TOY: Can't Believe Everything You Hear...

["Randy Burleson"<randii@xxxxxxx>]

>Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 12:07:28 -0500
>From: Karl Bellve <Karl.Bellve@umassmed.edu>
>Subject: TOY: What is Marlin running?
>
>I just heard that Marlin is running hi-pinion electric 
>locking diffs.
When I last saw his truck (mebbe two months ago?) he was not. He did have a
hi-pinion (non-electric) diff up front, but he kept breaking 'em in the rear
(running on the coast side of the gear is weaker, of course), so he dropped
a standard-cut third member into the back.

>I remember he claimed that you couldn't use a electric 
>locking diff in a mini-truck, which I and others (Carl 
>Whitmore) proved to be untrue.
You're right, he was wrong... it's all good. 

Life goes on...

>When Marlin was asked directly, he assume the front 
>FJ80 diff was like the rear (needing longer splines 
>on the short axle).
It made sense that it would be -- but it wasn't. Its very cool that you were
thorough enough to research this solution... 

For those of you who might have missed it the first time, here's Karl's opus
on installing the electric locker:
http://www.outdoorwire.com/4x4/toyota/tech/electric_locker/

Now on to bigger and better things -- did you ever get a skidplate set up for
the electric motor? Also, I remember that you had this setup finished for the
rear diff... if you finished your front diff, I'd love to see some pix of that
and maybe even update your original article.

Randii