why not just chrome the whole thing?

BLING BLING!!!

 

thats why...

 

lmao, oh common, you know you wanta...

 

with them, yes please...

 

bringing this back from the dead!, i have one question.... my front is not kicking in right now because im having some sort of issue with the ADD system...if i convert over to manual hubs will my front work after that?... and can i delete all the vacuum lines etc?

help is greatly appreciated... i just wanna be back in true 4x4 again... tired of getting stuck now

-sean

 

Anyone??

 

No.

 

Great write up, was very helpful.

Got a few questions, are the bolts for the hub face a special bolt or can you use ones that are the same thread count from Lowes?

Also can you use a standard o-ring as replacement or where can you get one exactly like the OEM one?

Thanks

 

I just rebuilt a NASTY pair i go off of eBay. Was very careful with the stupid balls but somehow managed to lose one of them. Somehow got out of the baggy!

My replacement is a ball from those lamp chains. haha haven't put that one together yet but I'll give it a try once i'm off work later. So far it works great without the grease and such.

Id imagine any bolt will do as with an o ring. Not like these are injectors or somethin. You could try your local Toyota dealer for extra parts though. Not sure on that. If not wabfab has everything you'd need, they're a little too pricey for me though!

 

I've got a problem! ugh

It seems my main big spring is bent outta shape and isn't keeping it properly in free mode. I'm guessing this is the problem as it looks different than the spring in the hub that's allowing it to stay free.

 

Good writeup. made it way more simple than i thought it would be. heres some pics of mine.

Before

 

Older thread I know, but...

I am about to do the same procedure, and there is one thing I can't tell from this (excellent) write-up. Can anyone tell me if the freewheel hub needs to be taken apart, or is it some sort of sealed bearing? The Toyota FSM section doesn't show any disassembly of the freewheel section and I can't tell from the pics (though they are greased in the reassembly pics). I am referring to the splined section...the pics appear to show it was cleaned as a single piece, but doesn't the splined section rotate within another section? Maybe I am missing something (I haven't torn mine down yet)?

 

freewhel hub as in the gear inside of the hub body? because inside the aisin unit there is no bearing... just a sliding clutch gear, the retaining spring and the Fowler clutch pawl...

if your talking about the wheen bearing, its a wheen bearing on the spindle...

as for the gear inside the hub body, it slides in grooves... when you twist the hub to lock, it forces the gear down and engages the splined end of the CV axle...

 

Thanks, I figured it out when I rebuilt the hubs a few weeks ago. I was referring to the back of the hub body, and the brass and steel bearing that the hub body rotates around when the axles aren't moving (i.e. in free position). Thanks for the reply!

 

going to be rebuilding the Tacomas soon...
going back and looking at the thread for a good reminder...

 

Holy cow those cleaned up well. What color is that dial? Looks awesome!

 

im guessing OD green...

 

I happened to find a ball that would work in an old carb rebuild kit I had lying around.

Very well done write up.

 

Anyone know if its OK to drive the truck in 2wd with the hubs ripped apart? My passenger side hub is destroyed inside and i broke the dial working on it (d'oh!) Ill upload a pic of my hub just so you can see how bad it is.. well if anyone reads this.

 

you can probably tell which one is the bad one..