what rear end will fit my 06 tacoma ?

hello
first time toyota tacoma owner and it's great till now , i have an 06 toyota tacoma reg. cab 4x4 with a hundread and thirty six thousand miles and the rear end is leaking fluid like crazy, not thru the gaskets or seals thru the pumpkin, what rear end can i get , it does not have the lock out button , everyone tells me 01 to 04 , then another tells me an 05 or 06 will only fit. any real answers will help. thanks

 

im curious as well but for an 11... are you looking to upgrade or just oem replacement?

 

Dang must have hit something HARD to break the pumpkin!

 

My Brother once broke the welds holding one side of the pumpkin to the axle tube on a 1977 Ford LTD doing a brake stand.

Anyways, back to the OP. Where exactly is it leaking? Pics?

 

yea where is it leaking? if it has a small puncture just drain and weld it! otherwise check the torque on your 3rd member mounting.

i would imagine any 05 up rear to fit. i believe the 4 cyls. to even use the same gearing as the 6's. check out the junkyard if you really need to. you could get the one off a trd o/r and wire up that locker lol.

am i way off?

 

Yup, you are a bit off.

4cyl 4x4s and prerunners have 4.10 gears, while the V6 4x4s and prerunners have 3.73s.

An e-locker 3rd won't fit a non-e-locker axle housing, but you can swap the whole axle. Trouble is, you won't find a complete stock 2nd gen one with 4.10s

 

what about using a tundra axle? should be pretty strong eh?

 

i knew the difference between the 3rds and housings, but was clueless on the differences in gearing. thank you

 

but spring perch and shock mounts are the same throughout the linup right?