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Old 01-13-2014, 10:27 AM
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Centering a landcruiser rear axle build

Here some pic's of a 76 fj40 rear axle which is an offset axle i made centered. Using a 76 fj housing , 1985 toyota rear housing tubes, 1992 4runner axle shafts and brake backing plate.
Im going to get some better pic's and how to later .
Cut the brake flanges off the end of the land cruiser tubes. One side will be longer .
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Cut the end tubes off a 1985 toy truck housing before they taper bigger.
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bolted tubes and axle on
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Slide into fj housing and stop when splines come to end of spider gear.
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Welded a stop to the 85 housing to set the depth of the tubes. Also you can see i drilled some holes in the land cruiser housing to weld in and keep the end of the tube strong and centered.Name:  IMG_1108_zps8945d038.jpg
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Took out spider gears and put in some spacers i machined for a 1 1/4 alinement rod to line things up.Name:  IMG_1115_zpsc3e3f00f.jpg
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Then bolted on some end caps i machined for the end tubes to aline with the diff and welded it up.
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Put it under 4runner and welded up spring perches and shock brackets. Still need to finish welding and painting but i couldn't wait to post it up.

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Old 01-20-2014, 05:50 AM
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So the idea here is to run an 80-series e-locker in a 4Runner?
That's a lot of work, but the results are encouraging. Good luck!
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Almost a 3 year old thread but like what you did, James !!
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Thanks , still working great !!
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