Rear locking dif question

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tommyt4r

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Can't seem to find my original thread, so here goes again...

Got my sights set on a 2000 t4r with rear locking dif. And yes, I did read and print out the tutorial on 3rd gen difs. But just to get it right, the rear locking dif button on a 2000 t4r, is located on the left of the steering wheel, and reads "RR Diff Lock"...right?

NOT the button on the 2001 & 2002 with a picture of 4wheels & chasis...right?

Just need to know 100% if "RR Diff Lock" is the one that locks the rear axle. Just by the way of logic, cause I'm looking at a 2000 - then the RR Diff Lock, HAS to be the correct one. Right?
 
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Not sure what the extra r stands for but you are correct. To lock the rear diff you press the orange rr diff lock putton on the left side of the steering wheel.
 
You really are obsessed with those damn diff locks, arent you? Read the buyers guide, it would have answered this for you..


Btw, there are two R's in "rear". That's where it comes from.
 
Just wanted 100% confirmation - before I drop $7200. Been a few days since I read the guides......

Really Rad......funny.....hopefully I'll get the damn thing, then my really annoying questions will start.
 
that and there should be a sticker on the drivers door

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Just because it has the button, don't assume that it has the locker. Look at the rear diff housing (drivers front side of it) and you should see the actuator.

I seems like people are sticking the switch in and selling a rig with "RR Diff Lock" and it doesn't.
 
Gerdo said:
Just because it has the button, don't assume that it has the locker. Look at the rear diff housing (drivers front side of it) and you should see the actuator.

I seems like people are sticking the switch in and selling a rig with "RR Diff Lock" and it doesn't.
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OK, so I need to look at the rear differential (at rear axle) and on the front left there should be an actuator?

Trying to find a pic of the actuator, but can't, so kind of hard to visualize what to look for. Actuator is bolted to rear diff housing? Where can i get a pic?
 
That is why we are here, to ask questions, learn some things....

tommyt4r said:
i've never owned one of these vehicles, much less worked on one, so sorry for all the questions.
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and to give some people a place to feel superior. Ask away, then I am not the only one asking the questions and pushing some peoples buttons :)

I actually still am not sure if the rr diff is the same as a e-locker, just called 2 different things
 
tommyt4r said:
OK, so I need to look at the rear differential (at rear axle) and on the front left there should be an actuator?

Trying to find a pic of the actuator, but can't, so kind of hard to visualize what to look for. Actuator is bolted to rear diff housing? Where can i get a pic?
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or just try it out ... remember you have to be in 4lo to test it.

yes I tested mine before i bought it

yes I did it on the test drive

yes it was on concrete

No I didn't explode or hurt anything

No I didn't leave it locked for any length of time. only long enough to hear it engage feel that the back was locked up (any amount of turn on concrete and you will feel it) and the to let it unlock.
 
Gerdo said:
Just because it has the button, don't assume that it has the locker. Look at the rear diff housing (drivers front side of it) and you should see the actuator.

I seems like people are sticking the switch in and selling a rig with "RR Diff Lock" and it doesn't.
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I think 'the kid' had that happen to his rig when he bought it.
 
Gerdo said:
Just because it has the button, don't assume that it has the locker. Look at the rear diff housing (drivers front side of it) and you should see the actuator.

I seems like people are sticking the switch in and selling a rig with "RR Diff Lock" and it doesn't.
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That ^ and/or if the seller has the window sticker, you could also check against the VIN/Optional Equipment on there.
 
Gerdo said:
Just because it has the button, don't assume that it has the locker. Look at the rear diff housing (drivers front side of it) and you should see the actuator.

I seems like people are sticking the switch in and selling a rig with "RR Diff Lock" and it doesn't.
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This.

Even though it is marked, check to see if it works.

It seems with ebay and what not, people can make there trucks TRD models or their Benzes AMG models .

This guy stuck a V8 emblem on his runner. Does it mean he's got IFORCE under the hood.











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Stick Figure said:
or just try it out ... remember you have to be in 4lo to test it.

yes I tested mine before i bought it

yes I did it on the test drive

yes it was on concrete

No I didn't explode or hurt anything

No I didn't leave it locked for any length of time. only long enough to hear it engage feel that the back was locked up (any amount of turn on concrete and you will feel it) and the to let it unlock.
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I second this, make sure the locker works. Up here (in the salt) I have not seen a 10 year old 4runner with a working rear diff lock. The salt gets into the actuator and mucks it up, a new actuator is on par with the price of installing an ARB locker into a non locked diff. You may be able to find a used actuator (or even rebuild the one on the truck), but then you have to hope everything else is in good condition (wiring, locking diff itself)
 
Woodsie8 said:
and to give some people a place to feel superior. Ask away, then I am not the only one asking the questions and pushing some peoples buttons :)

I actually still am not sure if the rr diff is the same as a e-locker, just called 2 different things
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Yea - it should be the same thing, based on what I read here on t4r.org.... I got a long drive to check this thing out....should be o.k. with the rear dif lock.
But when I checked the Toyota records, looks like the 2nd owner brought it in after the t4r stalled, light came on, and he noticed an oil leak. This incident only showed up as 'engine minor' at the Toyota garage. But none the less has me really concerned. The 4runner is hours away, so it'll be a lot of wasted gas and time if its blowin smoke. (both the truck and owner that is)! (He said there's no sign of cylinder/piston damage - no smoke, but we'll see. A mechanic can hopefully look at it tomorrow, and let me know. May have time for a compression test too.
 
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