust a company that builds trophey trucks and high end prerunners about this. But to each his own.

 

[THEREALTOR1]

I had more vibe with the diff drop.

Have u got your tires balanced ? Try an alignment ?

Hmm, I wonder why that was? I have had my tires rotated/balanced several times as well as several alignments done (I have a firestone lifetime), since I first noticed it.

Honestly get a road force balance. I had a vibration at 60-80 mph and got a road force balance and now I have 0 vibrations. It's definitely worth it.

I'll have to check into that.

 

[PhdNPrerunners]

Its funny this thread popped back up, I was just at Camburg the other day and I asked them if they thought a diff drop was necessary. The salesman said no, and also said "we can machine just about anything in house, and if we thought it made any difference we would make them, and we don't" I would tend to trust a company that builds trophey trucks and high end prerunners about this. But to each his own.

Haha you must not know a lot about Camburg then :lol: When I had my 02 Tacoma I had a 3" lift with a diff drop and never once in the 2 years I had did I tear a cv boot. I would off road that truck hard every weekend but on my 99 with a 2.5" lift I didn't run a diff drop and ripped 2 cv boots in 6 months. Diff drops defiantly make a difference.

 

[Nelsonmd]

Yeah, I didn't really look too much at the thread back when it was active, but that Link dylan posted was a bit interesting, especially this post http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...ential-drop-your-05-tacoma-2.html#post2284650

Not sure exactly where the pivot point is on the 2005, but either way, that is a pretty long distance between the spacer and the diff, which equals not much drop at the diff at all. I know our 3rd gens have a similar thing going, but I don't know how much drop you actually get at the diff, I have heard around 1/2".

Either way, I have a diff drop kit sitting in my garage. I'm not going to put it on. Anyone want to buy it?

 

[1bad4r]

Yeah, I didn't really look too much at the thread back when it was active, but that Link dylan posted was a bit interesting, especially this post http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...ential-drop-your-05-tacoma-2.html#post2284650

Not sure exactly where the pivot point is on the 2005, but either way, that is a pretty long distance between the spacer and the diff, which equals not much drop at the diff at all. I know our 3rd gens have a similar thing going, but I don't know how much drop you actually get at the diff, I have heard around 1/2".

Either way, I have a diff drop kit sitting in my garage. I'm not going to put it on. Anyone want to buy it?

I'll take it how much you want?

 

[D Farms]

so I have a diff drop that I machined on a lathe, havent had any issues with cvs other than ripped boots before the diff drop. anyways its been a few years, surely at this point there should be a slew people having messed up front diffs. im not seeing the threads though, except for the one previously mentioned.

also if the diff drop only drops one side of the diff, and the cvs come out in the middle of the mounting points, then the ammount of drop at the cv is only half the ammount of the spacer.

so if you could space the back down a half inch and the front a half inch, you would get the same ammount of effective drop and maintain a parallel drive shaft. the issue is if there is clearance.

 

[Singtoe]

Can't drop the other side of the diff without heavy fab work.


Old thread but i still believe in it. It's a waste of money. Keep in mind, I have a 3" lift and no diff drop and have no issues.