94xjkyle
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im thinking of axle swaps and im leaning towards the 8.8 but i was just wondering how strong the toyota axle is, and if i should look into swaping one of those in befor the 8.8
BrettM said:the only major advantage the 8.8 has is that they are 5on4.5 bolt pattern for those that want to keep the D30. I believe you can get a Toy 8" with 5on4.5, but I have not personally seen it.
be careful of older 2wd models, the Toy 7.5" diff looks very similar to the 8". most Tacomas are 6 lug, do you mean 2wd Tacomas?Puma297 said:the later tacomas (95.5) are wide enough and have the 5x4.5. Also there are some super rare toy 8's from older trucks with this pattern but were only in 2WD models.
Puma297 said:they are stout axles. The only problem is that pretty much the only yota axles that have the 5x4.5 bolt pattern are the weak 27 spline axles with 7.5" ring gear. But the stronger standard yotas have 6x5.5, nothing a wheel spacer can't fix. The yota axles are lighter, provide more ground clearance and can be found stock with lower gears.
what do you mean by putting the leafs inboard? and the 8" has 27 splines rightFuel90 said:that is an 8". it is too narrow to use without putting the leafs inboard like BrettM mentioned above.