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Problem in Hilux ln106 Diff related?

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 4:44 pm
by SOGONE
Hey i've tried to find this in search. When i'm in four wheel drive high or low it feels like my front wheels might be moving faster then my rears. If i lock my hubs in and put it in four wheel drive high on a dirt road when i start to build up speed it kind of torque steers everywhere. In low range it does the same thing but it's not as bad as the speed obviously isn't as high. I've bought the car recently and only just started to go out in it. I don't know if the front is maybe a different ratio because the previous owner broke the original and put a new one in? Anyone else had any problems like this? Is it the diff or is it something to do with my steering?

I'm running 33's with a 2 inch or so lift, no shackles, and an inch spacer on the front hubs as the offset of the wheels doesn't clear the brakes without them.

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:06 pm
by Sic Lux
Can do a quick ratio check by jacking a axle up marking tailshaft put in netural for rear or 2wd when doin front make sure car can't roll, Turn a tyre around one time and count the times the mark turns around and see it's final postion. If it goes around 4.5 turns it'll be 4.5:1 ratio.
What modle lux is it and what engine

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:44 pm
by SOGONE
ln106 1993 with a 3L in it. Might check that tomorrow.

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:57 pm
by Narrowscopeofreality
Would it not tear the box apart if the ratios front to rear were different?

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:08 pm
by SOGONE
it might if i drove 4x4 on tarmac maybe? but im assuming there is enough give in dirt tracks and road that the tyres just spin faster?

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:55 pm
by brad 93hilux
You will (should) have 4.3 ratio diffs

Try what sick lux has said, as it is the easiest thing to check.

Check any play in the steering parts and check that the Torque rod is not flogged out/ broken/ missing

just a couple of easy things to check

Brad