FJ Rear Axle Swap
So as I stated a couple days ago, I had a teacher at my school who has a 2007 FJ Cruiser with the factory eLocker in it. After bartering with him and claiming it for only $400, I couldn’t wait to get it put in mine for LSTJ. So out she came on Saturday and, due to the fact it’s his only vehicle and he was needing it back that night, it became a pretty stressful swap pretty quick. With his FJ on our lift, and my ‘05 V8 parked beside it, the swap began. After a quick check to make sure it worked, and a gear ratio check, the first major hurdle had been approached. If you’ve never dealt with this year model emergency brakes, really all I can say is get ready to get angry lol. Taking apart is much easier than remounting the little springs inside it. Once we had done the emergency brakes, a quick run through of unbolting links, sway bar, drive shaft and brake lines, out the axles came. Once under their new homes, reconnecting the links and brake lines was fairly easy. That’s until we got to the EBrake which is when things started to fall apart. After figuring out how to hold the springs inside it and finishing the teachers, my 4runners went much easier. After pretty much an all day job, we got my 4runner back to where it was driveable and will do wiring later. But to anyone who is wondering how hard an FJ eLocker retrofit our whole axle swap is, it can be done!!!!
