Toyota 8" rear vs. Dana 44 rear

[Rot Box]

It would be tough for me to do a solid axle swap on the 96 and newer 4 runner unless I was planning on rockcrawling. You'll likely end up with a lift requiring 35" (or bigger) tires and that's a lot to ask for an already heavy rig :-\

To answer the question YES I would definitely run the Toyota axle over the D44. That said I would strongly consider a narrowed/custom 3/4-1ton floating axle or a 9" Ford.

 

[Thardy]

I do plan on rock crawling. I'm just not sure how extreme yet. Down the road I may upgrade to 60s or 60/14bolt combo, but for now I want to use what i have. Eventually I might want to go full width we shall see what time tells.

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[Herzog]

Smaller diameter ring gear, smaller pinion shaft.

I have seen more broken Toy gears I think, but that could also be due to the stronger shafts, as well as people keeping them and running large tires on them when they really should be swapped out for something larger. D44-type people don't seem to have the same aversion to upgrading axles that Toy loyalists do.

I think it's also relevant to the motor hp / size (after all, it's the motion in the ocean... right?...right!?). My last buggy I ran D44s and heavy 38" SX tires but my motor is so old and tired I think it was the saving grace for those axles. Either that or my light foot. Just throwing out that other variable.

Topic: I'd keep the rear toy axle

 

[I Lean]

I think it's also relevant to the motor hp / size (after all, it's the motion in the ocean... right?...right!?). My last buggy I ran D44s and heavy 38" SX tires but my motor is so old and tired I think it was the saving grace for those axles. Either that or my light foot. Just throwing out that other variable.

Topic: I'd keep the rear toy axle

Yeah, but you've repented since then.

 

[JL Rockies]

I heard that (I'm still learning Toyota) if you don't have the elocker, you're stronger than if you did; something about smaller spider gears or some such. I heard it from a guy who heard it from another guy who heard it from a dude from ARB.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

I heard that (I'm still learning Toyota) if you don't have the elocker, you're stronger than if you did; something about smaller spider gears or some such. I heard it from a guy who heard it from another guy who heard it from a dude from ARB.

Not in the 4Runner, but true for the gen 1 Tacoma when it comes to overall 3rd member strength. The 8.4" diff used in the non-locked Tacoma is very stout, has a girdled carrier, I've heard/seen very few failures. 4Runners always came with 8' rears be it locked or not. While the spiders might be smaller in the e-locker I've not really heard of many spider failures?