Locking hub conversion question

[kevindurb]

Hey eveyone I have a buddy thats doing a SAS on his 94 toyota pickup (not tacoma) and he has locking hubs... I started doing some research and Ive seen a bunch of writeups saying you can pull the locking hubs, spindles and axes off a gen 1 taco (95 or newer) onto a 3rd gen 4Runner.

My question: Can I pull the locking hubs, spindles and axels off a 94 pickup (not tacoma) and put them on my 99 4Runner?

 

[pauldub]

What are you hoping to improve? The axles are disconnected at the diff when in 2WD.

 

[rkntoy]

Nope. Knuckles are completely different.

 

[rkntoy]

What are you hoping to improve? The axles are disconnected at the diff when in 2WD.

Half right. One side (passenger) is.

 

[kevindurb]

When you flip into 2wd it’s disconnected at the transfer case, so the axels, front drive shaft and front diff all still spin and get wear

rkntoy thanks for the info!


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[mtbtim]

I helped [MENTION=148218]JZiggy[/MENTION] with this job and lucky for you we videoed the whole thing. Don't forget to read the video description because there's lots of helpful info in there.

Here's the video and Enjoy the Show!

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TZ2sOfVrnhU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

[pauldub]

When you flip into 2wd it’s disconnected at the transfer case, so the axels, front drive shaft and front diff all still spin and get wear

rkntoy thanks for the info!


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Not true, you have ADD (automatic axle disconnect). Mark a spot on the front driveshaft, drive around and see if the spot is always in the same place afterwards. The axles turn but so what, there's no load on them. If you have a crazy tall lift and want to make the CV joints last a little longer, then there might be some benefit.

 

[snow junky]

No they are completely different. You would need manual hub spindles and cv shafts


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