1st Gen Sequoia WEAKEST LINK FIXED // 2nd Gen Tundra 9 inch IFS Front Diff Swap

[@WhoopWhoop10]

This is the most engineered and intricate front end on a Sequoia ever. Great job impressive build.

[@treehouseoffroad]

You may be right as far as IFS goes...I appreciate the positive encouragement thank you

[@Five-O-Preacher]

Turning a $5,000 sequoia and turning into a $90,000 work of Mad Max Art!!! Love it dude

[@treehouseoffroad]

Hell yeah thank you brother

[@TrashPandaGarage]

Dang, bro. That's a project. I applaud your perseverance and ingenuity. The part about finding the right alignment guy was spot on. Nice work on the video!

[@treehouseoffroad]

Hey brother thank you. This one nearly broke me mentally lol

[@Nick-wr7vv]

Yeah man. A custom spindle. You are a mad man. All the off road fabricator companies that have fancy cnc or whatever they use hate you. I learned the hard way to put lock tight on my lower ball joint bolts . It broke off 1 of the bolts. And it popped in my driveway. I kinda felt something was wrong so i went back and forth while turning and then it popped.Cause the other 3 were missing. So I put 3 in with lock tight and since the other bolt was stuck in there. I just welded that area to the spindle

[@treehouseoffroad]

I broke one once by having my gun on tighten by accident 😔 Had to weld and extract it

[@Overland_eXploits_Oklahoma]

This is the best video of 2024

[@treehouseoffroad]

Wow thats high praise brother thank you 🙏🏻 Your channel is cool I subscribed 🤙

[@anthonylimjoco5958]

From one fabricator to another. What people don't see is the commitment to take things in and out so many times. Whether it's a motor build, to any swap... also when making a first piece to get to the final piece, man I feel ya. When building something there's this suck/pain and time of building, why do we subject ourselves to this, all for the love of creating something to use. I want to upgrade my Titan front diff and gonna think about going this route. Thanks for sharing the blood, sweat, time, and budget minded build. Hope to see bump in to you out there, From the Green sticker and plated Titan.

[@treehouseoffroad]

You nailed it brother. If I was to share all the suck that came with this project, the video would have a completely different tone. I might make a part 2 detailing all the problems and roadblocks and stalls that didn't make it into this video. As far as why we do it....you got me. When I finish a project of this scale I don't even want to look at a grinder, welder, or wrench for weeks. But then I get the calling, like a sirens sweet song and end up doing it over and over again. I hear child birth is excruciatingly painful but some women have 10 kids 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@cheevue9320]

Best channel I've come across. Thanks for taking the time to show everything you can and not gate keeping all that you've done! Motivated me to redo my FJ cruiser.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Hey thanks man yeah I can't stand the gatekeeping either. Good luck with your FJ build

[@LukeMitchley]

I hate to be negative, I just couldn't stop seeing your front disks not meeting the brake shoes correctly. However, this video is freaking incredable! I love this kind of thing because a lot of us are in the same boat as you. I applaud your "go get it done" attitude!

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thanks I appreciate it. Could you elaborate on the front disk thing?

[@jeremyunger3320]

You are the 1st gen Sequoia God. I've taken out 2 fronts 2 rears and output shaft on center transfer

[@treehouseoffroad]

Damn that sounds fun!

[@Pakram26]

Awesome build man you’re doing great work, we need more off road videos with this build, you’re an inspiration.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thanks and I hear ya. Filming Offroad is tough, the obstacles always end up looking so insignificant on camera

[@RichardBauer_]

Dude, this is absolutely incredible! I have been a lurker on the channel for a long time but this is just next level! Well done on all the hard work and the DIY! Absolutely love this! How is her road manners in terms of comfort and noise? Only crit I would have is to lower the music volume a little with your voice over. Struggle to hear some of what you have to say :)

[@treehouseoffroad]

A lurker huh? Well I hope I earned a subscribe outta ya! Road manners are fine I think, but I've been driving it for a long time without sway bars so I think I'm used to it. The front diff didn't add you>I>iii derogatory driving behavior. It's a noisy truck and I LOVE IT

[@joshuaosborn9878]

Sweet!!! So badass. Cheers to being the 1st to do this!

