Bmf and JakeJakes sequoia axle shenanigans

It hurts, how much truth is in that statement, sir.

 

Truss this MFer and make an extra kit for me

 

This goes great with the Creature Commandos theme I got going on today

 

Smart. Wish I had done that

 

Just looked at my spare axle for a while. A 3rd member shave would only get you 1" of extra clearance at most.

 

What can you shave on the axle that creates clearance?

 

I’d say that’s more of a manscaping on the tubes

 

which is the difference in ground clearance between 33” and 35” tires

 

shaved pumpkin housing on a Currie high pinion 9” front axle. It’s inexpensive to do, but the labor is fairly involved.

 

That doesn’t fuck up the oil splashing?

 

Shaving down the pumpkin has been a long time mod. I haven't ever heard of any oiling issues. Yes, there is a little bit less oil in the axle, but the oil level will still come up to the same height on the ring gear (as it did before a high clearance shave).

 

I'll see if I can get some pictures, but I am wary of ECGS. I know half a dozen people who have had negligent failures of diffs from them. Granted, that has to be 5+ years ago, but I still worry. My brother, and at least 3 of those failures, were caused by failing to locktite the ring gear bolts. My brothers diff failed so catastrophically that it actually damaged the axle housing. The saving grace was that ECGS stood by their warranty, replaced the built diff, and sent him a new housing. My brothers was a '00 Tacoma Elocker that he regeared to 4.56.

 

@bmf4069 I'd be shocked if we didn't have a few options locally for quality gear work. You'd save money on freight cost at the very least. I'll ask around my network and see who's who.

 

Often times the speed shops or off road shops will do them. I’m very leery of most off road shops as they tend to cater to the looks vs function crowd. Speed shops on the other hand wanna go fast and know they will break shit, so they try to break proof things.

 

This will be fun to watch!

Dumb questions:

You say fuck the rear axle seals and rear brakes...

A disc conversion kit would net you the same Sequoia rear brakes? Or am I missing something..

Are the axle seals different on a Sequoia?

 

Wheel bearing is a little bit different on the Sequoia, it's an assembly with the bearing in the case unlike the Tundra, where you have to press the bearing in the case. Still kind of a bitch to do since you'll still need a press, but I think it'll be a little easier to get everything where you need it to be. The annoying inner axle seals will still be the same.

Sequoia axle shaft/ wheel bearing:



Tundra axle shaft/ wheel bearing:



The Sequoia parking brake will be weaker than the Tundras, but it might be much easier to tie into the stock parking brake system. The parking brake in the SOS rear conversion kit is very lack-luster and took a lot of customization for me to get right. I had to switch the calipers where they were in front of the axle to get a better parking brake.

 

Thanks for that explanation! Perfect!

 

The SOS kit des mentioned is close to 2k. I'm betting we can come in cheaper than that. Plus, I don't think anybody has done this before. I could be wrong though.

And yeah, I've done my axle seals 3 times and they still leak. Me and @Sirfive did them perfect last time so it's possible I have a fucked up axle. We adjusted the brakes perfect too and they're still shit. I hate drum brakes.

 

That sounds good to me. I have no idea who does diff work in town. Also, it's roughly $1400 for f/r LSDs. Plus labor to build and your labor. I may just be regearing for now.

 

Stop.

Wait and do it all at once when your money is right ...
Also gives you more time to wait for the next big sale. Always only buy big ticket items on sale, unless you absolutely need it now or you'll die.

Buy once, cry once.

 

This. And just have @JakeJake weld your current diff. lol 1/2" plate cut to fit inbetween the spider gears and viola!

 

For real, not like he needs the tundra to daily drive when he's got a motorcycle and the Vic.

 

This reminds me I do have a spare rear diff, I should weld that bitch.

 

Y'all going to tub Beau's truck for some dirty 5's too?

Y'all get the front 4.10's from the Sequoia too or just the rear?

 

I've welded a total of 4 diffs for varies drift projects. The plate inbetween the gears is ideal. The bigger the better. It's like a fail safe. So even if the welds on the spider gears crack, that hunk of steel welded in place should keep everything from moving.

the best thing about welded diffs is that they're 100% predictable.

 

LMAO that looks like my first welded diff.

ahhhhh the memories

 

That qualifies as