Topic: 2001 Taco Transfer case

[gabriul]

oh, whats the story on the transfer cases. Half the people I talk to say Tacos' have  chain drive transfer case, then a quarter say just the v6 do, and then the other quarter look at me half shy and ask, "whats a transfer case"

So, Whats the skinny, all tacos? or just the v6 with the chain drive transfer case.

Thanks

[79coyotefrg]

oh, whats the story on the transfer cases. Half the people I talk to say Tacos' have  chain drive transfer case, then a quarter say just the v6 do, and then the other quarter look at me half shy and ask, "whats a transfer case"

So, Whats the skinny, all tacos? or just the v6 with the chain drive transfer case.

Thanks

hey dont feel bad,  i was talking to a guy the other day that told me i didnt have a clue cause all toyota tcases were chain drive    i just said  um OKAY   cause he KNEW what he was talkin about    btw  he was in a 82 pickup 

but to answer your question i am almost positive your taco has a chain drive but i wont swear to it till i hear from one of our taco 's

[RK]

My 01 v6 is chain. I know this for sure, trust me.

[RK]

As far as i can tell from FSM, all 01's are chain.

[reklund5]

taco boxes are chain drive.  Pretty much ALL toyota tcases with a drivers side output are chain drive, 4cyl/V6/V8

HTH,
Ryan

[gabriul [OP]]

well then. I presume that settles it.  Chain drive it is. I had heard somewhere that the 4cyl was a gear drive. But i was still unsure.
I was under the impression that all of the pre 95.5 were gear drive..and I thought the older 4 cyl tacomas were also ger drive. But I really don't know.

what are the benifits of a chain drive as to a gear drive?  And is that whine in 4 low the chain?

[79coyotefrg]

yep  the chain,   the gear drives are stronger

[gabriul [OP]]

Guess I need to get a nice cross cut gear drive transfer case

[TacoStewie]

all t-cases after 951/2 are chain drive