Many thanks for taking the time to post this detailed and objective explanation. I'm sorry to hear you had problems, but glad it worked out.

The pinion stem / yoke issue is the first I ever heard of that. That is a great nugget of info! A lot of people have swapped regeared e-locked diffs into the old axles and I haven't seen any reports of that issue. I wonder if Toyota changed the stem for your model year?

Enjoy this new gears!


4x4Wire's Toyota Section
1995 FZJ80 LandCruiser - 3 locking diffs, +200k mi, JD HIR's, 285/75R16 Nitto TG's
Olde North State Cruisers