About the 35mm socket, I found mine at Checker Auto Parts. They're a little hard to find. Someone previously pointed out that a 1 3/8" socket would also work, since that's about 34.9 mm.
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Aurora Sandman:
<strong>Jeff, approx. how much is the manaul hub install (parts an labor)? I'm thinking I might just ask the Boulder dealer to pull the axle out for me so I can drive, and than I'll order the Offroad Solutions kit and wait in queue for an install. Does that sound like a good plan to you??</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Sorry, I honestly don't know the labor hours. ORS installed mine along with gobs of other stuff, like gears and front locker. So I don't know the manual hub labor portion of it. I'd guess 4-8 hours.
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by phong:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by JadeRunner:
<strong>Others correct me if I wrong, but couldn't have Mike just removed the inner boot and slide the axle out so that it wouldn't flop around? Then he could drive safely in two wheel drive.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Yes, he could have disassembled the inner tripod joint and driven.... but only if the breakage occurred at the outter CV joint. Otherwise, there would be a piece of axle dangling and flopping around.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">I agree with Phong. Phong also proved that you need the outer CV in place to drive. ORS says it's a semi-floater axle. If the outer CV breaks, the only thing holding the middle axle shaft in place is the boot on the inner CV. Both the innermost and outermost shafts need to be kept in place for it to be driveable. So if you're going to ask Boulder Toyota to remove anything, tell them to just undo the inner CV boot so the middle axle shaft falls off. The inner CV (tripod joint) should be covered with tape or put the original boot back on to keep dirt out, since you'll need to re-use the stock inner CV with the ORS kit. But you definitely need all broken parts returned to you, since you'll need to re-use the tripod joint rollers along with the ORS kit. When you get the kit installed, you'll replace and throw out the outer CV so just make sure it's not going to spew grease everywhere. It doesn't matter if the outer CV gets dirty in that case.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by phong:
<strong>$1039.00 into the front IFS vs. carrying a $150 CV spare... or two.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">I need to carry a spare in addition to having the manual hubs. But your spare axle is different depending on having manual hubs or not so that affects when you make the $150 investment. Oh yeah, and I've been intending to find a spare hub now, too. Argh.

The toughest part about getting a spare axle is that you can't subtract the price of a core return, unless you get lucky and find some Taco or 4Runner that did a SAS or something, even if the core axle is broken. You still need part of your stock axle with the ORS kit, so you don't have a full core to return then.