Solid vs crush sleeve color pinion
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Right. So LROR offers two options. The v6 and the 8”” toyota. Clearly our rear ends are 8”. So I’m guessing I need to order the 8” and not the v6?
JWaldz
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I have solid spacers in both front and rear from ECGS.. Highly recommended.
East Coast Gear Supply - Toyota 8 Solid Pinion Spacer
East Coast Gear Supply - Toyota 8 Solid Pinion Spacer
Black798
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Both the v6/turbo and 4 cylinder diffs are 8-inch diffs and are interchangeable between housings. The difference is that the V6/turbo has a heavier duty casting with more reinforcements and both larger carrier bearings and a larger pinion bearing. That's why the v6 pinion sleave is much shorter.
All 3rd gens had the v6 casting though. 4 cylinder casting hasn't been widely used since the first gen.
Heres a good article for those interested.
Erik's Toyota Differential info
All 3rd gens had the v6 casting though. 4 cylinder casting hasn't been widely used since the first gen.
Heres a good article for those interested.
Erik's Toyota Differential info
So I ordered the v6 option from LowRangeOffRoad along with new pinion nut.
From my previous thread. This was the issue for my vibration. Where I though I had a bad drive shaft and axle flange/shaft. Turned out my pinion bolt was loose. Or basically the sleeve crushed more. When we tighten it a little. The vibration went away but you can hear the gears whine or is t the bearings ? Either way I parked it after one test drive. So now I’ll just replace it all with solid sleeve and should be good. What you guys think ??
From my previous thread. This was the issue for my vibration. Where I though I had a bad drive shaft and axle flange/shaft. Turned out my pinion bolt was loose. Or basically the sleeve crushed more. When we tighten it a little. The vibration went away but you can hear the gears whine or is t the bearings ? Either way I parked it after one test drive. So now I’ll just replace it all with solid sleeve and should be good. What you guys think ??
Me and my friend replaced the bearings before. I started to get a vibration after a VA off road trip. Until few days, we diagnosed it. It’s the pinion. It was not whining. It gave me vibration under certain speeds or acceleration. Now that we tightened it probably more then it was originally set for. The whine sounds like “tight” gear tolerance. Under the same speeds that the vibration happened. But no more vibration. So the crush sleeve is no good. The bearing could be whining because now it has to much pressure.
I’ve had a bad pinion bearing. And I know the sound of it. Along with BAD DIFF FLUID COLOR. Which is not the case. I think if I simply replace the sleeve to solid. I should be good.
And I’ll be honest. Setting up the Toyota’s elocker diff. Is ****ing easy !
nevada
Senior Member
lots of people say they are easy, and they are. however they are also easy to do wrong. I see more people think they know how to do it, only to screw it up.
for me, I wouldn't be going into it that far, and tearing it down all the way without redoing it completely. its just not worth it.
for me, I wouldn't be going into it that far, and tearing it down all the way without redoing it completely. its just not worth it.
Yeah it’s what I though. So because it didn’t make the whine noise that I had before replacing my bearings. I assume that my bearings are good but under to much load. Bad pinion bearing usually has a distinctive sound. And it’s usually around all rpms. This however sounds nothing like it. And like I mentioned before. My diff fluid is clean. The whine only happened after test driving the truck after tight in the pinion bolt.
The elocker diff doesn’t even use shims. So it is easy. And if you have the proper tools Along with FSM. Don’t see why someone couldn’t do it.
