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Mar 16, 2008 | 06:35 PM

#21

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If you have Chevy axles under your Toyota, I guess they do ...

Double checked their website. The only Toyota application is the big LC diff.

Mar 16, 2008 | 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt16

Your truck is rear wheel drive with a part time 4x4 system that allows you to engage the front wheels in Hi or Low range. No limited slips or lockers were offered on you truck.

But you never know what's been installed aftermarket...best to check it.

Mar 17, 2008 | 06:23 PM

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I was referring to when my 4runner was still ifs

Mar 17, 2008 | 08:27 PM

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But you never know what's been installed aftermarket...best to check it.

It's a pretty safe bet that if the owner didn't say anything, it's stock. We really are a very small minority of Toyota owners...

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I was referring to when my 4runner was still ifs

So, how did you get an Auburn LSD when they don't make one? Or were you DOING LSD when you wrote that?

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Mar 17, 2008 | 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeenyus04

so do you call a 4x2 a 4x1?

more or less the answer is yes, if its an open diff

i look at it this way, 4x2 the power has 2 wheels it could go to and 4x4 there are 4 wheels the power could go to, just not necessarily all at the same time, if that makes any sense.

Mar 17, 2008 | 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by bigarms23

go with an eaton electric push button locker than way is open when you want it and locked when you want it

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Originally Posted by tc

Except that they Eaton doesn't make one for Toyota axles

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Originally Posted by bigarms23

do an arb in the rear and a auburn limited slip in the front

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Except that Auburn doesn't make LSD's for Toyotas ...

dude - stop spreading misinformation

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auburn does make ls for toyota cause i have one and have had it for 5yrs.

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If you have Chevy axles under your Toyota, I guess they do ...

Double checked their website. The only Toyota application is the big LC diff.

thank you TC!!!!

Mar 18, 2008 | 05:38 AM

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It's a pretty safe bet that if the owner didn't say anything, it's stock. We really are a very small minority of Toyota owners...

I've purchased two vehicles in my life with lockers installed & one guy informed me as a selling point & the other didn't say a word. 50% might be a safe bet, I say best to check, it only takes a second. Of course that's not counting the LSD's I've had - I just discovered the Trooper my wife bought a couple months ago has a rear LSD & I bet the PO put the wrong gear oil in.

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So, how did you get an Auburn LSD when they don't make one? Or were you DOING LSD when you wrote that?

Mar 18, 2008 | 05:55 AM

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Belize Off Road Team

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a limited slip for 2nd gen 4Runners was only offered in some parts of Europe and the U.K. For other parts of the world (except North America) a full electronic locker was offered. For unknown reasons Toyota did not see fit to offer a locker/LSD in North American 2nd Gen 4Runners were it would have been a smashing success.

Mar 18, 2008 | 07:26 PM

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bigarms23

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i got the limited slip from randys ring and pinion back in 2000

Mar 20, 2008 | 06:57 AM

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do an arb in the rear and a auburn limited slip in the front

Wouldn't the opposite be more ideal (lsd in rear and locker up front)?

My thinking is that a lsd is useful for both on and off road use even when the front is not engaged. Then, having lockers up front for the added traction when engaged would perform better than a lsd.

I suppose though, that having all four locked for off road use is best?

I'm new to all this stuff, so I really don't know what I'm talking about.

Mar 20, 2008 | 06:59 PM

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when it comes down to running a locker and limited slip it comes down to personal preference so of my from sware by running a ls in the back and a locker in the fron and other friends run it oppistie