methods of getting gears you want

[vermonttacoma]

Okay so the subject of gear-tire combos is beat to death.

I just picked up a 1994 with a 22re and 32's. it's got 4:10's and struggles up hills so I figure 4:56's would be a nice and practical solution.

simple enough..

heres the deal though- theres gotta be a better way to do this than dropping 1000 bucks and buying new ones.

can't you just go to a junkyard and buy the gears out of the differentials of some old yota? will 4.56's fit in whatever size axel stock 4.10's come in?
gears can be swapped without changing the whole differential housing- right???

[fourwd1]

If you find a truck at a yard with the gear ratio you want, just swap the whole third member. Much simpler.

[uscgsnipe]

$1000 bucks for gears, where are you shopping? Is that including the installation. I got 4.88 gears for my front and year axle (85 toyota) with the install kits from Precision and it cost me about $400.

[toorisky]

Problem is that Toyota came with 4:10 or 4:30 for autos...so it would be a exhausting search...

[toorisky]

Should have added yes....all 1st and 2nd gen non v-6 have the 8" differential...there is more to this but the answer is yes

[rockcrawlintoy]

Sept 19, 2008 21:13:53 GMT -5 toorisky said:

Should have added yes....all 1st and 2nd gen non v-6 have the 8" differential...there is more to this but the answer is yes

the V6 also has an 8 inch diff up until the time of the tacoma. the e locked tacos still have an 8 inch diff however