yes, I know, I wonder too much (see other thread)... <G>
but anyways, in the middle of my tentative hunt for a decent 80 with lockers (per this list's impressive wisdom), I have talked to a bunch of people selling their 80s. As far as I can tell, most did their regular maintenance at a Toyota dealer, and as of now, not a single one mentioned having had their front end redone, despite many of these rigs mileage being well into the 5 figures. Besides being worrisome, this is also odd I thought, given that this forum is talking so much about the front end (this isn't something Freudian is it?). So I tried to find info on Toyota's recommended maintenance schedule on the web and so far I have not found any info to the effect that Toyota says that this repack job has to be done by such and such a mileage. Soooo.... :
Q: is the front end repack listed specifically in the maintenance schedule? If so, what's the mileage recommended? Or is it just an item "to be inspected" and fixed when it looks broken (grease and oil squirting out etc)?
thanks, this will help me sort out the well-maintaining PO from not...
Eric
but anyways, in the middle of my tentative hunt for a decent 80 with lockers (per this list's impressive wisdom), I have talked to a bunch of people selling their 80s. As far as I can tell, most did their regular maintenance at a Toyota dealer, and as of now, not a single one mentioned having had their front end redone, despite many of these rigs mileage being well into the 5 figures. Besides being worrisome, this is also odd I thought, given that this forum is talking so much about the front end (this isn't something Freudian is it?). So I tried to find info on Toyota's recommended maintenance schedule on the web and so far I have not found any info to the effect that Toyota says that this repack job has to be done by such and such a mileage. Soooo.... :
Q: is the front end repack listed specifically in the maintenance schedule? If so, what's the mileage recommended? Or is it just an item "to be inspected" and fixed when it looks broken (grease and oil squirting out etc)?
thanks, this will help me sort out the well-maintaining PO from not...
Eric