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Thanks for the help! Will wire past the starter circuit and look inside the wiring harness. Deg

Thanks for the reply...don;t think thats it as it won't start in neutral either. deggenb

Marcus, We had our axle break and our duel wheels fly out, through some fiberglass........it could very easily have been deadly. Putting a full floating axle into our 4*4 has been a challenge and not without serious costs. We, after three trips to various shops, seem to have all the bugs worked out. We're down to having electrical problems now but have grown to love our 18' Sunrader. I think driving a Toyota Motor Home with the breakable axle is a bad idea. deggenb We

Our 1986 Sunrader has become part of the family depite having had some seriouse axle issues.....we have a nasty electrical problem. At a few inconvinent times our 4*4 toyota has refused to start. Last time was on a back road between Oroville and Quincy Ca.....Finally was able to get it to a Toyota dealership a $180 later. It then, peversely, started. It has an AT with a 2.2 efi engine. We have replaced battery , starter and altenator. All fuses seem intact. Lights go on in the dash, no clicking at starter, battery is charged. A mechanic friend of a friend said it could be a relay.......can anybody help! deggenb

Thanks guy's....... dggenberger

Thanks, New 15 dualies are over $700 from stockton wheel...... I have all 7 rims and tires for the floating axle but they are 14" not the 15" on the old axle. Would running this rig with 14" wheels be OK? I still have the gear ratio to deal with but can manage that later. deggenb

Tanks Diesel Mike.... will call them this AM deggenb

Oh Boy.... I have my Sunrader home! Found the axle in a wrecked Dolphin, changed the brackets and had it installed and drove it home... It has 14" Dualies, they didn't hook up the e-brake and they didn't re-install the sway bar because of rusty bolts. I now have some fiberglass repair, uncertainty about matching the gearing to the front axle and uncertainty about wether I should use 14" wheels on this rig (easier) or figure out how to get 15" rear dualies (?) on the new floating axle. Can anybody tell me if 14" wheels would work just as well as the 15"? , and can anybody recomend a shop that could deal with my 4*4 gear problems. I'm in the Reno/Tahoe area. Thanks deggenb

Thanks Mike... Just back from the welder, I now have the saddles with the right angles on the top. The donor Dolphin had a repaced axle so VIN may not be helpful? Next step is to go to Mammoth and get this axle in so we can get it home safely. Can I buy new ebrake cables at Toyota that would work? Thanks Daan

Thanks, I now have the full floating axle (gear ratio unknown) in the back of my truck, along with what appears to be 14" true dual wheels. I could have the local welder move the mounting bracket from bottom to top before I take it down to Mammoth and hopefully bolt it in. They cut the ebrake lines at the wreckers.... will the ones on the my 4*4 work or do I need to buy new cables? The main short term issue seems to be changing the brackets to the top....and the long term issue is the gear ratio. We could do without 4*4 this year and fix that this winter. I do need to get it home so I can deal with this on my home turf. Is it OK to move those brackets and are there any special problems doing that? Thanks guy's! Daan

Thank you guy's for such helpful replies.............I bought the floating axle out of the wrecked Dolphin, does that mean the change of pads has already happened? I should have it by Monday. Sounds like my existing 6 bolt 15" wheels won'ty work..... are the 14" that are comming with the axle ok? If I can get it back here I will have the time to properly figure this thing out. I need a temporary solution to get it home. We were very lucky to have the wheels come off were they did as the day's before we were driving up and down Tioga pass and the consequences on the downhill, at 55mph, could have been deadly. I can't imagine anyone driving a rig with axles that have this potential..... would like to have those 15" wheels work as the tires are almost brand new? Again we're really grateful for your help! Daan

Thanks again for taking the time to sort this out for me........I'll research it more in the AM and hopefully come up with a stategy. Thanks Daan

Thanks Diesel Mike, Next stop will be to get Vin numbers and then Toyota. If gearing is different in the floating axle could it still be used ? Thanks Daan

Diesel Mike, Thank You! I am NOT a mechanic and this is way over my head. Th local junkyard has a wrecked Dolphin with what appears to be the right floating axle ($425). The guy there said he would put it in,change the spring brackets but was unsure of wether the gearing in the rear end would match up to the 4*4 transfer case gearing. The Dolphin is 84/88 (?) Toyota with a standard transmission, mine is an 85 with an automatic transmission. I hate to do an expensive fix on the old axle but it may at least get me home...........I think my existing (broken) axle is a 6 bolt 15" dual wheel axle and the one on theDolphin is the full floating axle with 14" rims. I really appreciate you taking the time to help us. We have come to love the Sunrader and have taken it to a handful of climbing trips to Yosemite, it is the perfect upgrade from our tent for us with our over 60 bodies. Thanks Daan

Thanks for the response to my broken axle. I have an 1986 4*4 Sunrader with a 6 bolt ( not floating?) axle that sheared off on a trip to Yosemite, fortunately I was going very slowly when the dual wheels left the truck and was able to have it towed to a repair shop in Mammoth. After finding out about the problems with the non floating axles it dosn't seem prudent to put in a new axle shaft........rather replace it with a full floating axle. There is a wrecked mid-80's Toyota motor home at a wrecker close to me with what appears to be the ful floating axle. Will this bolt up without major modifications? Should I have the bearings replaced? How big a job is it to take the old axle out and put the floating axle in? Thanks for your help Daan