extremly mad about TSB

i just got off the phone with Stokes Brown Toyota Hilton Head/Bluffton. i called about the suspension tsb and the man who i was talking to said he had heard of it a few times. then later on in the call he said he has never heard of it so i told him about this fourm. he seemed like he was going to accept it but i have to drop it off on monday and let them drive it around all day The stealership should be more knowgleble

 

load the bed to capacity, so they can feal it hit the bumpstops, and record the mileage when you leave it so they cant say "we drove it all day" when they probably just pulled around the lot, and then wrote off the idea of helping you.

 

how much b/c i dont have any money so i cant load anything in it

 

EDIT: i told them it hapens when i put a dirt bike in it but sadly its my friends, and i do have the only 3 leaves

 

should i take the weights off my weight set and drive around?

 

Its funny, some people have a bitch of a time getting the TSB done, yet some(like me) have no issue whatsoever. I took the truck to the dealer, told them my rear end bottoms easily and told them I read of a TSB for it, they looked it up and said they'd order the parts and when was a good time to drop the truck off. That easy, no shit! doesnt make sense why some dealers would be so opposed to doing the job in this slow economy. Work is work.

that could probably work.... how much weight total?

 

note: i have 560 lbs of weights in my room

 

the guy i was talking to sounded so suprised when i told him the suspension bottoms out...it even bottoms out unloaded if i drive over a speed bumb at 25 mph

 

Go buy 1000 lbs of sand then take it back afterwards, as said up there ^^^

If you can't afford that, you've got much bigger problems than the suspension on your truck.

 

560 should do it for sure. You can use logs, stumps, cement blocks...anything to add weight.

I agree with Relentless...it is odd that some do it without question. My dealer needed to keep the truck for an hour so they could make sure there was no damage to my components. Once everything checked out, they called Toyota and verified my approval - ordered the parts and was done the next day.

I would've fought like hell if they told me to LOAD MY TRUCK UP WITH A BUNCH OF WEIGHT TO VERIFY THAT I AM NOT LYING!

 

As for TSBs, I even had the creaking clutch pedal TSB done at my dealer even though my truck didnt technically fall within the affected VINs. They did check it out and found the cracked bushing though so that probably helped.

 

mine bottomed out with my 4wheeler in the back.

if that ones a jack ass about the TSB take it to a different one and make sure they give u the bilstein shocks if u dont already have a TRD model

 

ha no i have money i just owe my parents 600$ as said in my signature so i cant go spend like 100$

 

dont even do that. Just take a print out of the TSB in hand and show it to them and be like look this shows that there is a problem with my leaf pack so i want it replaced. Tell them its a harsh ride and they should replace it. The dealership i took mine to didnt drive it around or look at the bump stops or anything. i showed them the TSB and they said ok we will call you when the parts get in.

 

oooh i like the way you think how would i go about getting the bilstein's

 

when u get the TSB done, they put them on there. it actually states in the rear susp TSB that your truck model gets them on there. i looked mine over to make sure they didnt screw me over, counted the leaf springs and whatnots.

so if/when u get this TSB done, u will have new bilstein shocks

 

After three trips to two dealers, hours of waiting, and 90 minutes on the phone with toyota's customer service people I was told that the TSB did not apply to my situation; despite the fact that it's emblazoned right on the TSB that it is to be applied when the customer complains of a harsh rear ride. I never loaded up with weight and took it to them, but to have to have to do that is ridiculous. I would think the dealers would jump at the opportunity to bill toyota for work and make a customer happy, but apparently not.

I don't carry heavy loads, but I bought the truck to tow. Now my trucks out of warranty and I'm SOL. Guess I'll just have to lift and get some deaver rear leafs!

 

Bilsteins are part of the TSB package if you do not already have a TRD. I think she was just saying to double check that they actually put them on after the TSB instead of leaving the stock shocks.

Edit: Damn she beat me to the punch ^^^

 

i would suggest that you search around the forum for more TSB info... DO your homework!

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/search.php?searchid=779611

Told him about this forum? What is that going to do?

 

make sure they do the alignment as well...