Transfer case considerations (1 Viewer)

[landtoy80]

Did you ask the shop how they screwed up thinking you had a bad t-case?

 

[mabrodis]

It has a 130,000 miles and according to the buyer had the "big maintance work" done at 100,000. Like some big maintance package or something.

Hmm...I would be suspicous of that. 'Big maintenance work' could just be a full fluild change, new brake pads/rotors, maybe grease the driveshafts, etc...It obviously *should* include the front and rear axle work, but unless you specifically know that was done I would doubt it. I know at a Toyota dealership in Ohio (Brunswick Auto Mart), they didn't have the first clue about what to do. I went in there asking for parts for my '97, all the parts to do the 60K mile rear axle service. I got a blank stare. I asked what they did in their shop for a 60K rear axle service, he said, and I quote "Check the brakes, check the gearlube, if it looks bad, then put in new", I asked if they repacked the wheelbearings, he said no, not unless there are signs they need it.

So, moral of the story is don't expect even dealerships to have any clue what they are doing or know how to take care of a vehicle correctly. I've always looked at used vehicles as just expecting nothing has been done to it at all, so when you get it, you know you're in for some weekends of fun, ofcourse that's easy if you do all the work yourself, if you don't then that somewhat changes things...

Good Luck!

 

[tltaylor22]

I did a full front axle overhaul on my 93 with 250K miles on it. Parts, including spider gears and side gears in the diff, rebuilt birfs, new inner axles, full knucke treatment... were about $1300. I had been quoted between 3-5k at several shops around for the same service. My local dealer wouldn't even quote me a price for them to do everything. They kept telling me it was going to cost a lot and wouldn't even quote me on it. Crazy dealer, Sorry Dan.