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Ok, I'm game to dive into the new section... our other Toyota is a 2002 Taco, TRD, etc.. my wife's DD, and I've been pondering what it would take to swap out the front hubs, and convert to manual ones. My reasons for doing this are...
1. Better MPG, also less wear on front diff, CV's, etc., since the hubs would only be locked about 5% of the time, if that.
2. Less wear on the CV's (since they wouldn't be spinning all the time) if I were to lift the front end, and upgrade to one of those OME kits. here http://www.sleeoffroad.com/products/tacoma_suspension.htm#Tacoma
3. More reliable locking, if and when our Taco ever encountered something halfway serious.
So here's the Performance Products kit, I know most of what they do is SFI but it's all I've seen to date http://www.performanceproducts.com/...onversion+Kit&productid=106641&producttype=20
so anyone done this? worth doing, or waste of time & money? I look forward to hearing your comments, thanks. -tim
1. Better MPG, also less wear on front diff, CV's, etc., since the hubs would only be locked about 5% of the time, if that.
2. Less wear on the CV's (since they wouldn't be spinning all the time) if I were to lift the front end, and upgrade to one of those OME kits. here http://www.sleeoffroad.com/products/tacoma_suspension.htm#Tacoma
3. More reliable locking, if and when our Taco ever encountered something halfway serious.
So here's the Performance Products kit, I know most of what they do is SFI but it's all I've seen to date http://www.performanceproducts.com/...onversion+Kit&productid=106641&producttype=20
so anyone done this? worth doing, or waste of time & money? I look forward to hearing your comments, thanks. -tim