Are f&r hilux centers interchangable

[Oldhenry]

A mate of mind recons u can run a rear hilux centre in the front. Is it true and how do thy go with the rear LSD set up in front.

[old lux]

In the solid axle. Leaf all round yea the centers for the front and the rear. Dunno bout running the LSD in the front. Contemplating doing it to my fathers

[BumbleBee]

Yes the solid axle models interchange front to rear... LSD up front does help a little bit, but its nothing like having a locker.

[Oldhenry]

Ah very good. I should have specified that I was talking about solid axle lux's. Thanks guys

[Zooknut]

As previously said yes the centres are interchangeable! I took the lockright locked centre out of the rear and put it straight in the front. One of the best mods I have done!
To save money you can weld the diff centre before it goes in, only if you have manual locking hubs though. For normal driving with the hubs free you will never know there is a locked diff in the front. Good luck with the swap.

[Oldhenry]

Thanks bud. I'm not goin to weld it. My brother is just changing over diff gears and I'm using the standard diff centre until I can get my hands on some air lockers.

[Narrowscopeofreality]

Bit of a dig..
Is the info in this thread accurate?

I'm having some front diff issues atm, and on the off chance that the center is farked, I have a rebuilt lsd rear sitting here doing nothing. I can bolt this straight into the front?

1996 LN106 solid axle 4.3s

Cheers guys

[Mr DJ]

Bit of a dig..
Is the info in this thread accurate?

Would Outers lie to you ?!?
Yes, very accurate ..... most of the time

[Narrowscopeofreality]

Haha thanks mate

[brad 93hilux]

Yes you can interchange them, just the diff centre is run on the opposite side of the teeth on crownwheel/ pinion. But it's no problems interchanging them.
A LSD will be fine in the front either old n worn or tight and rebuilt.


Brad

[Narrowscopeofreality]

Can you elaborate a bit for me? I cant picture what you mean.
Cheers

[brad 93hilux]

Eg- think of the one diff centre in the rear rotating in one direction, now if u swap it to the front it has to rotate in the opposite direction for the car to move. Remembering the two drive flanges face one another.

Thus it is possible to have noisy gears in the rear and by swapping the centres around noise can go away (getting driven on other side of gears)

This is a bit off track of topic.

Understand?

[Narrowscopeofreality]

Yeah pretty certain i'm following. If i've got a rear center in the front, when going in reverse, the diff will be running on the original side of the teeth

[brad 93hilux]

Correct!!
It means little overall, only if the centres had never been swapped the drive side of gears after swap will be like new.

But you can interchange them, and the lsd's are ok in the front when shimmed, in the rear they do wear out after a while but take ages to wear out in front due to turning circle and amount driven on.

Brad

[Narrowscopeofreality]

Sweet thanks mate, appreciate it