Is there any "speacial" type of rvt to use on the diff to seal it up to the housing, or will regular rvt work? thanks

just the regular old Blue stuff will work fine. :)

I used Permatex Ultra Grey on mine. Good stuff.

the[ right stuff] that is the bomb it will seal any thing;)

Originally posted by toy 4 rox
the[ right stuff] that is the bomb it will seal any thing;)

I second that. The Right Stuff works great for sealing almost anything. And in the can it's alot easier to apply a good uniform bead. A little bit spendy but worth it IMO.

The black Permatex 2A works fine too.

I think he gets the point. If it's Room Temperature Vulcanizing, it works. (I used the red high-temp stuff, because that's what I had.)

The best stuff is the stuff you get at the toyota dealer. It is expensive last time I checked it was $18.00 a tube. Sure am glad I have a Toyota Tech that lives down the street.:D You will see it called FIPG (form in place gasket) :D :usa: :D

Hell, all I've ever used is the OEM paper gasket from Toyota. Never leaked.

Not to mention it come apart clean when I changed gears, no cleanup on the mating surfaces. Just popped on a new gasket when it went back together.

I didn't need to change what already worked fine. (as far as the sealing is concerned)

thanks for all your replies:beer:

I've used both orange and blue RTV with no problems. I've heard with RTV it's a good idea to just loosely tighten the bolts/nuts, let it set up, then tighten the rest of the way, but I've never done that, just tightened them in a criss-cross in 2 or 3 stages.

If you're taking out your rear pumpkin, be prepared to replace brake lines :eek:

Originally posted by Vermont_Toy
If you're taking out your rear pumpkin, be prepared to replace brake lines :eek:

:confused: Why's that? :confused: I've removed mine and helped on others quite a few times, and never replaced brake lines.

Originally posted by Vermont_Toy
If you're taking out your rear pumpkin, be prepared to replace brake lines :eek:
Huh!!!!!:confused: :usa: :confused:

Originally posted by Bones


:confused: Why's that? :confused: I've removed mine and helped on others quite a few times, and never replaced brake lines.

Around here they are often rusty and easily damaged. Guess that's not true everywhere. Damn rust-free flatlanders! :flipoff2:

Originally posted by Vermont_Toy


Around here they are often rusty and easily damaged. Guess that's not true everywhere. Damn rust-free flatlanders! :flipoff2:

i second that!:flipoff2:
they get it easy on so many things we have t o fight with here in the rust belt.

Originally posted by 97Taco


i second that!:flipoff2:
they get it easy on so many things we have t o fight with here in the rust belt.
My 4runner has been in MN, IA or MO sionce new, so I know what the rust belt is :D I just find it odd that the brakes lines on the rear axle go to hell when changing a 3rd :confused: