2017 Tacoma Blown CV Axle

already getting done. yeah, i do =)

 

if you can't prove it then you are stuck with it sorry to say. hope it all works out..

 

This is why i'm recording videos of my work under the wheel well/hood now.

 

I used loctite red, the dealership said they are going to look into the service stuff. (I guess they take pictures during service)

I did not retorque after 100 miles. Probably should have checked, but again nothing felt weird until after I got the truck back from the dealership and went on my short trip. You would think this issue would have happened during the 1500 other miles that were driven.

On a side note the 2011-2017 CV axles are the same (confirmed by Toyota parts)

Also the CV Clamp cost $42, but the entire boot rebuild kit for both boots costs $48

 

Shop is replacing the CV Axle for $300 including parts and labor. Will post pics of the broken Axle when I recover the truck this evening.

 

Something doesn't add up. The LCA nut is held in by a clip so the nut wouldn't just come out unless it was complete failure and separated. Its impossible for the spindle not to separate if the bolt was missing. Also why did you remove the lower control arm to install coilovers?

 

It's not the nut that connects the ball joint, it was the piece that connects the ball joint to the spindle that had the 2 bolts that fell out. If you check out the pictures earlier in the thread you can see the missing bolt, and the ball joint but is still there.

 

This would explain the loose fit...

Pay to play!

 

Also moving forward 2016+ Axle is same as 2011-2015.

 

What am I looking at and what should it look like?

I would like to be shocked and appalled by this.

 

See how this assembly has bearings over the knuckles. I'm missing all of those.

 

lol

In that case, I am appalled.

 

Wtf how?

 

Dude my CV boot was just ripped... thank goodness mine was covered VIA warranty

 

How many miles? My pro has a ripped drivers side boot at 17k miles. No offroading, factory everything... Toyota is covering it, but they had to order parts.

 

Missing tripot bearings from the factory!?? WTF Toyota?

 

So what about 2005 to 2010?? Should be the same also or at least be interchangeable...

 

1,387 miles

 

pics? i'll post mine later. mine is all fixed now.

 

It's also the same.