[@treehouseoffroad]

Cheers my friend

[@adventuretrails1ato]

I HAVE stock SUSPENSION STILL. This was inspiring video! Wow! I need to make a decision on my SUSPENSION setup build to go with! All your build videos are great sources of information!

[@treehouseoffroad]

Happy to help Man, your channel is cool I subscribed. Good luck with it, it's been a lot of fun for me

[@kennylaw559]

Just stood up an 06 Sequoia for my new off road rig. This is my 1st IFS and quite a bit more challenging vs solid axle. HUGE props not only for the tech/ fab side but also the well put together video. Well done dude. Would like to wheel with you!

[@treehouseoffroad]

06 is a great year (I may be biased) Thanks for the encouragement

[@WheelEveryWeekend]

Nice job dude! The strength difference will be huge for you

[@treehouseoffroad]

It's been a game changer as heavy as this truck is. Love your channel btw

[@deuces099]

What amazing build. Hope in the future all these stuff would be a off shelf parts that are plug and play.

[@treehouseoffroad]

That would be sweet

[@JKUadventures]

Wow man, so much work involved. I'm sure you have lots of satisfaction from the fruit of your labor. Great video.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Very satisfying, it took a while to set in but I'm loving it! Thanks for commenting 🤙

[@JHBtheIV]

Wow Phin, that is incredibly impressive work, especially with relatively basic shop tools. I knew it would be a process, but it was even more work than I thought. Amazing job.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thanks James I appreciate it brother. I'm just so glad to have 4WD back, I went without it for like 8 months 😭

[@joshdquimby]

Amazing work! This is what all pro should have done with their modular long travel kit they made for the 2nd/3rd gen Tacoma. Tundra front diff FTMFW!!!

[@treehouseoffroad]

I agree, It would be great packaged together with a long travel kit. I wonder how much interest there would be, the price would be up there

[@xavior718]

That’s pure dedication! Especially fabricating with an angle grinder !

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thanks I like to think of it as "paying my dues." We'll get a plasma table in there someday soon 🤞🏼

[@_Machine631_]

this is why i didn't get a sequoia and ended up with a ZJ, I have zero skill to make something badass like this. But i do love seeing it. you don't see much sequoia's wheeling.

[@treehouseoffroad]

You really don't but I'm starting to see more and more

[@4x4xpedition]

Great job man! Awesome rig and thank you for showing us the whole process of the swap!

[@treehouseoffroad]

Yeah man for sure. You have a great looking rig as well 🤙🏼

[@Chris-ob8ok]

Awesome, I'm doing a 2500 ifs swap on my 1500 gmc because I want to go IFS with this one. I've don't many many SAS in jeeps and toys, just want to do something different. So I totally get why you would take this on. As you put miles on it, just be sure to check those welds on the cast parts regularly. For what you are doing it will probably hold up for a long time.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Sounds awesome man Good luck with your project. And checking the welds is very good advice that I plan to follow, thank you

[@ExpeditionTundraBeast]

Wow. That is totally insane!!! Congrats on such an epic build. 🙌

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thanks bro It took a lot out of me, happy it's done

[@ishmaelmoses]

Excellent work. Keep us updated how it does

[@treehouseoffroad]

I sure will it's still going strong

[@adamvass3]

True master of your craft man. Amazing!!!

[@treehouseoffroad]

Wow, thanks!

[@TimmyTheToolman]

You do some amazing work. I enjoyed watching.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thank you brother, I been watching your channel for years!

[@sorryociffer]

Should offer a kit minus all the major hard parts, such as the diff, for sale!

[@treehouseoffroad]

I may do this if there's enough interest. Few things to work out first

[@NorthernEXpeditions]

Nice work, I knew eventually someone would spend the time to do this swap

[@treehouseoffroad]

And time it certainly took....thanks man

[@ObscuredTravel]

Thanks for the detailed video man! You’ve inspired me to buy a junkyard tundra diff for the 5th gen runner 👌🔥💯

[@treehouseoffroad]

Hell yeah do it my man

[@leeroyadams666]

Again Lord Phin with a freakin banger !!! Thanks for your hard work and perseverance! Straight savage ! Big dawg shit !!!

[@treehouseoffroad]

Hey appreciate it my boy 🤙

[@2112kustoms.]

