How much should I pay for a set of Toyo axles to do the swap on a 87 Sammy?

:D I bought a whole '82 Toy truck for $300 at an impound auction~ I wish I would have held out for a '84-'85 they are a little wider~ from what I've seen most wrecking yards want $200-$250 apiece~ not hard to find though, at least around here

Not to rub it in but I just got a set for free from a guy for setting up his new ring and pinions plus 5:38 or some high gear like that
havent verified actual ratio yet :D :smokin:

Originally posted by bb88
:D I bought a whole '82 Toy truck for $300 at an impound auction~ I wish I would have held out for a '84-'85 they are a little wider

not. fyi, the 84-84 front ends have a longer truss on the axle, but are the same width as earlier solid fronts. the rears are the same as earlier too, the rears did get wider, however, in the ifs trucks(58 as opposed to 55 inches)---brad:beer:

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh that make sense since IFS is wider, the rear need to be wider also.

:D cool then I'm glad I didn't hold out:D thanks for the info

Originally posted by bb88
:D I bought a whole '82 Toy truck for $300 at an impound auction~ I wish I would have held out for a '84-'85 they are a little wider~

Here's a little "did ya know" fact:

The earliest 4x4 Toyota pickups in North America were on Landcrusier axles.:)

...And that early 4Runners weren't 4Runners? It was done by 2 little compaines sawing off the back of a P/U cab and adding the rest (cap and interior, rea seats) to test the market for a compact SUV before there were any. They weren't called 4Runners either.

Oh, the Toy gears you mentioned are either 5.29 or 5.71. 5.71s have too small a pinion to be used in a Toy without breakage - but might work under a sammy, though.

Any yes, all solid-axle toy trucks were 55" wide. The IFS (86-95) is 58" wide, and so is the rear axle. That's why pre-IFS toy guys will buy an IFS rear axle. The extra 3" in width reduces rear-tire rub on the frame during flex, and it literally bolts in.

The only difference in front axles (80-85) is that the gusset on the bottom of the long-side axle tube is wider on the 84&85 years. It extends all the way under the spring perch, instead of stopping a couple inches before it.

Originally posted by Mithrandir
...And that early 4Runners weren't 4Runners? It was done by 2 little compaines sawing off the back of a P/U cab and adding the rest (cap and interior, rea seats) to test the market for a compact SUV before there were any. They weren't called 4Runners either.





There is one of these in the "for Sale" section....
It's called a Treckker.

Trekker. Not Treckker :p

Do you know what the other one was called, Tim?

Originally posted by Mithrandir
Trekker. Not Treckker :p

Do you know what the other one was called, Tim?

trailblazer?

Didn't Winnebago make one of them??

Originally posted by 0ILBURNER
Didn't Winnebago make one of them??

winnebago made the back half of the trekker