My lift progress with photos

I see this is an older post that 5 Lug Fury appears to not have answered, yet.

I don't think he's done anything vis a vis gearing as of yet. With now going 33's, i'm betting that's on his very short list

If he's going for the Eaton Detroit Trutrac .. it's this item here.

$680 Eaton Detroit TrueTrac Toyota 8.4" Rear Differential - 913A541

https://www.4wheelparts.com/Drivetr...aspx?t_c=12&t_s=237&t_pt=5589&t_pn=EAT913A541

I had this installed into my 3rd member at same time as gear-change to 4.10:1 in September 2017. I don't go off-road (intentionally, anyway) but put it in for our winter road conditions - and the past few weeks, it has been amazing, vs the original open differential. NO weight in the back (i got lazy before winter conditions were upon us) and yet it finds traction and accelerates in road-snow conditions with confidence.

It's a mechanical LSD, pretty much a bullet-proof design.

 

Yeah I'll get to regearing eventually with 4.30s and the Toyota mech lsd I got off someone. It's from a 07 non elocker Tacoma

 

Happy Birthday!!! ​

 

Thanks man

 

Hope it's a great one!!!

 

So what is the best shock for the front? I want a smoother ride and no lift. Already have 29’s all the way around.

 

Pretty much your only option is the Bilstein 4600s made for our truck.

 

Mine are still doing good, since install in 2015. Holding the ARB bumper up, has not killed them yet.

 

Thank you,

What about the 5100's for the rear? I know it will never be as soft as my Raptor, but a I can try and keep it from donkey kicking on these junky Korea roads.

 

The 5100s are slightly too tall for stock. Same as the fox....it's amazing how much a 2" aal in the rear helps lol

 

Tonight hopefully I'll have time to write up about my 6 lug axle swap (with going spring over as well)

 

Are you replacing parts on the front-end to be 6-lug as well, or are you planning on carrying two different spares?

 

One day I hope to do some custom front spindles that use 6 lug hubs but for now I'm running an adapter in the rear

 

So your rear sticks out more than your front?

 

Sounds like its time to LT then

 

Yeah by about 1.5" lol

Nooooooo lol not yet. I did just get some uppers for mid travel but I'm not doing lt.....yet lol

 

Wait what!? youre doing an axle swap?

 

Kenny already swapped the rear from 5lug SUA to 6lug adapted SOA. @5 Lug Fury, I'll buy the upper off of you if you ever change your mind

 

And now the ....6 lug elocker axle swap (With SOA Swap!!!)



Problems:
So right off the bat I want to note the problems I've run into. Now don't get me wrong I have no regrets doing this but there was definitely some hiccups along the way.

First up the drive shaft was too short and required a 1.25" spacer






The second issue which took the longest to dial in was the leaf springs and axle wrap. I used 6 lug leaf springs from a 2016 3rd gen and it turns out 3rd gen leaf springs are 1" taller than 2nd gen 6 lugs. This caused the rear end to be wayyyy to tall and stiff, so I removed the overload spring. Now that the height and stiffness seemed about right I had to fix the clunking when stopping and going caused by axle wrap. I ended up using 4 leaf spring clamps, but there is still an occasional clunk. Apparently this is just common with Toyota spring over axle leafs. With all that being said the rear end feels good its.

I did also need an adapter to go from 6 lug back to 5 lug (for now) and this added an extra 2" in the rear


Now for some random install pictures

Getting the axle





Out with the old (Look at dem extended brake lines lol)


Rolling in the new






And in this picture you can see how thick the rear is compared to the front (1.75" more)


With new tires

 

NOT allowed to post Porn on here Bro. Did you need to get a compressor?