Differential drop

I installed a leveling kit and it came w/ new bolt to drop front diff....has anyone done this to their truck w/ a leveling kit? How do you do it?
I went up 2.5"

Thanks
Otto

 

Yes. It's basically longer bolts and thick washers that lower the front crossmember.

 

Waste of time dropping the diff. If you search you will find a number of posts defining the downfalls of the diff drop kits.

 

X2 Have heard they'll typically cause front drive vibes. Id rather replace cv's than u-joints...

 

Oh really?... I figured I would do it since it came w/ the kit......I will search for the cons..Thanks guys

Otto

 

Good read on the subject here

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/118545-remove-differential-drop-your-05-tacoma.html

 

Yeah I mean it personally up to you...its worth a try to experience it yourself and see how it works for you

 

Yea I read up on it ..I am not going to do it....I dont get any bad vibs I do feel a lil in the steering wheel and kind of a weird rotation sorta noiseslight)..but I didnt get it aligned yet either.
I will see what happens after the wheel alingment
Thanks
Otto

 

I did it on my 2013 and have had no issues. I dont go hardcore off roading either. In that link that was posted, for the fact the rock did that much damage it wouldnt matter if the diff was dropped in inch or not...it was going to cause damage...a lot of damage.

 

You didn't read that the diff drop only rotates the diff doing pretty much nothing ?

 

it still drops it even though it rotates it

 

If you want to believe it's helping that's fine with me , the info is there in that thread for anyone to read

 

I am going to install it tomorrow just to see......Truck feels a lil weird after the lift maybe its me or I'm not used to it yet. I'll give it a try.....wont take long.

 

If you only added spacers and no tires or anything, it should ride about the same as it was. Hopefully it's just you. I did the diff drop. Vibrations? Well with my mud tires I can't hear over the roar of them and then mud tires drive different and a little rougher than others so I prob wouldn't feel a small vibration. It is easy to do so if you don't like you can pull them back out easy.

 

I used the diff drop on my FJ when I put a spacer lift had no issues. I have both the CB drop and diff but not sure if I will install them. Will depend on CV angles and any vibes.

 

There is a huge misconception out there that diff drops help your cv's by lowering the diff. The way they install, they slightly rotate the diff. The drop is so minimal that even if it does help your cv's it is so little help that it could pretty much be considered useless.

Some vehicles have major vibration issues and the diff drop will rotate the diff to straighten out your front driveshaft, just like how the axle shims for the rear will do the same for your rear driveshaft.

So far the general consensus has been that lifting doesn't usually cause front end vibes on 2nd gens, so the diff drop is of no use and for offroaders people have ran into clearance issues from the diff drop resulting in broken parts. This is why there is so much bias towards these diff drop kits.

If I were you, I would see if there are vibes (sounds like there aren't), you will know pretty easily if there are. If there are no vibes I wouldn't do they diff drop for fear that you could possibly introduce vibes. If there are some vibes you can see if the diff drop helps. Typically vibes come from the rear end so it may not help.

 

I did the drop took me all of 10 min....The slight growl sound at slow speed seems to be gone...Time will tell. thanks guys
Otto