Ontario BS Thread

any thoughts on this diff skid plate?
came home from this past weekend only to find my diff leaking from the mounting flange at the bottom
I'm guessing it took a rally hard hit. tightened it up and ordered this. consider my self lucky it did not break the pinion what ever I hit
https://solomotorsports.com/shop/pa...ta-armor/rear-differential-skid-plate-toyota/

 

Looks good. I personally will be doing the RCI one.

https://rcimetalworks.com/product/10-19-4runner-rear-differential-skid/

 

Are you sure the flange bent? Or did the flange nuts take a few hits and loosen? Traditionally that's not a weak area, because the flange is fairly thick.

The Solo skid is nice because it also protects the pinion seal area. It's easy to bend the dust shield there and make noise. Happened to me in 2020. However, the rear skid attachment stabs into the rear housing at a 90 deg angle. Traditionally, the rear housing is thin sheetmetal and can be punctured, so companies sell a weld-on piece over just the rear cover:

Turd gen OR has a bigger diff, so this one is more appropriate: https://rcimetalworks.com/product/rear-differential-skid-plate-16-23-tacoma-trd-offroad-pro/
The RCI skid's left clamp can dig into the fuel tank at full flex. You can even see it on their photo. And it doesn't protect the pinion flange.

 

1. Ask question
2. Ignore all answers
3. Wait for the correct answer from Dax

 

Don't forgot you'll also be loosing like an inch of ground clearance.

 

yes absolutly realized this but one big hit to the pumpkin or pinion could mean trouble also my diff bottom is so messed up I'm wondering if i can get the drain plug off... should of did a diff skid 2 years ago..

 

just need bigger tires to keep it away from the rocks, think 40s is a good start...

 

I'm with you brother, but I cant steer as it is. hahaha.

 

1. Weld on the Trail-Gear rear housing armor.
2. Modify the Solo skid mount to fit.
3. Do a reverse credit default swap with your leveraged derivative holdings.
4. Profit

Or just stop hitting your pumpkins. I know Oct. 31 is just around the corner and all

 

I had to use a die grinder to grind out around the bolt to get the metal out of the way to get a socket on the nut.

 

Not a bad idea

Thanks for the tip.

 

Yeah it would be more efficient if we just consumed his consciousness into a chatbot that we could use at all hours to answer our stupid questions

 

I'm not entirely convinced he isn't AI

 

Has anyone ever actually seen him outside of a TW meetup?

@Norilsk Did you create an AI companion to ask Tacoma shit?

 

Humans will always be better than AI
Id like to see an AI use a vacuum or
Play chess or paint a car or guess what your thinking or dance or do math or be a dog . oh -oh

 

^Aren't most cars painted by robots?

Guess what you're thinking: https://www.newscientist.com/articl...ts-trialled-on-10000-schoolchildren-in-china/

Dog: https://bostondynamics.com/products/spot/

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Yep all the things that I listed AI can already do. You know there's one thing AI can't do and that's go camping. Let's see AI gatherwood chop wood make a fire and cook some steaks over that fire and then drink a beer.

 

Especially the wood from your neighbour @Windigo...

 

wait, our crazy Lambo Dax? Yeah i seen him a few times out and about lol

 

yes my neighbours wood, not even humans can chop that, its robots only wood.