im set on going to 5.29's in my auto 87 22re. my 265s get mounded this week and its already a dog on 30s. I dont have the money to do both so im only doing the rear right now. Option 1. shops here want 400 just for install and me buying the gears seperate. Which is 170 or so for the 5.29s and 100 for a master install kit (which i was told is recommended) so im looking at 700ish. Option 2. I buy a 3rd member for somewhere like marlin with 5.29s installed for 600, have that installed for 100 or so, and then sell my old 3rd. How much are they worth used anyway? it has 4.30's. opinions?

 

Opinions:

1. Don't use 4wd until you get the front done.

2. I'd do option 2, but do the install yourself. It will take you a couple hours in a driveway. Very, very easy to install a third thats been set up.

3. Get the front done ASAP. I highly recommend against doing just the rear. I'd pull the front driveshaft just to be safe, so no one accidentally throws the truck in 4wd.

 

At the least, I bet you could get $100 for the 4.30 3rd. You could probably get $200 though.

 

buy the third and install yourself its easy.

 

That would be cool. make it woth while to go with getting a pre-setup 3rd.

Axle i plan on taking the front driveshaft off. Im not to comfortable with the 3rd install, i know everyone says its pretty simple, which im sure it its, but id hate to mess up a $600 part b/c of something i did wrong. ill ask some friends to see if anyone has done one.

 

Pretty hard to mess it up.

4 nuts to loosen on each of the rear wheel flanges, disconnect the brake line, and pull out each axle.

Undo the rear driveshaft at the diff side. Unbolt the 10 or 12 or so 12mm nuts holding the diff in, remove the diff. Replace. Takes an hour if you know what you are doing, a couple more for the first time.

As for selling the stock third: I don't recommend that until you've done the front. If you decide to sell it before you get the money for the front, you'll either take a huge hit in it not being able to use 4wd, or have to buy another 4.30 diff, which means more money.

Hang onto the rear, and sell both front and rear at once. You'll get more money that way.

 

Fat chance.

 

if your truck is 4cyl I have a 5.29 third with a detroit in it I will sell you for $500

 

If you're buying a full differential, there's honestly very little you can do wrong installing it yourself.
It's not like some diff's where the carrier is bolted to the housing and the pinion gear comes in through a hole in the front, and you have to worry about contact patches, bearing pre-load, lash and such.
The Toyota diff comes out of the housing in one piece (once you get the axle/stub shafts out of the way).
If you're buying a full IFS diff with the gears you want, that's one reason they are more expensive than a ring and pinion set for some other truck- it comes with the carrier and spiders, already all set up.
It really is a bolt-on affair. Just watch those circlips on the stubs.

 

^ cool thanks darian ill look into doing it myself.