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Re: Thundercloud 4Runner
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:04 pm
by HintonYota
Axle Swap:
Old Axle Out
Elocker Diff and rusty af housing. It had a few pin holes but hopefully nothing too serious.
Got the housing cleaned up and coated with a few coats of POR 15.
Axle reassembled to go back in.
New elocker diff and housing back in the 4runner.
While it was all apart I threw some 1.5 inch coil spacers in the rear to give me a little more height.
Re: Thundercloud 4Runner
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:11 pm
by HintonYota
The whole mechanical portion of the swap took 2 full days which wasn't bad for a few guys who have never dropped an axle. As far as the wiring, I just needed to lengthen all of the wires from the plug and extend it to my battery and a switch.
For anyone in the future, this is the switch picture I used.
Re: Thundercloud 4Runner
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:15 pm
by HintonYota
Installing the switch and the wiring took a few hours, and thankfully it worked. All in all the elocker swap cost me about $600 including all of the wiring, por15, and gear oil.
Now it just needs testing. Stock tires, 2 inches of rear lift, and elocker with built rigs at Windrock. Should be fun!
Re: Thundercloud 4Runner
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:27 pm
by HintonYota
Windrock: Spring 2017
I didn't get too many good pictures because I spent the better part of the weekend trying not to shit myself.
Ended the weekend with some heavily dented skids and a little dent in my rocker from the stupid creek trail that we had to double back on
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Overall I was very impressed with how a basically stock 4runner with a locker did to keep up.
Re: Thundercloud 4Runner
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:31 pm
by YellowDodgeBrian
Looks good! Whats next on the agenda?
Re: Thundercloud 4Runner
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 7:58 am
by BadAssEddie
Nice!
Re: Thundercloud 4Runner
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:17 am
by HintonYota
Looks good! Whats next on the agenda?
Most likely tires and sliders. Just needs funds.
Re: Thundercloud 4Runner
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:39 am
by YellowDodgeBrian
HintonYota wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:17 am
Looks good! Whats next on the agenda?
Just needs funds.
Don't we all haha. Are you planning on buying sliders or building your own?
Re: Thundercloud 4Runner
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 1:51 pm
by HintonYota
YellowDodgeBrian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:39 am
HintonYota wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:17 am
Looks good! Whats next on the agenda?
Just needs funds.
Don't we all haha. Are you planning on buying sliders or building your own?
Id like to do it as cheap as possible, but id like to also start learning fabrication. That being said I can get a set of trail gear from 4Wheel Parts for about $200.
Re: Thundercloud 4Runner
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 2:50 pm
by FJCcrawler
You don't need sliders! They're called rocker panels for a reason...
