Yep, 200 series 3rds with ARB RD152's front and rear. The ring gear is about 2x thicker and the pinion is 32 spline vs the earlier 27 spline. Much stronger than the 80 series and older 9.5's.
The shafts neck down to 30 spline at the birf, but being 32 spline at the diff and a 34.8mm (vs 33mm...
That one was a 4runner, just no top, doors, glass, tailgate, fenders, straight body panels etc... You know, a crawler :rofl:
The biggest beef I have with toy axles is the 8" 3rd. I have blown up more zuk built cryoed high pinion gear sets than I can remember. And those were all in rigs that...
This is one of the dumbest arguments I have heard in 10 years of being on mud....
Rubicons are not rock crawlers, neither are 80's.. or 40's, 55's, 60', cj3's, cj5's, wagoneer's etc. If you want to build one or the other into an actual crawler, you will end up with the same axles, suspension...