After watching the entire thing and the way that it worked out, you put a lot of thought into it. I'm curious if it ever crossed your mind. Two lower the subframe area that all of the ifs bolts to, to make room for the center carrier And if you have any input on why, that would be a bad idea from the way that you went about that, I'd love to hear it, i've been pondering, i'm building an ifs, set up myself. And this hits a lot of spots that I would like to shoot for!! Cheers man!!!

[@treehouseoffroad]

Yes, a drop bracket style build was my plan initially. I decided against it because I wanted all the ground clearance I could get. One thing I've noticed that all the drop bracket trucks have in common is horrendously low ground clearance. By doing it this way and moving the hub location on my spindles up a little, I'm able to keep my CV angles in check while still having a decent down travel. The limiting factor for my front setup is the upper ball joints and the tie rods at this point. Great question

[@edvela5274]

Kudos on the build, brother

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thanks Ed

[@andycornell201]

Awesomely edited video. Loved watching it.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thanks it was over 1tb of footage that spanned 17 months. My computer crashed more than once😂

[@Art-059]

Awesome!! Another crazy project for the books. Do you mind sharing the alignment shops name? Thank you

[@treehouseoffroad]

Tyreman's Arroyo Grande CA

[@joshjones2uz]

Love the videos and channel, thank you for what you do I learn a lot from your videos that I can use for my 1st gen

[@treehouseoffroad]

It's my pleasure man thanks for the kind words 🤙

[@nobodyschild967]

Inspiring....lmk when you have that 1st gen lift kit available in the market. Total Chaos is just too high on prices rn 😂

[@treehouseoffroad]

Haha you got it man

[@StevenLum-v3z]

Truly impressed brother awesome video and content keep up the good work🤙🏽🇨🇦

[@treehouseoffroad]

Right on bro thanks!

[@romeshter]

First off, GREAT VIDEO!!! Out of curiosity, did you consider just cutting off the front of the Tundra and just fabricating that into your Sequoia? Seems like maybe it would have been less work? 🤔

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thank you, and yes it was one of the many thoughts that ran through my head as I was trying to figure this out. My one major constraint was that this is my daily driver and I couldn't have it down for more than a weekend at any given time. So I made one spindle and put it on, then a month later the other one went on, then I went without a front diff for several months until that was done and installed, then the CV's and driveshaft.

[@PeterAlfonso]

On the OEM front setup did you have a locker and had those issues or had no locker and still had issues up front with stock setup? Awesome work man you are super skilled.

[@treehouseoffroad]

The diff failures I experienced were with the stock carrier, no locker. I did eventually install an e-locker, but then the CV axles broke. In my experience I just had to be really careful with when and where I engaged my front locker. I found having my wheels straight, engaging the locker, getting through/over the obstacle, and disengaging the locker quickly worked best. Turning with the locker engaged is extremely hard on the front axles. Hope this helps

[@thonvuth809]

Great video ❤❤❤

[@treehouseoffroad]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jakewaters5563]

I’ve been dreaming about doing this for years on my 1st gen Tacoma. The main thing I would do differently is get spidertrax 6x5.5 99-04 super duty unit bearings, and a custom outer cv unless there’s something gm with the right spline count. I’d want this to keep the same wheels and to get manual locking hubs

[@treehouseoffroad]

Manual hubs would be cool but surprisingly I've noticed zero drag or additional fuel consumption. As far as the lug pattern I wanted to match the Tundra rear I have so 5x150 for me

[@number1Tango]

Bro you are a machine. Mad props 💯

[@treehouseoffroad]

Appreciate that!

[@bennyandrade6241]

Awesome video bro keep the videos coming

[@treehouseoffroad]

I appreciate it I sure willl

[@roballan4944]

That was a fuck ton of work. That was a serious undertaking.

[@treehouseoffroad]

It sure was man thanks for checking it out

[@jimskatr103]

next project i can see you doing... swapping newer sequoia rear IFS onto your 1st gen. youre a maniac haha

[@treehouseoffroad]

The way I'm scraping rocks with this big ol rear end it's not completely out of the question....

