Land Cruiser 9.5" Differential Rebuild 

Thank you Sir! I am a G M Master Tech retired, my son fiddles in Land Cruisers, wanted me to replace both his axles. You were very helpful and professional. Thanks again 👍👍

Another great video. Thank you for passing along the knowledge. I've never seen it done before.

I'm Impressed! Yes,you are a good instructor! I've taken my 87 Toyota half ton rear end out today. If the gears look ok, I may do what u did here.

Thanks for sharing such valuable info. Will use your services in the near future for sure. Your work is so precise.

Thank you for another amazing Video. I will be doing this project shortly.

Your knowledge of the land cruiser is fantastic Thank you. M

Now that was a great video, thank you for your efforts!

Awesome... I like those diff adjusters - I did this on my '66 Bronco front axle and it was much more drawn out than this with shims etc. I'm surprised the bearing replacement didn't throw things out of wack with this project... I would have thought you would be re-shimming somewhere... Nice

U R A GOOD TEACHER!

Very easy to understand. Great detail cheers mate.

Thank you for showing this!

Wonderful and well explained video! Thanks

I've watched a few videos to see if i can do my 07 tundra, never tore into a differential before. This is the best video I've watched with best explanations, hands down. Thanks for posting it!!

SUPER GOOD !!! Thanks so much. Very informative, and competent. I've got no hesitation now in getting the old girls diff refreshed Thanks again, you're a Jedi.

Great job mate👍👍

Ayyyyy lol got the same gloves lolol they really good this guy must know what he's doing if he got them gloves

Outstanding.... thank you for sharing.

nice work Sir,

Great video , just changed the oil in the read diff of my 200 series , noticed a small amount of metal specks, and what looked like a bit of bronze flake ! Have you seen that before , time to worry ?... cheers mark

Woow man good job

Another great video Thank mate

You are the BEST

thanks very good job

Super helpful dude! Thanks for this. I’m about to take on this job with a Toyota 8” rear diff and it’s nice to see the process laid out so clearly in video form. Quick question: for your dial style torque wrench are you just running a 1/2” drive socket on a 1/4 to 1/2” adapter? Seems like inch pound beam or dial style with inch pounds only come in 1/4” drive.

Good video. What size bearing splitter did you use on the pinion?

I just realised that tool is not expensive, maybe I'm going to bought it and do the thing the right way

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Thanks for doing this video and sharing your knowledge. Can I ask what kind of sealant you used on the seals itself. Thanks Dave

Thanks so much for this video. I have a couple to do. Is it the same procedure with the factory Toyota e-locker diff?

Thanks for the great videos on the 80 series! In this diff rebuild video at 8:28 I see you have the spider gears removed but that teardown and inspection process isn't shown. Is it available in a separate video? I'm about to replace my front diff bearings as it very occasionally exhibits a bad vibration/buzz on throttle liftoff. On initial inspection my CW&P backlash looks OK and the CW&P gears look pristine. However, there seems to be excessive movement in the side gears. Is this normal to see on an uninstalled diff? Is the side gear movement/backlash likely to reduce once I replace all bearings, set preload, and reset the CW&P backlash? Or am I up for new set of spider gears as well?

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Hi , thank you for sharing this video with excellent work , I want to ask you I just changed the four bearing because of a new noise coming from the differential but sadly now after the new bearing was fixed the noise becomes louder note the old bearing was not Flexible

hi I need to know what kind of key he uses to measure the pressure

Hello dear i have toyota land cruiser 2003 model. My car rear differential have sound while i am driving and but mechanic told me to change completely differential. If i do same procedure is it work.

I've used red RTV on the transmission flange but never on the outside of the seal.

Man, what an excellent video. Do you also sell parts?

Good stuff man, thanks for posting. About to do the bearings on an 03 4 runner 8in rear end. Do you happen to know what bearing race driver kit works with those bearings? Seen several different sets and was leaning to the Lisle pinion bearing race kit but seems to only mention domestic vehicles.

