</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> </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>Does it really matter whether it started its life as a 4Runner axle or a Tacoma axle?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">See 6 posts above where I have my message and Steve's response. (Read Steve's response.)</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">I already did. So the tripod joint bearings are bigger... whoopdee doo. That's not where the axle usually fails. And I'll take a thicker shaft over a thinner shaft anyday.

In your case, I would try to get the 4Runner axle... just so it matches the other side. But IMO, there are no major disadvantages in using a Tacoma axle.