doink

i searched and could really find anything that good. just wondering some good places to buy gears for cheap. i need 5.29 if that helps. any help would be grand! thanks

az4x4runner

Give All Pro Offroad a try. Under the differentials section.

NCSU-4runner

Allpro is a little high on their prices. search around and you can probably find a better deal. allpro wants 229 for v6 gears, you should prob be able to get them for the 150-170 range. what gears are you taking out? if its 4.56 PM me, ill buy rear gears.

martin

Reider racing!

Flygtenstein

With gears, you get what you pay for.

I went with Precisions. I bought the fronts as a set and had them done locally. I got the rears in a complete third and swapped it.

Are you looking for thirds, lockers, just the gears?

I would not hesitate working with Drivetrain Direct again.

Reider Racing also stocks Precision.

doink

hey martin-

have you bought from those guys before? how much would it run to get everything i needed from them

doink

Flygtenstein

im lookin for gears and then possibly a rear locker. i want to go with arb if i get a locker, as for gears im kinda clueless on which direction i should go. also, can someone accurately describe what 3rds are?, ive asked around, and no one can really give me a good answer ...geez..i feel like such a newbie

AznSky

haha it's cuz you are!

NCSU-4runner

thats a 3rd member. it bolts up to your axle and contains the ring gear and pinion gear. when you unbolt it the housing and gears come out as one piece.

i just recently put a lock-right in my rear 3rd, it was intimidating at first but if you have someone that knows what they are doing show you how it works its not very hard. i could setup new gears and install any locker by myself now. all you need is a vice to hold the unit in place, a brass punch so you can beat the ring gear off and still not dent it, a press for the bearings, and some wrentches to take the bolts apart. ive considered doing a writeup about how to set backlash but from what ive been told not all gears setup the same. my carrier uses two threaded rings to adjust the backlash (you can see it in the pic with all the holes in it and a hook holding it in place )between the ring and pinion, some others use shims.

doink

so if i was to regear and put a locker such as a arb...would i need to get a new 3rd member or what...argh..confusing to me

NCSU-4runner

think of the 3rd member being the housing that covers the gears, you can take the old gears out and put new gears in, or replace the CARRIER which holds the ring gear when you install a full locker like an ARB. when you install a partial locker like a lock-rite you dont replace the whole internal carrier, just some of the side gears that apply the power to the axle shafts.

NCSU-4runner

thats the carrier taken out of the 3rd member housing. its got the ring gear on it (you can take the ring gear off the carrier, its held on by like a dozen bolts) and some internal gears which transfer the torque from the ring gear to the axle shafts. that particular picture has an ARB air locker carrier with a ring gear on it. an open carrier will looks somewhat different.

NCSU-4runner

thats the carrier with the ring gear removed, remember thats an ARB air locker carrier, not an open one. hope this helps clear up any confusion.

doink

ahh, cool...that does indeed help a bit