well i am kinda surprised this was not found out long ago
well i have 94 4 runner with e lock swap into a 89 to 95 (51 inc housing)
and i have broken 2 diff's and i hate to say it but the second one breaking was my own stupid fault cause i knew why i broke
the stock axles are short by 10mm/13/32 causing the right side to blow all the time since the axle on sits in the cone part of the side gear and not the meaty part of the gear
so ass soon as the right side gets some bite and the other side does not snap (*&(*&(*&^(*&
but if you drive around with it not locked you will be OK since the right side is not the drive wheel thus why it will only break with it locked
oh marlin is maken a new gear set for the e lock tell then just so you know to fix this it will cost 700 ich bones from the dealer
so to fix this you just shorten your housing down 10mm/13/32 on each side and the problem is fixed
or the one idea i have yet to try get 96 to 00 axles and chop off 2 Inc's or of the spline
i am not sure if this is possible thou
cheers for now
Ryan
PS my grammar sucks so deal with it
well i have 94 4 runner with e lock swap into a 89 to 95 (51 inc housing)
and i have broken 2 diff's and i hate to say it but the second one breaking was my own stupid fault cause i knew why i broke
the stock axles are short by 10mm/13/32 causing the right side to blow all the time since the axle on sits in the cone part of the side gear and not the meaty part of the gear



so ass soon as the right side gets some bite and the other side does not snap (*&(*&(*&^(*&
but if you drive around with it not locked you will be OK since the right side is not the drive wheel thus why it will only break with it locked
oh marlin is maken a new gear set for the e lock tell then just so you know to fix this it will cost 700 ich bones from the dealer
so to fix this you just shorten your housing down 10mm/13/32 on each side and the problem is fixed
or the one idea i have yet to try get 96 to 00 axles and chop off 2 Inc's or of the spline
i am not sure if this is possible thou
cheers for now
Ryan
PS my grammar sucks so deal with it