3rd gen TRD-OR axle under 2nd gen tacoma

The truck needed a regear, and a deal popped up on a 3rd gen axle housing and e-locker third member.

I trussed the axle with a ruff stuff toyota truss (took a lot of cutting and some gap filling) added half of a trail gear diff diaper, as well as a freel good performance skid underneath.

Also had to relocation the shock tabs to work with my existing archive kit.

The axle got new wheel bearings and all new seals, and a 5.29 third member from East Coast Gear Supply (along with the front regear)

I did a lot of research on wiring the E-Locker and decided to wire it exactly as the new Eaton front locker gets power. 12v from my switch panel. Toyota does something like 12v to engage it and then it drops to 8v to hold it. A plus side of this compared to my OEM locker is I can now engage it in 2wd.

For more pictures my instagram is rooster.fabrication