Toyota Rear Axles

bigblueyj

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I am a Jeep man myself but I've been playing with the idea of throwing a Yota axle in the rear and going that route. I have an 8.8 in it now and it's fine but I run a six lug pattern on the front and have to use a spacer/adapter on the 8.8. I don't like that. I'm really not into building a rear 44 or changing lug patterns again. I'm looking for some info on a yota axle. Is there one with disc brakes and that is about 60ish inches wide? I also need a 4.10 ratio as well. Also will they hold up to 38's? Just looking for some good info and for someone to point me in the right direction if there is one.
 
bigblueyj said:
I am a Jeep man myself but I've been playing with the idea of throwing a Yota axle in the rear and going that route. I have an 8.8 in it now and it's fine but I run a six lug pattern on the front and have to use a spacer/adapter on the 8.8. I don't like that. I'm really not into building a rear 44 or changing lug patterns again. I'm looking for some info on a yota axle. Is there one with disc brakes and that is about 60ish inches wide? I also need a 4.10 ratio as well. Also will they hold up to 38's? Just looking for some good info and for someone to point me in the right direction if there is one.
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There's a writeup on naxja somewhere of a guy swapping one in the rear of an XJ.

You could always send your shafts to moser and get them welded and drilled to the new pattern. Like $90 a pair last I checked. As long as the 8.8 is wide enough wms-wms I think that'd be a far easier way to go.

As far as yota axles go, they're plenty stout and the dropout center section is cool. I imagine stock they'd hold up to 38's alright, though if you've got the I6 it might be pushing it. Hopefully a yota guy will chime in here I know there are several toy rears (ifs, pre'85, 2wd, 8.4 with e-locker, Full float fj80s) and have no idea what might fit your application best.
 
It would probably be semi hard to find right now, but the rear from the new FJ cruiser is about the right width, has factory disc brakes, and a factory e locker.
 
Yeah as far as the shafts, I don't think you can redrill a 5 on 4.5 to a 6 on 5.5 because there isn't enough meat on the shaft's flange itself. I would have to get new shafts and then since they would be bigger on the flange, I don't think my rotors would fit. See my problem? And another thing I should add to this equation, is my Jeep isn't pushing with an I6. It has an LT1 SBC in it with an NV4500. So would my torque hurt a yota axle? What about a T100 or a Tundra maybe?
 
That would be alot of torque on an older (like mine) yota rear. Check the wms on a tundra or t100. If it wasnt rainin, id do it. I have a tundra and my neighbor has a t100 The newer tacos run the same rearend as the tundras, just different width.
 
IFS rear can take 37" tires with your power pretty reliably. Toy guys run 40's on them all the time.
 
lbyota85 said:
The new tundra has a 10.5 inch R&P and 36 spline shafts if you need more beef.:huggy:
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Nice, sounds like that's made of moo.

Now that I'm over the spline count envy, I'd think a SBC and 38s could get interesting... I didn't think about teh shafts that hard, I guess there's not really room on the flange for 6 studs.
 
I saw a Tundra on the road and it looked like it had a 5 lug pattern. Maybe it was a wheel cover? It was across the four lane at a stoplight so I couldn't see it that well. What is the width on a tundra and a tacoma?
 
Yea the 2wd tacos are 5 lug. Not too sure about the 2wd tundras.
 
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