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Looking to pickup an axle for my SAS 4Runner project. Found this sucker for cheap a few hours away from me but am having trouble determining what exactly it is. To me it looks like a 8" differential however it has slotted rotors and according to the seller it measures 53" inside rotor to rotor. If it wasn't 6 hours away I'd go and figure it out myself but I don't want to drive and waste the gas money to come back empty handed. Some locals guys thought it was a 9.5" cruiser differential but as far as I can see the reinforcement pieces on it look different. What do you guys think?
sorry but you pics didn't really show what needs to be seen and that would be the axle truss under the driver's side
Axle Info
Axle info - Toyota
Toyota Mini Truck Front Axle Identification
79-80 no gusset
81-83 short gusset (to u-bolts)
84-85 long gusset (past u-bolts)
Stock Toyota front axle measurements for comparison:
55.5" wide, 29" spring perch centers, '79-85 Toyota trucks and 4runners, SA Hubs
58.25" wide, 29" spring perch centers, '79-85 Toyota trucks and 4runners, IFS Hubs
63.5" wide, (set up for coil springs) 90-97 FJ80 and FZJ80 Landcruisers
'86-95 IFS front end is about 58.5" wide
'93-98 T100 IFS front end is about 65" wide
D Toyota Mini Truck axles
79-80 no gusset
Originally Posted by gtr1990
Here is a '79
81-83 short gusset (to u-bolts)
84-85 long gusset (past u-bolts)
All these pics where sent to me by the seller who doesn't seem very handy, I'm going to try and get more tomorrow. I asked for a measurement from WMS to WMS but that is all he gave me. Was there any difference between land cruiser hub locks and pickup ones? Were the steering arms the same? If his measurements are correct this axle is at least 58" WMS to WMS if not wider making this a cruiser axle or something else. Can you identify that diff as a toyota 4cyl 8"?
the cut marks from the metal that was cut off of the short side doesn't appear to quite match the '85 axle that dropzone posted.
the third member looks like it has some sort of a rusty box, where the later factory toyotas put those electric lockers??? i really don't know anything about land cruiser stuff, except that it's stronger than minitruck front axles.
12-07-2016, 03:29 PM
