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If you are going to mod it anyway, a 60 series ARB is usually easier to find at a cheaper price. I have one on my 80 series.

Got it! Was only off by part of a spline. Once I pulled the shaft back out, wiggled the disc to rotate the assembly slightly, it went in smooth.

Ok, so for future reference for anyone else who has this problem, I took the shaft back out, rotated the disc brake around slightly and it went in easily. It must have been off by just a fraction of a spline. Hopefully, this thing will be back together this weekend!

Did you figure this out? I'm having the same problem.

Hi, I just got my rear 3rd member back from the mechanic, setup with 4.88 gears. I have a 94 FZJ with factory lockers, but the locker actuator is not on the 3rd because it needs to be rebuilt. I was able to get the DS shaft in easily, with minor taps with deadblow hammer once seated. I'm having...

I just bought a similar situation 93 190K miles with factory lockers for $1,500 this weekend. I have not been able to diagnose anything yet but the PO told me the same thing (ie. lost all oil pressure and heard a knock so he shut it down and parked it). I'm somewhere between confident and...

I found that the mounting surface side plate was cracked on my actuator. If anyone has a spare, I'd gladly pay for it. This is the piece the gear comes out through. Appears to be aluminum but may have to get it welded if I can't find another.

Not really. Just backed off road to turn around. There was a good 4' of snow everywhere and more where it drifted. This spot was a ditch so I didn't realize it was so deep until I was in it. The small trees under me took most of the weight off my tires. It was excessive wheel speed, turning...

I wouldn't be surprised. The axle was really hot that night. Lots of wheel speed for a long time. Will have to replace inner seals.

Lots of snow

Outermost teeth are gone, not a shadow.

That was it! Had to double-nut the stud and it came out. Got locker to lock and 3rd member is out!!!! My suspicion was right, some teeth broke off the ring gear. Now to figure out what gear ratio to go with. Leaning toward 4.88 vs 5.29 because I have 35's and 37's. I know there are many threads...

After scouring more images, I think this stud has to come out. Does that seem right to you guys? This may be the problem but I think I will still need to lock the locker to remove the 3rd member too.

I believe the issue is with the bolt stud shown at the bottom of the image, that goes through locker assembly and into axle housing. It seems to be very corroded around it and won't let locker slide off. I still can't get locker to lock so back to the parts diagrams to figure out how to...

All good advice jynx. I DD a 2014 Tundra with mild lift, which has been part of the delay. My thought to make it a parts rig would entail me buying another one that doesn't have rust underneath it and swap my lift and have spare parts, or just sell it for project funding.