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I bought a similar kit for my tundra. Hoping to straighten out the CPO and warrenty on Monday. I bought it cpo from a Lexus dealer and took it back this morning to diagnose. Apparently they hadn't entered the sale into the system because they had no record of selling it to me. They showed...

So it does look like it's a similar exercise as putting on new bearings in my 00 tundra. Forerunner has the same part. Looks like my press will get a workout.

Hi all, Hoping to get some guidance. I have 19 Premium, 37,000 miles which has been diagnosed with a left rear bearing failure by the dealer. I've been chasing this one a while.. Humming noise starting around 30, gets worse at 40 and up. Since the car is Certified Pre Owned, I took it to the...

Looks compelling. Is that the EM47 motor you have? Even the EM57 has double the HP the 912e originally had.

Any recommendations for getting started learning about diy EV conversions? In my case, not a Cruiser but a Porsche 912e that has been sitting in my garage for 5+ years waiting for me to find time for an engine swap. Many of the online kits I looked at early on were 20K up. Given this car has...

I looked up 43430-60082 (Front CV Axle 19 GX460) on a online Lexus site as well as my local Toyota dealer and as I would expect, it's about 30$ cheaper locally + no shipping as I can pick it up. I'm guessing they use this same axle in many rigs across both Lexus and Toyota. I'd guess...

Or should I say it got me. Ugh :mad:

Haven't done this on my cruiser yet, but did buy a special tool for use with my press to do it on both my 00 Tundra rear axles. Not a fun job and alignment of that spacer is key. When I bought the adapter kit (ebay I think... same seller as recommended by the video posted above), I asked if it...

Replaced slightly worn front stabilizer bar bushings! Just a few hours and a very hot torch. Gotta love the midwest.

I did my sway bar bushings as well this weekend as part of replacing the drivers side axle and abs sensor that I trashed taking the axle off. I curse where they put the bolts to get the sway bar bushing off. Mine were original and very, very rusted. I used a torch to heat the bolt until they...

I'm on a FB Tundra group where it seem every day there is a moog LBJ posting about a failure. I put them on my Tundra probably 7 years back with no issues at all. Someone mentioned the company was sold a few years back is the quality has gone in the crapper, but I did not confirm.

I have a gen 1 tundra with the same type of CV setup. When the dealer recalled the frame, they trashed the seals putting the axles back in. I had almost 200k on the vehicle, so I'm not surprised the seals would be at issue. If I didn't do me own wrenching, I wouldn't have made a meticulous...

I thought my rockers were bad! The frame looks pretty good from that angle. I'd be more concerned with holes in the frame than the rockers. I bought a 99 with 160K miles for 2k. It had a very crusty bottom side. Rockers are Ok (not great). I went thru the frame pretty closley looking for...

A simple spark plug change / bad ignition coil became much more when I pulled out a coil and noticed oil in the tube. I pulled the valve cover and sure enough, some idiot mechanic had simply forced the grommets in the slots without bending back the tabs. The grommets on the leaking tubes were...

When my fuel pump died in my Tundra (same engine / same pump), it didn't display the symptoms you describe. One day I went to start and it would not catch at all. One trick to get you home in case the pump goes is to beat on the bottom of the tank with a rubber mallet (anything could be used...