Well I finally had a chance to get my rear third member off my LX450. What I was hoping would be a easy fix, might be more ugly than before.
She was packaged and sent to Zuk at gearinstalls.com.
Some of my facts/misfortune:
Driving home after Craigslist purchase, rear diff spewed and left me stranded on the side of the road, 120 miles from home. Towed LX 450 home.
2nd rear diff failure.
1st diff rebuilt by a local diff specialist, not a Toyota specialist, but a go fast Chevy/Ford shop. (I thought using someone in state made life easier and supported local businesses)
Put 1500-3000 miles on first rebuilt diff, after dropping kids off at school, headed to work on highway... Garbled marbles sound, again spewing diff oil.
I was very surprised in after removing the rear diff, the amount of metal in there...
2nd diff rebuild, is in the capable hands of Zuk at gearinstalls.com
Taking driveshaft in, both front and rear for rebalancing at a drive line specialist in state.
Going to repack rear bearings while I am here, reminds me need to order parts.
She was packaged and sent to Zuk at gearinstalls.com.
Some of my facts/misfortune:
Driving home after Craigslist purchase, rear diff spewed and left me stranded on the side of the road, 120 miles from home. Towed LX 450 home.
2nd rear diff failure.
1st diff rebuilt by a local diff specialist, not a Toyota specialist, but a go fast Chevy/Ford shop. (I thought using someone in state made life easier and supported local businesses)
Put 1500-3000 miles on first rebuilt diff, after dropping kids off at school, headed to work on highway... Garbled marbles sound, again spewing diff oil.
I was very surprised in after removing the rear diff, the amount of metal in there...
2nd diff rebuild, is in the capable hands of Zuk at gearinstalls.com
Taking driveshaft in, both front and rear for rebalancing at a drive line specialist in state.
Going to repack rear bearings while I am here, reminds me need to order parts.