Regearing in Upstate? (Ithaca)

[NY4Runner]

Hey guys,

Just stumbled upon this website. Didn\'t really know there was that much of an offroad following here in the fingerlakes. My question is:

Does anyone know of a reputable shop in this area that could do regearing? I\'m looking at getting an old toyota 4runner from a guy I know, and I would need to put some taller gears in there. (i know, i know, im a toyota guy, and Im sure lots of guys here are jeep guys, but we all like going offroad haha)

I\'m not technically handy enough to do it myself, so it would have to be done by a shop. Anybody have any good advice or shops in mind?

Thanks!

Zach

[MrMindless]

We\'re far from a Jeep club here, glad you found us.

A couple of us know how to do gear setups, I believe the only one of us around with an actual shop at the moment is JeepWerx, a former club member in Victor.  I\'m not sure he\'s accepting work at the moment though.

I\'ve done all my own so I have no shop suggestions, maybe others will chime in.

[NY4Runner]

Thanks mr.mindless

I figured I would just tread with caution just incase it was a jeep club hah.

Thanks for the tip, It\'ll probably end up being a few weeks before I get the truck up here to ithaca, but yeah any other people out there, lemme know what you think.

i hear gear swaps are real tough and time consuming if you dont have the right stuff.

right now the 4runner has 4.10s and 35s with the 22re (2.4l 4cylinder) and its pretty gutless going up hills. im gonna end up ditching the 35s for either 32s or 33s so i can use it as a daily driver, but im gonna want to regear to 4.88 just to keep the low end pretty strong. the 4cylinder isnt exactly a speed demon to begin with haha

[NY4Runner]

by the way, i love those late 90s dakotas. they\'re a tough truck, and real aggressive looking too.

nice rig man

[etk300ex]

You could also find 3rd members with the gears your looking for and bolt in.  What year runner?

[Wingman]

There is a guy in Seneca Falls who specializes in rears and gears.  He does EXCELLENT work.  He does most of the work in my area.  The only hook is that he doesn\'t want your vehicle in his yard, only the axle (or third member).

If you want his name and number, I can get it for you.

[NY4Runner]

Alright thats sick. Wingman, does he have reasonable prices? And decent turn around time? I\'d be able to go without a vehicle for about a week and a half but probably not more than 2 weeks, ya know? Thats really good news

etk300- I was thinking about finding junkyard 3rd members. It would be for an 84/85 4Runner. The stock gears I believe are still in there (4.10s).

I know that there are some 4.56 3rd members for 3.0 auto 4runners around (i think thats the ratio in that model), however I dont really know the tech stuff. Can you use 2 rear 3rd members instead of trying to find 1 rear and 1 front. sorry this might be a stupid question

[Wingman]

I wouldn\'t say he\'s cheap but when you get it back, you can count on the workmanship 100%.  A lot of his work has been for the street rod and resto crowd.

His name is Gevo (315)568-9744.

[NY4Runner]

Thanks Wingman,

that helps a lot, i\'ll definitely give him a call when i\'m ready to regear. price is always a factor but nothing is better than 100% quality worksmanship.