Hello land of Tercel Lovers! I have a questions that I'm hoping someone can help me out with. I have a 1987 Toyota Tercel Wagon, FWD that needs a new front differential. I have a front dif. that comes from a 1987 Toyota Tercel Wagon 4WD. The question is, are they compatible?? Can I put the AWD dif. into the FWD? Any advice is appreciated.
Linh
4WD front Differential Compatible with FWD?
Re: 4WD front Differential Compatible with FWD?
If the bolt pattern for the transmission is the same, I don’t know why not. Gear ratio will be lower I suspect, speedo would be off some, but it would likely work.
Chris
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Re: 4WD front Differential Compatible with FWD?
Great, thanks Chris! I'll have to take a look and see. Cheers!
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Re: 4WD front Differential Compatible with FWD?
I shipped a 4.1 ratio front diff to someone on here to test in an auto trans and he said it fits. So I’d imagine the same applies this way.
That being said, if you have the rest of the 4wd trans. Don’t scrap it! The internals are worth saving.
That being said, if you have the rest of the 4wd trans. Don’t scrap it! The internals are worth saving.
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1985 SR5. Daily driver. Aka "Spud"
1986 SR5. Dakar Rally clone build.