Matthew Starr

Does anyone know where I can find a 4:30 ring and pinion that will fit in a 3rd gen 4runner differential with the elec. locker?
In my search for a new diff. yesterday (I destoryed mine) I found out that I have an extremely rare 4runner. The guys at my local yota dealership told me that my 4runner is an SR5 with a class B package which includes both a locking diff and 4:30 gears as opposed to the standard 4:10 gears. Now I'm not sure if Toyota only offered this package in 2000 or 96-00 but have have discovered that 4:30 gears are just about impossible for me to find and now i have 3 differentials, 1 with busted 4:30 and 2 with 4:10 all with the electronic locker sitting in my garage and yes I will be selling the 2, 4:10s with the lockers soon. If anyone has any more info on what years Toyota put 4:30s with lockers or where I can find a 4:30 ring and pinion in the state of Colorado, please let me know

pepsibluefloat

can u not just have urs rebuilt instead of replacing the whole 3rd?

tc

Elocker gears are the same as ANY "pretaco" (1995 and before) thirdmember gear, so they shouldn't be too hard to find. Here's a list of Toyota junkyards, mostly in the Denver area.

http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=131196

Lysmachia

Hey that's MY link to cool junkyards!

tc

Too slow

Oh - and we have a few contacts for rebuilding the diff once you get the gears too.

Matthew Starr

Thats what Im planning on doing

Matthew Starr

Im not really sure I understand what you're saying. Are you saying all pickups (not tacomas) have 4:30 gears.
Not all elocker 4runners and Tacomas have the same final drive. My 4runner is a b class package which means it has a 4:30 final drive. All other 4runners and Tacomas have a 4:10 final drive

tc

I'm saying you don't need to find an elocker third with 4.30.

ANY 4.30 from ANY Toyota truck/4Runner built in 1995 or before will work.

Matthew Starr

Ahhhaha gotcha. Again, thank you. It seems like all the Toyota specific salvage yards have people that know absolutely nothing about Toyotas working at them, ehem "cough" the yota yard

Lysmachia

Did you Try Jim's Toyota Specialists. He knows his stuff there! (He used to be married to the woman who toook over yota-yard and he started his own business.)

Matthew Starr

I tried him but jim is a rip-off and kind of a jerk. He's gonna be my last resort

tc

Just the way he comes off over the phone - go see him in person, take cash, and see how things change.