On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:17:23 GMT, someone@some.domain   
   (someone@some.domain) wrote:   
      
   >In article , clare@snyder.on.ca   
   wrote:   
   >>On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:44:56 GMT, someone@some.domain   
   >>(someone@some.domain) wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>In article , clare@snyder.on.ca   
   >> wrote:   
   >>>>On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:13:44 GMT, someone@some.domain   
   >>>>(someone@some.domain) wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>In article , cl   
   re@snyder.on.ca   
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:49:51 GMT, someone@some.domain   
   >>>>>>(someone@some.domain) wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>In article , Airport   
   >> Shuttle   
   >>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>The reason for having the same tire pattern and tread depth is so you   
   >>>>>>>>don't damage your differential gears.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>that's bullshit.   
   >>>>>>Not bullshit.   
   >>>>>> Mabee a bit paranoid - it takes more than just a LITTLE bit of wear   
   >>>>>>to damage a diff - but the 4runner diff IS a weak point, so not a good   
   >>>>>>idea to stress it unnecessarily.   
   >>>>>i can't find any real proof to back that up.  lot's of opinion's but no   
   >>>>>empirical stuff.  hard to reconcile empirical proof with ontological   
   >>>>>skepticism, not to be too dumb about it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Talk to any toyota dealer - or try to buy a good used 4-runner diff.   
   >>>>They ARE a weak point. Not saying they are BAD - but one of the higher   
   >>>>rate of failure parts on a darn good little vehicle.   
   >>>>Tire size difference WILL contribute to differential failure.   
   >>>got one in the family. he sez bullshit unless the tires are missmatched   
   sizes.   
   >> He can say bullshit all he likes. I was a Toyota service manager for   
   >>10 years and they had the problem then already.   
   >>Try to buy a good used diff.   
   >>   
   >>As for mismatched sizes, exactly what do you think you have with a   
   >>brand new tire on one side and a half worn tire on the other????   
   >toyota differentials are not shit.  even 4 frunners.   
      
      
   Nobody said they were - just they are , as I said: "They ARE a weak   
   point. Not saying they are BAD - but one of the higher   
   rate of failure parts on a darn good little vehicle."   
      
   By the time most 4 runners are scrapped, the diff is pretty much done   
   - and the ones that are scrapped due to damage have their diffs   
   salvaged quite quickly.   
      
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