lonetundra

I'm new to YT and yota trucks and i was wondering if the 03 Tundra had the same 8" rear axle as the Taco because I'm looking at putting in a LSD or locker.

tms2u

The rear differentials are interchangable, but if you go with a taco e locker it wont fit that rear ring is an 8" while tundras and non e locked tacos are 8.25"

lonetundra

I have another question where do i find the axle code so i can finally know what gears i have and if an Eaton or Dretroit is made for my rear end.

Localmotion

inside the drivers side door.

lonetundra

are you talking about the manufacturing date tag...beacause there are some letters and numbers i cant make heads or tails out of.

Flygtenstein

Dimensionally, it is all 8" of ring gear.

Interchange wise, Tundras, open diff Taco's and Sequoias have a diff with bigger pinion bearings, girdles and guts. It takes an RD89 from ARB, but just noting it is a Tundra should give correct application.

Some call it 8.8" while others say 8.4" At the shop we call it the fatty 8.

lonetundra

I understand that the Tundra has and 8" ring. What started this whole thing is its really difficult to find anything for Tundras, and what i was thinking about was buying a carier and possibly axle shafts for a taco and using it in my Tundra axle. But Fly wouldnt the sequoia and tundra have the same axles since they'er off the same platform?

Flygtenstein

All of them are 30 spline at the carrier.

Swapping the carrier will gain nothing, you cannot put an e-locked 3rd in anyway.

The shafts are different lengths between the rigs mentioned.

You can get an ARB or Lock-Right, that is pretty much it.

lonetundra

ok, so i can put any 8" taco carrier into my third member just not the E-locker or different shafts for a taco into the axle housing.

Now with that straitened out i might be able to do something with my truck.

Flygtenstein

No, you cannot put any 8" carrier in.

You can put Tundra, Sequoia and open Taco diffs in eachother because they are the same.

lonetundra

argggg, thats crappy. But i thought that all open and LSD carriers where 8 1/4" but the e-lockers where 8" and if so why wouldnt i be able to swap carriers or third members.

Flygtenstein

Gears, all 8" in diameter.

Pinion bearings, carrier bearings, carriers, not all the same.

You can buy an ARB or a Lock Right, that is it.

lonetundra

damnit well thanks Fly.