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The Lotus Development Axle part # LACC91683 is for vehicles (’96-’02 4Runner and ’95.5-’04 Tacoma) with A.D.D. (Automatic Disconnecting Differential) Price is per axle. To estimate shipping add the item(s) to your cart, view the cart, and click on the "Estimate Shipping" Link.
The OEM makes a good CV (Constant Velocity) axle but it's original design was really intended for a paved road where the suspension is rarely if ever completely flexed out. Under normal conditions, if the rubber boots are replaced before dirt can get in, the axle can easily last the life of the vehicle. Lotus Development chromoly axles take it a few steps further and replace the outer joint with all new internals. Much thicker steel and high strength chromoly. It's over 6 times stronger than the OEM parts.
4Wheeling pushes the design beyond the original intent and it's not uncommon to break the outer cage in the joint. The stock outer cage in the CV axle is prone to break when you get a combination of front wheel droop and a turned to lock steering. When max angles are reached the axle actually leverages against itself causing failure in the outer cage. This often happens when a trail has wash out or an obstacle large enough to flex out the suspension.
Almost by definition, rock crawling requires a wheeler to negotiate complex paths and push the suspension to it's limits. We love the stuff and redesigned the components in the outer joint of the axle to give a significant increase in strength over the OEM axles.
While it's easier to turn around after breaking an OEM axle on the trail it sure isn't very much fun to do so and that's part of what lead us to these new Lotus Development axles. Since it's normally the outer joint that fails on an OEM axle we left the inner tripod joint alone and focused the improvement on the outer joint where the race and cage is.
Price is per axle. Below are some photos of the cage and race. At this time we only sell the entire axle fully assembled and do not sell the cage and race separately.
Lotus development race and cage.
Wall depth Lotus cage
Wall depth OEM cage
Wall thickness Lotus
Wall thickness OEM
