Dealer rip off?

So I have my 06 taco at the dealer right now. I was hearing chirping/squeaking noise while accelerating on gas from under truck. Did some research and guess it could be u joints or carrier bearings.

Just got off phone with mechanic at dealership and he said its not the u-joints or the carrier bearing but the drive shaft itself.

He said there is a shaft within the shaft making the noise and wants $1025 to replace it!!!!

Any thoughts

 

So, how much is just the driveshaft?

 

think he said around $800 something

 

Personally, if the truck runs ok I'd get it the fuck out of there and get a second opinion from another driveline shop before doing anything. Don't quote me on it but I think if you remove the four rear u-joint bolts you can drop the shaft down then separate the front and rear pieces and lube the shit out of the splines and put it back together with new joints and center bearing for maybe $300 in parts. That's without labor.

 

Shaft inside the driveshaft? Sounds like a slip yoke that needs grease?

 

un real

 

yea thats kinda what i was figuring. From reading stuff on here I kinda felt like he was trying to rip me off. I'm going to try to grease the u-joints first to see if that helps.

 

i have an 06 with 69,000 miles

 

Grease is the word, is the word, is the word, is the word.

I'd try that before applying Vaseline to your balloon knot for the dealer.... just sayin'.

 

Grab the shaft near the u-joints and push/pull up/down/side to side/forward and back. Check to see if there is noticeable movement or clunking. Do the same at the carrier bearing and see if there is any separation of the rubber. Does your driveshaft have greasable u-joints? If so, do this BEFORE putting grease in as the grease may make it hard to tell. If it is just chirping, I doubt you will notice much movement, but its good to check.

If you don't want to do that, atleast get a second opinion from another shop.

 

Sounds like another dealer that doesn't want to change out joints to me. Unless the slip yoke is so shot the shaft is wobbling, or a weld/tube/yoke is cracked, you shouldn't have to buy another one.

Looks like there's quite a few driveline shops that carry Spicer parts around Tampa, I'd call around, might be one kind enough to help with diagnostics

http://www2.dana.com/expert/wc.dll?hvtss~spicerparts~locatea_ld

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/323396-rebuilt-driveshaft-doesnt-need.html

 

thanks guys I'm definitely not having them do it. To top it off I just called them and told him I wasn't going to do the work and he said they are closed for the day so now I have no truck tonight!

I'll try everyone's suggestions first.

Beyond Pissed.....

 

Don't be pissed. You've got 1k. Order in dinner tonight.

 

haha true

 

prerunners dont have greasable u joints,unless you already changed them out for greasable ones...
also just to change out all the ujoints out here in cali at this drive line shop its like between $150-200 parts/labor
so yea youre getting fucked

also, the only "slip yoke" prerunners have is the one that slides inside the rear of the transmission shaft.

 

well I wont be greasing them then haha. Ill just get another look at a different shop. Thanks

 

yea man, search the web for places with good reviews. i did and found one like 5-6 miles away. great shop!

 

Don't say that too loudly, BamaToy will flip out and go off on you.

 

Still way better than the dealer! They'll want over $200 just for the joints, not including labor.

Either things are way cheaper here or I just lucked out and found a great shop. Labor for all three joints, install center bearing, grease slip yoke, rebalance, and paint.... less than $60

Forgot the prerunners had the solid shaft... yeah there should be no reason for it to need changing unless it went rock bouncing.

 

Got my truck back havent taken it to another dealer yet cause its sunday but i did get under the truck and grabbed both sides of the driveshaft around the carrier bearing and can move the drive shaft up and down an sideways within the carrier bearing. The rubber isnt falling apart. The is no movement at the ujoints.