[@btain7649]

Amazing build! And great video.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thanks for the good vibes man 😊

[@konkhmer4life]

I just found your channel. You are one hell of a fab guy. I have a question for you. Are you sure that the front diff is 7.5 and not 8 inch? I was reading and some say it is 8in ring hear. I just want to be absolutely sure before regearing my front to 4.56. Thanks.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thanks man, yes I'm positive. I've rebuilt several and actually measured for myself. I was curious too bc they call the Gen1 Seq/Tundra rear an 8.4" when it's actually 8" exactly. And the Gen2 Tundra front 9" is 8.66"

[@adambrown7741]

Seems like the next addition to the build might be some lower crawling gears!

[@treehouseoffroad]

A rear air locker is going in first but yes you're exactly right

[@CabOnceAgain]

Insane work! Props!

[@treehouseoffroad]

For sure thank you

[@KUKULCANtpt]

That is really good video.. It motivate me to make modifications on mi 3gen 4runner. No fear.

[@treehouseoffroad]

No fear is right. You gotta back yourself into a corner so there's no way to get out except to make it work

[@alandritenbas8235]

Wow dude, nice work!

[@treehouseoffroad]

🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@pistolpete1330]

Incredible job. Get video man. I can complain about anything regarding my project now.lol

[@treehouseoffroad]

Ahhh you can still complain it's all relative 😂

[@sethlover1211]

very nice. how much weight is now on the chasis empty with all the beefed up upgrades? is it close to the limit?

[@treehouseoffroad]

Good question, I'm not sure. Probably 800lb over if I had to take a wild guess

[@sethlover1211]

@@treehouseoffroad do you think the chasis can sustain the weight under load? what about the transmission internals? is that upgraded to handle the weight? or was that already over engineered?

[@treehouseoffroad]

Chassis has been handling the extra load with no issues. 2006 Sequoia curb weight is 5,300 lb and the GVRW is 6,600, so technically it's rated to hold 1,300 lbs in/on the vehicle itself. I have not modified the transmission at all.

[@Scotty_Z123]

Really cool bro. Great job

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thanks a lot!

[@jimskatr103]

Another banger brother!!!!!!

[@treehouseoffroad]

You know this Bruv!!!!

[@jimskatr103]

@@treehouseoffroad you're living the dream of fabricating. Ive welded almost 15 years and have yet to fab anything crazy like you! just pipe and power plant tubes. i can mirror weld TIG, but rarely fab! Im hoping to do my bumpers myself as a first real project.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Oh man I'm sure you would absolutely kill it, and enjoy the hell out of it! I'm having a lot of fun though, and I recently met an absolute BEAST of a fabricator in my area so I'm hoping to learn from him as well. I could use some pointers welding upside down.

[@dissman1]

Possible kits in the future?

[@genoory5090]

Pretty cool & a clever uncommon project. I wouldve went solid axle overall

[@treehouseoffroad]

I hear ya brother I think a lot of people would have. Thanks for commenting

[@genoory5090]

@treehouseoffroad Still awesome for a sequoia, let alone a odd rarity type ride of the toyota family

[@sallyjean873]

Awesome job man!

[@treehouseoffroad]

Right on I appreciate the love

[@driveshift]

Awesome build.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thanks brother 🙏🏻

[@Trolzealot-q9o]

real genius

[@rudianger123]

Forgive the non-related question....desperate to find answer: Do you know which fuse is tied to the O2 sensors? Thank you!

[@treehouseoffroad]

I don't

[@rO-sg5xl]

HELL YEAH

[@treehouseoffroad]

Hell to the yeah

[@roachwerks3043]

I have a 2nd gen tundra and this is a great look inside the inner workings. All my experience is with solid axle stuff and cars but I wanted to tackle +2 long travel arms with uniballs. Love the “drill press and grinder” projects like this because that’s what I have 😆 hard to relate to the KZbinrs with full machine shops and plasma tables at their disposal

[@treehouseoffroad]

There isn't much info out on these front diffs. You may enjoy this video if you haven't seen it kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqmVnnSqhsqei9k&si=Tp0AQTUQE2f3vmCV

[@danktified705]

Great work.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Appreciate it!

[@giovanniceballos-y7e]

Amazing, work 🙌💯🙌💯🙌💯 1000% Chingon 💰💰💰

[@treehouseoffroad]

Much appreciated!!

[@ritchiewalker6194]

In USA do you need to get all that certified or check before its aloud on the road or dont you guys have those laws?

[@treehouseoffroad]

Every state is different but Cali seems to only care about emissions. In Massachusetts where I grew up there were inspections that involved some level of safety

[@squeakin3]

Badass work.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thanks man you got a dope H3

[@squeakin3]

@ thank you!

[@ritchiewalker6194]

i never see guys drag mig welders like a arc. awesome build though

[@treehouseoffroad]

I was never formerly trained, just bought a welder and watched the youtubes

[@Nick-wr7vv]

This is definitely a weak link. You can hear all the old sequoia front diffs ticking away or clanking away as they offroad the mudpit where I live. But this motor they developed is a beast. Sometimes I think when I start her up. This engine shouldn't still be going😂

[@treehouseoffroad]

Yeah dude this thing is so reliable. The 4.7 is a work of art

[@peterdingley5321]

ho...ly...shiit lol. thats dedication. awesome video!!!

[@treehouseoffroad]

I'm nothing if not dedicated....my wife might say a little too dedicated

[@phslion]

Bravo

[@treehouseoffroad]

Yessir thank you!

[@superjeep47]

dude you had to want that!

[@treehouseoffroad]

Oh I wanted it BAD!!!

[@Jay-me7gw]

My problem is that I am to psychotic to just use a hand band saw and drill a hole through things by hand without knowing the hole is perfectly straight to be able to do shit like this 🤣 For me to be ok with it I at least need a Haas 5 axis CNC machine to machine the body mount spacers.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Damn you FANCY

[@PMcGuffin]

*sees video pop up on feed* “oh sweet that seems like something I want to do” *watches how much work went into conversion* “Never mind I’ll stick with my weak ass front end”

[@treehouseoffroad]

Haha throw an air or e-locker in it, it helps a bunch

[@PMcGuffin]

@ it helps strengthen it?

[@treehouseoffroad]

Yes, they are built stronger than the factory carriers

[@cristianpaulclericitaborda2144]

Greetings. What front caliper do you use?

[@treehouseoffroad]

Greetings, front calipers were from a 2011 Tundra

[@bonespur2728]

Insane dedication. I can see people moving to this in the tacoma world. I guess it's not possible to drop the diff lower as it would mess with the ifs geometry. Also the hole saw tip is great.

[@treehouseoffroad]

Yeah also nice to keep it tucked up under the skid plates

[@DenialSkating]

nice

[@WhoopWhoop10]

Will your shop SAS my sequoia?

[@treehouseoffroad]

Contact us man! [e-mail]

[@FrankRazoOC]

So dope

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thanks Frank she built like a tank

[@rO-sg5xl]

trail shake down video follow up lol

[@treehouseoffroad]

There's some shakedown footage at the end

[@user-ie1sf3em9w]

🌲🌲🌲

[@treehouseoffroad]

Indeed my friend, indeed

[@HOTRODMONZA]

Well yes 33 is as big as you want with a 7.5 !!! So how much bigger were the AXLES over a 7.5? I run the TRACK MOTIVE AXLES They give me over 47% of axle TWIST or ANGLE But Im still on 33s and dont see any reason to go bigger !!! ITS NOT A ROCK BOUNCER ITS A VACATION MACHINE !!!!

[@treehouseoffroad]

The video shows the axles side by side. Track motives are fine for "soft roading" in your vacation machine if that's what you're into 😂

[@HOTRODMONZA]

@@treehouseoffroad SOFT ROADING LMAO FUNNY But my 2nd gen is PRETTY DAMN GOOD No need to RIP IT apart in the rocks I just drive it easy 5 29 gears LOCKERS both ends RCI ARMOR under it But hey Im only 67 I still learn ! But ya know we dont have any tough trails here in COLORADOSTAN For my engagement fork I used a HOSE CLAMP to hold the fork in place been in there for 15 years !

[@treehouseoffroad]

@HOTRODMONZA Haha sounds like a beast! Good to know you've been running your ADD engaged for 15 years, gives me hope Genuine question: why do you use all caps for SOME OF YOUR WORDS and not others

[@aryaesthetics8357]

Amazing what you fab guys can do!!🔥

[@treehouseoffroad]

Thanks brother!