Tundra front axle disconnect (1 Viewer)

[silverhorse]

I'm thinking It would be nice to have the ability to disconnect the front axle... benefits would be no CV axle usage except when ingaged..., the ability to drive out if you broke a front axle .. Not having to do a field repair.
Has anybody done this?
Thoughts?
I guess the main complication would be the wiring.

 

[turbo8]

I'm thinking It would be nice to have the ability to disconnect the front axle... benefits would be no CV axle usage except when ingaged..., the ability to drive out if you broke a front axle .. Not having to do a field repair.
Has anybody done this?
Thoughts?
I guess the main complication would be the wiring.

The CV axles would still be spinning, unless you add manual hubs. I'm not sure if manual hubs are available for the Tundra\200.

There are a lot more issues, but your main reason for thinking about doing that was so the CVs don't spin when driving.

 

[linuxgod]

Check with @bjowett, I think he was at least considering this years ago. I’m not sure he ever did it but I think he’ll have to info you need. That said if you actually want to disconnect the CVs i’m pretty sure it’s a lot more work than climbing under the truck and disconnecting the driveshaft.

 

[bloc]

For the record you may need a complete tundra front diff chunk. They put a needle bearing into the passenger side port to the housing, which the people running tundra front gears have had to remove to stab the 200-series halfshaft. I'm assuming this has to do with their diff disconnect system. From memory the relevant side of our housing may not have the smooth bore needed to mount that needle bearing.

@bjowett did post pictures of manual front hubs for tundra/200 platform in the "I want to flat tow my 200 / yes I'm crazy" thread.

all-in it sure seems easier to just cut the shaft out and pull it to get off the trail, than to drop skids to remove the front driveshaft, all the pre-emptive work to swap diffs, possible wiring, not even sure if there's room for the ADD stuff with the 200-series steering rack/crossmember/etc

 

[bjowett]

Swapping in a Sequoia case would be neat, but yes, the wiring would be the more involved part.

The manual hub project is still incomplete, but looks like it should work.

The needle bearing is a disaster… most In the Tundra world swap in a solid bushing.

 

[silverhorse]

Have we determined how to check axle ratio? @bjowett
@bloc @linuxgod

 

[linuxgod]

Spin the CV and driveshaft and count and divide the rotations?