Manual Hub Conversion
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Manual Hub Conversion
So I have searched everywhere and I am just so confused about manual hub conversion for a 96 tacoma. They have the kits for sale for about $1000 but I'm almost positive that not all of you spent this much money for this mod. What is the cheapest you did this mod using what parts (aisin, warn, etc.) wouldn't it be more cost efficient just to put a straight front for little bit more money? Yeah SAS would be nice.
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If you think an SAS is only a bit more expensive than a manual hub swap you need to more research. Take a look at the TTORA forum and find someone with manual hubs that is doing a straight axle conversion and is selling their old front end (spindles, hubs, etc..). That along with a junkyard search are probably your cheapest options.
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The easiest way to do this IMO is to gather a parts list of everything you will need to do the conversion.
Spindles
Hubs
Axle shafts
Bearings
Non-add diff
Rebuild kits for everything
Start checking everywhere for parts. Local yards, Internet: ebay, car-part.com, here, Pirate4x4, etc.
Buy the parts as they come available and once you have everything, start the conversion.
If you want to wait a few months, I will give you a sweet deal on all my junk when I either go with a Total Chaos kit, or SAS.
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Spindles
Hubs
Axle shafts
Bearings
Non-add diff
Rebuild kits for everything
Start checking everywhere for parts. Local yards, Internet: ebay, car-part.com, here, Pirate4x4, etc.
Buy the parts as they come available and once you have everything, start the conversion.
If you want to wait a few months, I will give you a sweet deal on all my junk when I either go with a Total Chaos kit, or SAS.
Matt
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What is the reason for wanting to switch? I am pretty sure you can do the swap for $300 ish if you find the parts of a manual hub tacoma. The gotcha of the manual hub swap is that the CV's for the manual hub models are actually weaker than the the ADD versions.
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want to switch because I have a 3" lift and I would like to be able to have less wear and tear on the front end.
definately...just let me know in the future.
If you want to wait a few months, I will give you a sweet deal on all my junk when I either go with a Total Chaos kit, or SAS
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do you have a diff drop installed??
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IIRC you could just get the entire spindles off a manual hub taco/runner in a junk yard and swap em in with new CVs (and rebuild everything to make sure theyre working) and you can either keep ADD as it is or disable it or find a new diff
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So there is a 95.5 taco at a local junk yard that has a maunal hub. What are all the parts that I need: Spindle, Hub, Axle, etc? I am problably going to change all the bearings and seals just wondering about the other stuff.
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someone else answered this for me a while back, you need the circled part here + new CVs (or the CVs from the donor truck if in good shape)
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The CV are 100% the same, the outer stub axle is smaller. Since the manual hub set-up isn?t supporting the weight of the vehicle it doesn?t have to be as big.
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