OK i got a few questions and i cant find any answers so i am going to give this a try and i might not no everything cause i am just 17 but i am wondering if any one can tell me if i want to convert my A.D.D to manual locking hubs if all i need to do is purchase this kit for say http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/de...QW3660459.html

and that would be all i would need to accomplish the task or would there be other items i would need to consider or is it pretty much bolt on install and help would be greatly appercaited and just to give u some back ground i have a 1997 tacoma ext cab 4x4 5 sp manual and i have installed a rancho suspsion lift kit that consited of new front coils and shocks rasing the front about 1.5 to 2 inches and a add a leaf and new rancho shocks in the rear raising it the same the idea behind the conversion to manual locking hubs is to allow me to install a spacer kit like this http://www.fatbobsgarage.com/cart/pr...4-364-188.html

so in the end i will be able to install 33 x 12.5 or something in that area of tires with out having to cut anything and i am not really interested in a body lift either so ya any help would be nice or if u have questions u can email me at budman90@hotmail.com and i will try and answer them or if u have any other information concerning the pros and cons of such a task

 

You cannot just buy the hubs. Notice the part at the bottom that says "Except ADD"

You need to search on the forum, there have been several threads concerning switching from ADD to manual hubs.

Downey offroad sells the manual hub conversion that will fit your truck. Its not a bold on/bolt off application, but its fairly easy to do it you are mechanically inclined and have access to a press.

 

It's a bad idea.

Yes, if you snap an axle, you can simply unlock the hub and drive away. BUT, because manual hub axles are weaker at the tripod and have thinner shafts, you're more likely to break one to begin with. And changing them out is much more difficult and requires a special socket.

ADD axles are thicker and have stouter CVs, and they're easier to change out.

Save the money and put it towards something useful!!!

 

Where the hell did you get this info from?

What special socket are you talking about? It takes a pair of snap ring pliers, and 10 and 12mm sockets.

 

From people who did the swap, then went back to ADD.

And I concede, you only need the special tool to install the wheel bearings. But removing cone washers isn't exactly fun.

 

Cone washers can be a PITA sometimes.

I think the socket you are thinking of is indeed for the bearings, its a 54mm to tighten the two outer nuts.

 

Thanks for the help so far and ya i have looked on here and found some help full tips but when i read the locking hub kit description it said conversion kit needed except for add which for me i read it as that the kit comes with everything u need and no conversion kit is need

 

Also if some one has done this or has hints about converting them please let me no cause i can not find anything about 97 tacoma but i could be wrong

 

Tacomas require a conversion kit to go to manual hubs from ADD, earlier model pick ups do not. You can find all the info you want with a simple