What are your thoughts on solid pinion spacers as opposed to crush sleeves? I've only ever seen the Nitro brand spacers for 9.5" diffs and haven't heard anything bad about them, but given how recent this video is and the fact you used a crush sleeve I'm curious what your take is on them.

Fantastic job. You sir are an inspiration for me to tackle this myself. Quick question, when you start adding pre-load to carrier bearings, you say at 27:00 "you tighten until you don't have any play here". Where do you mean by "here"? You mean lateral play of the carrier assembly or any play on adjuster cup?

great video , what's that drag dial gauge your using , I'm struggling to find it's proper name cheers 👍

great video! just wondering what kind of torque wrench that is you use to check your bearing drag.

Thanks for the informative work. can an 80 series landcruiser be driven without a diff?

hey how are you? can i just adjust my rear diff without all the measurements tools? just decrease the play between those 2 ? it doesn't matter if the end result is not perfect , just decrease it, can i cause any damage doing that ? is a 1996 80 series land cruiser. thank you so much man, your tutorials are the best ones !

Wow that was quick. I got quoted 3 to 4 hours labour to replace the bearings in the rear diff of my 2004 HZJ105. I have an ARB air locker installed in the rear diff, does this mean I need a special bearing kit, or will the standard one do the job?

If all Americans were as kind as you, we'd have world peace! Thank you from OzMerica mate for a great teaching video. Successfully did the diff (with no noise) on an 86 Cruiser *HJ60 - Many Thanks. PS use some real wood (iron bark) on the floor from Australia ~ That soft crap bounces too much. : ) Another point of interest the pinion nut on the Cruisers has a reputation of coming loose...I use some 'Russian Locktite' (a quick zap with the mig) to lock it in there.

Why didn't you use any grease to the bearings? Are they bad to put since it'll be lubricanted with diff oil? Great video btw but i kinda wanted to see how the spider gears were taken out w/out taking d ring out (gonna put lunchbox locker on my rebuild) Thanks

Did you just use the old pinion shim to set pinion depth? I’m rebuilding a 10.5 tundra rear diff myself

Thanks for your good view And i would ask I have land cruiser my rear left axle always it break after it vibrates on the highway I fixed the whole mechanism of the rear axle hub and differential gears and i did replace the pinion bearings but left axle breaks again Could it be the carrier bearings? Or the small gears in the differential which always destroy the hub and vibrates the axle? I need the answer urgently because i am disappointed from this issue too much And thanks so much

hey there, if I were to send you my rear diff off my 2002 tundra would you do the rebuild and ship it back?

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Dose it matter which way the oil slinger is placed back on the pinion ?

Replacing a pinion seal on my FJ40. Saw you used sealer on the pinion seal. What kind of sealer do you use?

i have a noise coming from front diff area on a 91 LC . My guess is pinion bearing is going out and my mechanic agreed with me when he looked /heard the noise. curious on what the cost would be to replace bearings on the front diff. what are your thoughts?

How did you remove the carrier bearing?

If you dont have all the tools, cut the cages off the old bearings and you can use the old bearings and races to drive the new ones in back on.

Solid Pinion Spacer: If I set up my diff correctly on the bench using the crush spacer (minus new main pinion seal), can I simply pull the crush spacer and measure it to provide the total length required for a solid spacer plus shims? Or will the crush spacer 'relax' slightly providing an inaccurate measurement and therefore incorrect preload? I figure the price of a crush spacer is worth it to save multiple assembly/disassemblies and risk of damaging a bearing to get a solid spacer bearing preload correct.

Hi...I've got an old 1986 Landrcruiser (SWB 4 Cyl. 3.4L Diesel) that's suddenly developed a clunking (not a whine) sound from the rear axle and I've noticed that the pinion/prop-shaft backlash is more than an inch...could it be that the "crushable-sleeve" has collapsed? If so, can I change just the sleeve and seals without having to replace all the bearings as in your video? Thanks, Kevin

Hello! At 34:20 you had to adjust one of the adjusters so the keeper would line up. Do you loosen or tighten or whatever accomplishes the lineup to occur sooner? Was just wondering if there is an rule that you never loosen alway tighten.

