100,000 miles and trouble

I'd go with hung brake....

 

It was the u-joints had to replace all 3. Called local Toyota dealership just to check out the price they wanted $750.00. I bought the u-joints for $25 bucks a piece. No more frog sounds so he must have found a new home.
Thanks for the adviced.

 

yeah at 100,000 you should expect to change a few things like u joints. its not unreasonable. glad to hear everything worked out

 

If u joints bad usually vibe felt in seat as opposed to steering wheel if brakes or tire issue. Crawl underneath and jerk around on driveline and try to rotate driveshafts and feel for slop in u joints.

 

Was this relatively easy to do? I am somewhat mechanically inclined, but by no means would I say I am near a mechanic.

 

I had close to same issue with mine around 100,000 miles whenever I hit 15-30 mpg it would make a squeak( kinda like a tree frog). Ended up being u bolts in drive shaft where shot. I found out by taking it to tire plus and getting a free estimate on what's wrong they tried charging me 980.00 bucks saying u bolts couldn't be taken out had to do whole driveshaft. Bull crap it cost me 50 bucks in parts and borrowing a vice from a bud and now there fine

 

To check do as he said crawl under and try moving drive shaft if it has play in it there probably bad. All you need are sone basic tools and a vice to push new ujoints together. Maybe a friend to help makes it easier

 

jjew18
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Its not that difficult you need some time and the right tools. I knew a shade tree mechanic that helped me out for a fair price.

 

Cool, thanks, I'll have to give it a shot.

 

i have an 06 double cab 4x4 sport and it has 275,000 miles on it. I still have original brake drums in the rear and have never serviced the tranny or any fluids other then oil changes and air filter..lol runs pretty good still and i get 21 mpg. I do think its time for a new one though because at thsi stage anythign can go wrong! lol Oh..all i have really changed are the wear and tear items like idler pulleys, pads/shoes, cv axles, wheel bearings in the front. Other then that all fluids and everythign else all original..lol

 

A joint that feels tight does not mean it's good by the time they start to make noise they are most likely locked up and won't move. The only way to really know is remove the drive shaft.

 

"tree frog noise" may be the vent blower motor. Mine went bad and annoyed the ever living bajeezus out of me for months.