Just as a heads up...
The e-locker came on the 8" axle so the rear diff doesn't match up with the open diff 8.4" axle. So, if you find one, you'll have to swap the entire axle. (not a huge deal and you may already know this)
Been working on a few updates to the 4Runner that are worthy of posting. She's been torn down and going nowhere fast for the last week while new Tundra 199mm front calipers and Powerslot rotors have been installed up front and an ARB RD132 Air Locker in the rear Toyota 8" axle. Hope to have the 3rd member back from the gear installer mid-week so I can drop it in and get her back on the road for a trip this weekend. :sombrero:
Minor surgery - :Wow1:
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Fancy new brakes.
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My particular 4Runner did not come with the E-Locker so it was only a matter of time before a bit more traction was added. ARB is running a promotion through mid-June that includes a free compressor with the purchase of an AIR Locker so that was all I needed to pull the trigger :wings:
Firewall mounted
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Magic buttons!!!
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this only applys to the tacomas. all 4runners locked or unlocked came with the 8" rear end -all 4runners up till 2009 at least im not sure about the 5th gens.
this is what i would have suggested... ARB is a much better option. and realistically they are the same cost. by the time you source a new rear axle and wire in and make a new harness for the rear Elocker you have spent the same amount. i looked into this, even had a complete rear housing for a Elocker, and i have gone ARB twice now.
also id recommend finding a gravel lot field or something other than pavement and a big enought area to drive around in figure 8s, and back and fourth to break-in the locker and free it up... when ARBs are new they like to stick -they typically dont take long to engage when new, but they take their sweet time to unlook when new. i think i spend two days about 30min each day cycling the locker on/off driving in circles and figure8s and back and forth untill it was nice and free/smooth.
good looking 3rd gen, i really like the color matched bumpers!
and i just noticed we share the same sticker in the same spot...
IMG_7219 by isaacyocum, on Flickr
did we just become best friends!?
this is what i would have suggested... ARB is a much better option. and realistically they are the same cost. by the time you source a new rear axle and wire in and make a new harness for the rear Elocker you have spent the same amount. i looked into this, even had a complete rear housing for a Elocker, and i have gone ARB twice now.
good looking 3rd gen, i really like the color matched bumpers!
Let me know where I need to go to get an ARB airlocker installed for $277.15.
Nice Runner, very clean! I think you will be more than pleased with the ARB and you don't have to worry about the E-locker solenoid sticking and not being able to engage/disengage the locker.
Are your bumpers powder coated?