im about to regear my 88 4runner. looking for 4.88 or 5.29. gonna be running 36" swampers with a 4.7 tcase. should i go with precision, yukon, genuine, anyothers? anyone had bad experiences with any particular brand. thanks for the help

 

Unless you are going to sell the truck right away, stick with the better brands, like US gear, Precision gear, or factory Toyota gears. You may be able to get the 4.88 Toyota gears from a salvage yard or someone on-line.

http://www.precisiongear.com/home.htm
http://www.usgear.com/

The worst gears are Genuine. I found out this morning that most of the Yukon gears are made over-seas, so IF that means China, I'd stay way from them too.

 

I had Richmond in my jeep and I can tell you first hand they were good....I never had a bad experience with any gear but the place I had do the install were very happy I went with richmond......

 

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Yes I've heard good things about Richmond too. Here is their website: http://www.richmondgear.com/01ringandpinions.html

 

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Except their bearings exploded when we were pressing them........

 

I have precision gear and Motive gears in mine.
Don't know much about the motive gears ( thats all that was offered at the time I ordered the gears from Downey. That was in 92!) But they have held up well.

 

my precisions had many broke teeth now i got yukons.....im pleased so far

 

Not only is the brand of gear somewhat important but the installer is just as important. The best gears in the world will blow up if they aren't installed properly.


There's a huge thread on TTORA board about Yukon and Value and how when some people ordered Yukon gears for their front diffs they received a Value box.

Thread is here: http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum...ead.php?t=1984

Specific post from Yukon rep here: http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum...9&postcount=71

 

From what I was told, Yukon, Motive and Precision gets their gears from the same manufacturer. I have Motive gears and have had no problems with them. I recently took my front diff apart to replace a damaged O-ring in my ARB air locker and the gears looked great. It really depends on the installer, on how long they'll last.

 

ive posted on several boards, and precision gears seems to come up the most as a great brand. think im gonna give em a shot.

 

what are they asking in the way of cost in gears. I need a set asap too. Im looking into 4.56 or 4.88s.

 

Do you know where to buy Richmond Gears online?

I haven't found any salvage 4.100 R&P here, so I must change my front gears, but US ones are different to european ones (4.10 vs 4.11) so I'll upgrade my rear ones too to 4.56.

Are 4cyl and V6 Gears the same?

Thanks,

David

 

No, they are not the same. 4 cyl gears can be used in a V6 diff by shiming but V6 gears can't be used in a 4 cyl diff.

Who are you planning on using to install the gears? Maybe they can help you find some. Some installers prefer one brand of gears over others.

 

i know summit racing carries richmond gears