where to regear an fzj80

[fogblanket]

ok so on short noticed I drove the Pickle to ithica ny saturday then sunday to southern VT then home on Monday. 8 hrs of driving a day. she ran great temp stayed in the 180's with a jump up into the 190's coming out of Bennington up into the mountains. no coolant loss for the hole trip. ( was parinoid about it )
the only real issue is the ps box seems to have abit of a leak , and the truck wanders abit when I stretching it out over 60-65 mph not sure if the two are related...

and lastly I had no power up the hills/mountains thus the title where to regear. I run 35' duratracs and plan to pull the trigger on 4.88 gears and install kits from cruiser outfitters this week but was wondering if anyone on here had a recommendation of a shop or traveling gear installer?

Jason

 

[landtank]

I have everything in stock my locked cores are spoken for at this point. So you would need to pull the thirds for me to regear them.

 

[fogblanket]

Everything as in install kits and gears? My 3rds are oem elocked not sure if that makes a difference


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[landtank]

gears, gaskets,solid spacers and full rebuild kits. The big difference with the rear e-locker is that the back lash and preload of the carrier are handled by swapping out shims. There is something like 20 different shims and they can only be gotten from Toyota. You won't know what's needed until you put the third back together. I have a full set on hand of those as well.

I can usually do a swap program to help with down time by rebuilding my cores. But the elocked cores are spoken for. They have 4.88s in them and are waiting to be installed.

 

[fogblanket]

Your teasing me that is the exact set up i am after. Let me pm or email you specifics on stuff if thats alright?
Jason


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[landtank]

sure no problem, I'll PM you my cell number