amo292
Adventurer
So this fall seems to be the fall of most of my vehicles. The most recent is my 2008 DBL CAB Tundra with 4x4 and the 5.7. Last spring after noticing a slight grinding in my front end with no apparent cause I brought the truck to the local dealer. After reading everything I had pretty much decided it was the front diff and the dealer later confirmed that. Even after realizing my truck was just out of warranty toyota replaced it FREE OF CHARGE! Excellent right?
Well fast forward a few months and less than 5k miles the noise/feeling is back and stronger than ever. How can that happen after just 5k or even the first at 60k miles? The truck has never been wheeled hard but it does get 4x4 exercise quite often wether on the beach, in the snow, or just cruising a dirt road.
I was curious to know if anyone else on this thread has had this problem once or maybe like me twice?
What is another option aside from OEM parts going in to fail again? Do companies do parts like this for our trucks? What would it cost to do a full outfit now?
The truck has absolutely no other issues in its life and I have faith that toyota will fix the problem free again but I don't want a new diff every 5k miles. What are my options and what are your experiences?
Well fast forward a few months and less than 5k miles the noise/feeling is back and stronger than ever. How can that happen after just 5k or even the first at 60k miles? The truck has never been wheeled hard but it does get 4x4 exercise quite often wether on the beach, in the snow, or just cruising a dirt road.
I was curious to know if anyone else on this thread has had this problem once or maybe like me twice?
What is another option aside from OEM parts going in to fail again? Do companies do parts like this for our trucks? What would it cost to do a full outfit now?
The truck has absolutely no other issues in its life and I have faith that toyota will fix the problem free again but I don't want a new diff every 5k miles. What are my options and what are your experiences?