Also a story I can share about aftermarket CV axles... one time I had a customer come in with a grinding noise from the front end (they were passing through doing some camping) I inspected the truck and the R/S axle seal was leaking badly, diff ran out of oil and s*** the bed. So to get them back on the road to limp it home I replaced the seal, after filling up the diff and road testing it the seal was leaking again! Come to find out they had both front axles replaced recently, for whatever reason the R/S one wasn't machined correctly and wouldn't make a seal. They ended up taking it back to the shop that replaced them and filed a warranty claim with Carquest and they ended up paying for a replacement differential.
IMO getting a rebuilt OEM from CVJ is the best option, but you need to have OEM cores to send them in exchange. I've installed many CVJ rebuilt units with no issues (half price of new OE) I rebooted my 300k mile axles last year but have some front end vibration and will get CVJ units sooner than later.
I can get axles for cost from Toyota and it's still super expensive, this is why i'm not a true deep pockets 100 series owner
Although I value my time too much to be changing out crappy $50 axles constantly. You get what you pay for 100%.
IMO getting a rebuilt OEM from CVJ is the best option, but you need to have OEM cores to send them in exchange. I've installed many CVJ rebuilt units with no issues (half price of new OE) I rebooted my 300k mile axles last year but have some front end vibration and will get CVJ units sooner than later.
I can get axles for cost from Toyota and it's still super expensive, this is why i'm not a true deep pockets 100 series owner
Although I value my time too much to be changing out crappy $50 axles constantly. You get what you pay for 100%.