Hi Would you show me how to do the same thing toyota land cruiser hj61 with lock on cable with rear axle

Ryan what is the right time to tight up the pinion nut ? You set the preload but I didn’t see when you set the final ft-lbs ? By the way what is the right ft-lbs for this nut ?

hi how are you? great videos man. can you tell me what is the diameter of the carrier bearing adjuster toll ? thank you so much

Hi mate is there any way of knowing when the pinion crush is correct when the centre is still in the vehicle?I want to replace pinion seal only and not have to pull it all to bits if I can help it

Hi. How tight should the splines be between the flange and the pinion shaft? I have noticeable slack on the one I am doing. Many thanks.

Im rebuilding a Toyota 8" out of a solid axle hilux. Are the tensions the same across toyota?

What's the dial torque wrench you're using, I've bn looking to buy one, what range torque is it. Thanks

What torque wrench did you use to measure the drag?

Is this relatively the same for the front diff?

Is the tundra differential more problematic that the one your working on? And if the pinion bearings aren't wore do they need changed? I've seen that a few videos only change the pinion bearings, and a few that say they arent bad but since your already in there doing the pinion you may as well change the carrier. I ask because im on a budget, and don't have the 2,000 bucks the parts store wants for the master bearing set. I called toyota for a price and when i asked if their 80 a piece bearings came with races, they said i must not be talking about differential bearings because they don't have races. And then i was told id need to know the shim size because they have 40 different thicknesses. Ive never done a differential bearing job, and it seems the parts store and toyota are confusing me with information. One wants me to buy the 2,000 dollar master kit, the toyota shop wants me to bring it in for them to do a 2,100 dollar fix. My buddie works on heavy equipment, semis, dump trucks, cars and trucks and said get the parts and he'd help me for a couple hundred bucks. He has the pullers and a press, and he also said if carrier bearings aren't bad don't waste the money. If we get it tore down and they look bad we'd replace them, which sounds logical to me and saves me a bunch of money if i don't have to buy master kit or pay toyota. Your going thru the process like you could do it in your sleep, so i thought I'd ask for your thoughts. There's no slop when i jacked the truck off the ground and spun the tires, no clunking in drive shaft and differential, so other than the hum i wouldn't be able to tell there was any problem. Any feed back would be appreciated. Do you have a link to Kevin's bearings you mentioned?

Where did you get that differential holder?

Where did you get that bearing puller? I've been trying to find a good one like that but haven't had any luck?

Hi Ray Nice to see you videos.where you have you shop

How do you set the Pinion Depth? Do you just set it by looking at the paint pattern?

I have read 9-11 for new pinion bearing preload and I have watched you do 18. I am working a 62 9.5" Which do I do?

Hi Buddy how are you???….. quick question…… I install to my 1996 FJ80 Goodyear 33”…….. and i will like to upgrade gear ratio…….. is 4.88 ratio is great for this tire size?????……. Because i think that 4.56 ratio will be no difference…… please help me to solve this Thanks a lot

Are the front and back diff the same!

Looks like the spider gears were out of the carrier….?

Can the rear pinion seal be replaced without removing the pinion gear and shaft?

How do you mount these to a stand or what do you have it secured tp?

Hi how are you??….. im re gearing my 96 FJ80 with 4.88……… on new kit comes some shims…… do i need to use them????? Thanks

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Is this the same process as a toyota hilux diff from the 1990s

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I NOTE YOU ARE QUOTING THOUSANDS ON YOUR BACKLASH, BUT YOU ARE USING A METRIC DTI gauge.

brother, your videos and explanations are awesome. But, please... get a camera person.

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