86 front diff into a 94 4runner
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86 front diff into a 94 4runner
Is this possible? everything looks the same but on the 94 diff i have 2 vacuum lines and a sensor coming off of it and im not quite sure what they are for, can everyone enlighten me on this? yes ive searched to. thanks in advance
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yeah ive had manual hubs on my truck for a long time i just never noticed what that was for, basically my front case is toast and i have a friend with a good one whos going SAS and has his laying around so i was curious of what i had to do
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I just did a swap of an 86 front diff into my 94 truck, and it works great. I was doing a gear swap and didn't want my truck to be down very long since it's my daily driver. I had the 86 diff and installed my new gears and bolted it in place of the 94. I also installed the manual hubs from the 86 and plugged the vacuum lines. It works great, and I've had no problems since the swap.
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Axles bolted right up. No problems. The only headache I had was getting the diff back in place by myself. Took me an hour to get it in place. That thing is heavy! I also knocked out 3 of the studs on each axle to make it easiers to get the diff back in, that was a big help. I just put them back in once everything lined up. I've taken the truck out a few times on some short trails since the swap, and everything works just like it should. I just wish I had stuffed a locker in it while I had it out.
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