NJ B.S. Thread

Still has spiders cept has 4 instead of two. And the carrier is stronger. The "locker" is on the ring gear side of the carrier and works just like a locking hub assembly.

 

Steve laying down the knowledge.

 

It is a catch 22. The carrier assembly is stronger with an ARB. But being locked up front can cause you to grenade CVs. But common sense and light use of the skinny pedal can prevent that.

 

Steve knows his shit.

 

Also the lower the gear set (numerically higher) the weaker the pinion gear. Less teeth means less strength.

 

Light use of skinny pedal is something I need to get better with. I used to be real good till takeover. And I rather grenade a CV than the diff again. At least that I can carry spares for. I think the 5.29's will slow me down enough though. Gonna def take it easier now that I blew some shit up.

 

The pain of grenading shit will temper your actions. As will age and experience. Until you get too old and then just don't give a fuck anymore!

 

Ha I lost all my fucks long ago. I just don't want to break anything before Moab once I'm buttoned up again. Then I can go back to going full retard.

 

Never mind. Got that backwards...

 

I helped Mike replace his add on his first gen, didn't remove diff tho, but did drop the diff a bit to get more room. But front diff is pretty straight forward, similar to third member. Remove axles and mounting hardware and wrestle it out.

 

@stairgod what have you used to clean the TRD air filter? Is it worth getting the Toyota cleaning kit?

 

72k on mine and have not even cleaned it yet. But I will use the Toyota cleaning kit when I do it

 

Im at Toyota now. The TRD kit is $47. They told me the K&N will work the same

 

I knew he had something between his ears.

 

Same exact kit

 

J00 need crawl box mang

 

Good to know. Sound like the TRD filter may actually be made by K & N?

 

Eventually will probably happen. But for now being overgeared will be enough. Love the extra challenge of the manual. That is until it keeps me from getting onto even harder trails. So far it hasn't been the limiting factor though.