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kitimatdude · 07-12-2007, 08:04 PM

my buddy has a sweet Toyota landcruiser. shackle flip, spring over, awesome 302, 37" boggers, a great do it all vehicle.
now in his front end it started making nasty noises during a run. and had 1 wheel drive short side (passenger). we figured broken hub/axle. axle & hub seem fine. pulled out the diff lancruiser diffs pull out like a ford 9". no visible damage on the Detroit locker.
he doesn't want to unnecessarily pull out the locker and have to reset the bearings. is there a way to tell if its fucked or not? I mean without dismantling it?

jeaton · 07-13-2007, 09:08 AM

my friend has went through two detroits this year in his land cruiser! take the detroit abart and look at the little dog clutchs inside. i bet what ever side is not pulling the smaller set is trashed!

kitimatdude · 07-15-2007, 08:16 AM

Yep it was the outer dog clutch shattered into 6-8 pieces. A lot of the teeth were pulled off too, is that normal breakage?

07-12-2007, 08:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
kitimatdude Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Member # 88672 Location: Ashcroft BC Posts: 635	detroit locker question in a toy my buddy has a sweet Toyota landcruiser. shackle flip, spring over, awesome 302, 37" boggers, a great do it all vehicle. now in his front end it started making nasty noises during a run. and had 1 wheel drive short side (passenger). we figured broken hub/axle. axle & hub seem fine. pulled out the diff lancruiser diffs pull out like a ford 9". no visible damage on the Detroit locker. he doesn't want to unnecessarily pull out the locker and have to reset the bearings. is there a way to tell if its fucked or not? I mean without dismantling it? __________________ A... truck... kinda ... with stuff in it...

07-13-2007, 09:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
jeaton Granite Guru Join Date: Jan 2004 Member # 26098 Location: benton city, wa Posts: 524	my friend has went through two detroits this year in his land cruiser! take the detroit abart and look at the little dog clutchs inside. i bet what ever side is not pulling the smaller set is trashed! __________________ KOH 4509 82 Toyota Thanks to my sponsors www.pascoautowrecking.com www.4wheelunderground.com www.prpseats.com www.racelinewheels.com www.falkentire.com www.f-o-a.com www.longfieldsuperaxles.com www.ruffstuffspecialties.com www.4xshaft.com

07-15-2007, 08:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
kitimatdude Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Member # 88672 Location: Ashcroft BC Posts: 635	Yep it was the outer dog clutch shattered into 6-8 pieces. A lot of the teeth were pulled off too, is that normal breakage? __________________ A... truck... kinda ... with stuff in it...

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