theferg

I have this crazy dream where I am wanting to swap some different axles under my '02. This swap would be a complete rear swap and a solid front axle swap as well. Seems like most everything has been done/figured out for a 3rd gen front SAS, but I can't find much on what people have done about the ABS and more specifically--since mine has it--the '01-02 4Runner VSC/TRAC.

I would love to just get rid of it, but I've read a bit about that and it sounds like a ginormous PITA--thus the Andy mod to disable it when necessary. Add in a complete fr/rr axle swap and you obviously get to deal with the ABS/VSC/TRAC.

So... my thought is, hey, I currently am just fine with the Andy mod so it wouldn't make a difference to me if I still get to deal with that after a fr/rr axle swap. So what if the axles you swap in are ABS axles? I know one guy on here swapped in a complete e-lock rear from an ABS equipped 3rd gen and everything went smooth, so what about other ABS equipped axles? Is there much difference between ABS at the axle/brake side of things between vehicles?--what if the axles were from another Toyota?--aka 80 series LC axles? Does it seem possible that the ABS/VSC/TRAC could still function with the use of the ABS on the LC axles? Or could you swap the ABS units on the axles/brakes? Or is that just plain crazy talk? Also, what about the fact that the LC rear is disk brakes? Would grabbing the LC LSPV and sticking it in line possibly make up for the brake differences?--or would you need the 80 series master cylinder?--could you even do that or is the master cylinder on the '01-02 ABS/VSC/TRAC model 4runners too integral a part in the whole picture?--I mean, i know it is, but could you get a different mc in there somehow if necessary?

Will i be pulling my hair out fighting with the ABS/VSC/TRAC if I attempted such a thing?--and should I just forget it and go with an earlier 3rd gen?

-Ferg-