Locking rear end
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Pikeman
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You would have to grind off all mounts off the Tacoma housing and then weld on the proper mounting brackets for the link arms and coils and also shocks. It is a lot of work but then again so is buying a locking 3rd member and then adapting your current housing over to accept the locking diff. $650 is a good deal on a complete rear end though with the locker. I do know that Irbis off road says he has some complete locking rear ends for the 4 Runner for I believe $900 and might end up less then the time and money to convert the other housing to your vehicle.
techno
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If you want to stick with stock Toyota parts and minimal work then I would source a 4Runner locked rear end, not a Taco one. Your one the right track with doing a complete swap, thats far easier than doing just the 3rd. There's plenty out there, you just have to find the right price I suppose. Then its a simple matter of doing the electrics.
trd_4runnin
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Finding the gear ratio of your truck is somewhat difficult as the axle codes aren't much help in the newer trucks. What I can tell you is that all e-locked rear ends have 4.30 gears and your truck does not have 4.30s. Most likely 4.10s but I can't be for sure without knowing what engine and trans you have.
trd_4runnin
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rubbman said:
If your truck has the stock 15s then you got 3.90s and if it has the 16s then you have 4.10s.
Jordan Petry
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Also, I believe that the automatic 3rd gens with the rear e-locker had 4.30s whereas the 5spd version with the locker had 4.10s
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
trd_4runnin
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Jordan Petry said:
You're wrong lol.
ALL e-locked trucks had 4.30s.
BeerRunner
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i also have the 3.4L with 5speed and the 16 inch rims, compared to my old 4runner with 4.10 gears (i was pretty sure) i really thought i had 3.90s, now i'm confused.
i guess the faster speeds are just due to different gearing in the transmission?
i guess the faster speeds are just due to different gearing in the transmission?
SRSRunner
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You should have a black switch to the left of the steering wheel.. when locked in a light will come on the right of the dash. You'll need to be in 4 low to engage the locker though.
the great him
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to the OP even if you find a 4runner rear axle with a locker in it, and you buy the factory switch to activate the locker, you need to make sure you truck came with an ECU that is compatible with the Elocker, on quick way to figure that out is pull you dash(only the drivers side) and in behind the black part around the gauges. before you do, on the left side of the steering wheel is the knob for adjusting your dash lights, and next to it is a cut out w/ block off cap/plate, that is where your locker switch would have been if it was factory(and where you should put it), well behind that in behind the dash will be the plug in for it, if you have the ECU compatible with the Toyota Elocker
here is a wright up on the install/retrofit: http://www.4runners.org/writeups/elocker/
here is a wright up on the install/retrofit: http://www.4runners.org/writeups/elocker/
Wrong.
My '97 SR5, 5-speed, V6, E-locker, 4x4 came with 4.10's. I bought it new, and I have the monroney sticker stating the gear ratio. I've also checked the actual gearing in the axles, because people had been incorrectly saying that E-locker's are only 4.30 ratio, which is not true.
There was also a 4.56 E-locker ratio.