I'm trying to find somewhere near Maine where I can get gears installed at a resonable price. Also what kind of gears would you guys recommend. The plug mysteriously fell out of my diff and its pretty well screwed so its time to re gear it

 

Yukon gears are always quality. Trail-gear make some more budget gears (bout half the price)

Or you could look in junkyards for 4runners or pickups with 4.56 or 4.88 and swap whole 3rds (probably the easiest)

What do you want to re gear it to?

 

TG gears are a quality gear set. You won't have any issues with them setup right.
Front stuff will be much more expensive.
Local driveshaft shop or offroad shop can do it probably.

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Well I was gonna run 33's so that would be 4.88s I guess. We really have nothing up here in the junk yards as it is I drive three hours to get little stuff like the cupholder clips and various caps like power steering. I can't seem to find a 4.88 4runner around here. And I don't know if I could regear it myself?

 

And the only offroad shop I could find in my area won't do the toyota's

 

Zuk is your best bet!!! Pay a little for shipping and get it done right the FIRST TIME!! He is the go-to-guy when it comes to Toyota differentials.

James

 

Any idea of what it would cost?

 

Why not contact him....

 

where 'bouts in Maine are you, Cam? I'm very close to Ellsworth.....

 

That's my name haha I'm down in portland. Been hoping to find someone else from maine!!!

 

from what I remember Zuk has retired from doing gear installs...plus he didn't do IFS housing...could be wrong...

Scotty at Addicted Off Road does't good work.

You might also try East Coast Gear Supply http://eastcoastgearsupply.com/

 

I noticed people mentioning Zuk, but if you dont know how to contact him, i put his website below. Zuk is one of few people I'd be fully confident in setting up my own diff, other than myself, my guys, or guys I've trained:
www.gearinstalls.com

As for gears to use, I am biased, but I'm also quite experienced. With Nitro gears you will get a consistant quality product. Not the same for all other brands. The reason is that Toyota gears are the Nitro line's "A" movers and lots of volume moved. Also the nitro gears do away with old substandard part numbers and use the latest greatest designs where applicable, IE bigger splines and pinion head thicknesses, etc. Others tend to use multiple sources which may mean good one time bad another, hard to say. For example I recently had a customer send me 2 3rd members with brand x or maybe you could say "Y" gears, that had "RICHMOND" stamped into them along with broken teeth and a spun outer pinion bearing.

When it comes to gears a lot of it comes down to who is doing it, but its not the only factor. We build THOUSANDS of diffs every year, and rarely see anything back, even when abused. Yet others with the same products may not have the same results. This is because gears require the know how and experience. It takes about 500-1000 setups before I'd consider anyone "experienced" at setting up diffs, this just doesnt happen in a std general repair shop setting. Sure there are a few sharp guys with attention to detail that are quite capable to do it right, but it takes a lot to have "seen it all". I've overseen over 20,000 setups, and have not seen it all yet.

 

That's a lot of setups haha I thought about trying to do it myself just for moneys sake but its worth it to get it done right. I wish I lived in Washington and not maine. It seems like everyone who knows what there doing lives on the other side of the country

 

No he is not retired, he took time off to go camping and do other things. He does front IFS diffs as well. Contact him VIA email at the bottom of his webpage: www.gearinstalls.com His name is Ken but many call him Zuk!!

James