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Texasoil · 05-22-08, 07:37 PM

tis most likely the splines in the rear drive-shaft doing the 'stick-slip' thing. Tis a service bulletin on it, not ALL LC-100 and LX-470 do it--but almost all. Fix is removing drive-shaft, cleaning the splines thoroughly, then re-greasing with specified moly-sulfide grease. Techs (and Service Writer) HATE this kind of grunt work--they loose money on it. Toyota does not pay enough under warranty to cover Dealer costs, techs do not get but about 50% of usual pay for this kind of work--if they get ANYTHING. If this work is done at same visit as say -4wheel pads and rotors job-they will not gripe. By-itself--good luck.

05-22-08, 07:37 PM	#9
Texasoil IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 44	thunk-thunk fix tis most likely the splines in the rear drive-shaft doing the 'stick-slip' thing. Tis a service bulletin on it, not ALL LC-100 and LX-470 do it--but almost all. Fix is removing drive-shaft, cleaning the splines thoroughly, then re-greasing with specified moly-sulfide grease. Techs (and Service Writer) HATE this kind of grunt work--they loose money on it. Toyota does not pay enough under warranty to cover Dealer costs, techs do not get but about 50% of usual pay for this kind of work--if they get ANYTHING. If this work is done at same visit as say -4wheel pads and rotors job-they will not gripe. By-itself--good luck.