Electric locker motor damage

[-MaTTi-]

I wondered what´s wrong with my factory rear locker. Okay, it is always been hard to lock (it´s take a time). But now it won´t engage after turning it off and when on, the light is blinking, not continuous like it should be. Although it was locked. It keeped locked also when changing 4-HI. Motor sounds ok, it turned on and off.

Now I take it off. And what I saw... the whole thing was corrosied to cra*. Fuc**ing salted roads here and also in norhern Germany where I bought this car! Destroying my car.

This missing peace left to the axle.





Now the problem is, where I find new/used locker motor with reasonable price.

[TEPUI]

Sorry to see that, Matti. You can try contacting http://www.inchwormgear.com they may have replacement parts for your e-locker.

[-MaTTi-]

Troubles over, I got a good used motor with exactly same part#. I was lucky. It happened to be in my friends offroad-store for sale. Some guy was changed it because it not worked, but the new one don´t work either. The failure was somewhere else. Price 100 € was really reasonable.

[beast2h]

can you tell me where i would be about to get one of these factory electric diff locks from as im in australia and they werent sold here with them

[-MaTTi-]

Originally Posted by beast2h

can you tell me where i would be about to get one of these factory electric diff locks from as im in australia and they werent sold here with them

It´s been always as standard in Europe if you have Wide-model (with fender flares). Maybe you could order one from some junkyard. It´s been optional in some 3rd gen. 4Runner models too.

Have you read this article: http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/electric_locker/

EPC says the locker is same at least these models:

[beast2h]

none of them were offered in aus with the factory locker much to my dissapointment.... prehaps you maybe able to send me in the right direction of an over seas junkyard/wrecker?
the only toyotas offered in aus with factory diff locks were the 80/100/75/79 series(larger diffs)

[Reven]

Originally Posted by beast2h

prehaps you maybe able to send me in the right direction of an over seas junkyard/wrecker?

I don't know any Finnish junkyards, but here is a Danish one: Autodatalager It's quite large on Toyota and at the moment they have a complete rear axle with factory diff lock for a 90-series.

[landtank]

thgat looks to be the same actuator as the one used on the front of the 80 series. I had one out and it needed repair to the internal contacts. You guys use some aggressive salt since that is made of aluminum.