What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

I believe you, Monte, and Zane need to make a trip down/up here to Colorado again...

 

Mine fit nicely in both my bumpers too...

 

Plan a trip, I don't know anything about Colorado besides it is beautiful. Anything to escape AZ for a bit, especially if you plan it in summer.

 

In the beginning stages of planning a trip to the alpine loop, black bear, yankee boy, Imogene somewhere mid/late july as ive never been but i know ben and monte have run the alpine loop and black bear before but thats what im gonna do which is pretty late in the summer. So another trip could be good somewhere farther north as ive never been up there much along with them either i believe!

 

gorgeous down there.

If i do a run in CO again, im doing chinamans glutch and Holy cross at least. And a few more of the more secluded trails up north.

 

Id be in for that too. More challenging also.

 

Just seeing this, I’m about over the snow and we just got it again. After driving around in it last night and parking my truck for an hour my truck was froze solid. I had to put it in low to get it to break free and move...

 

Is this the beginning of a West Coast 1st Gen Trailrun???

 

I know what it is!! I know!! Haha Finally! Before anyone else!

It’s the plug for the Elocker, but your truck doesn’t have it, so it’s empty.

If your other truck has the Elocker then you could compare them!

 

You're kidding, this dinky little 5-lug had the harness provisions for an E-Locker? Wow.

I'm guessing none of those three pins are for the E-Locker, and Toyota simply didn't pin it for that. No way the E-Locker only uses three wires. Or does it?

 

Looks like it only uses the 3 wires!

Slap a diff lock in that thing and drifffffft itttt.

 

Wow. That really surprises me.

So... is this a sign I should put a rear locker on the 450k 5-lug?

I don't even think the rear differentials and leafsprings are the same versus the PreRunner and 4x4's.

 

Hahaha they probably aren’t!

I would put the Elocker in your main rig first.

Plus, a whole elocker rear axle would cost more than that whole truck is worth!

 

Joking, no way in hell I'd drop that much money into a $600 truck. I say that but I've spent a fair amount in parts already... lol

If I could find a TRD rear axle I totally would put it in my main rig. Hard to find a locker w/ my gear ratio though since they were only found in PreRunners and Limited 4Runners.

 

Eh, if for some reason you find you need a locker for what you're doing an ARB locker for your current axle is stronger and a better value anyway.

 

What's the differences between the ARB locker and those fancy Detroit TrueTracs (I think that's what they call it?)

Eaton makes those fancy electromagnetically controlled ones, forget what the trade name is. Or is that what the Detroit locker is...

 

TruTracs are a fully mechanical planetary limited slip, look up their design cause it is impressive. They do not provide a selectable full lockup though and are better for street uses. Detroit lockers are a clutch based auto locker controlled by throttle input and are capable of full lockup and very quirky driving behavior. ARB lockers lock a very stout set of idler gears in their own cutom center section housing together using an air actuator. Harrop makes e lockers that function almost identically to the ARB units but with an electromagnet rather than an air solenoid. TRD elockers function using an engagement fork that locks the spider gears together causing a full lockup (the design is old and part of the reason it uses the older and weaker 8" differential). There is another TRD elocker design that is in the third gens that function like the harrop units. And another in the 9.5" full floating Toyota axles (found in 80 series cruisers) that engages using a different fork style.

 

Interesting, so which one would be the best application?

 

For your little 2wd truck, I'd do the TruTrac. For your 4WD, ARB or Harrop are nice cause they replace the weakest part of the diffs with much stronger ones.

 

Don't think I'm going to put a locker on the 2WD truck, as that would actually exceed the value of the truck. Haha. You say the TruTrac is better for street performance? When would it become beneficial when just everyday commuting?