SOS!! HELP!! SoCal member with blown rear in PDX needs assistance!!

Nice job guys

 

Update!
The Traveler is en-route to FedEx with my spare third member so I can get it overnight-shipped up here and hopefully be on my way home by this time tomorrow. Johnny has been so kind as to offer me tools, space, and air at his shop so I can get everything swapped out on the cheap. My wife is on hold with insurance so we can get a flatbed tow to his shop. Later we'll work out where we're sleeping and all.


As for driving it in FWD mode: the problem is the rear axles will still be spinning, and with chunks of metal floating around in there, it's a huge gamble as to how far I can drive before the rear axle locks up.

 

shouldnt take more than an hour to remove and replace the 3rd. make sure all of the broken bits are out of the housing before the new one is installed otherwise it will break more teeth in the new one.

check out this step by step how to remove a 3rd member that i wrote, all of the exact torque specs, procedures and shortcuts are listed accordingly
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...removal-installation-e-locker-3rd-member.html

 

yes he was and should really consider AAA.

 

Put some hoops on the roof and drive backwards.

 

he should consider the AAA+ membership that has the 200 mile tow service

 

exactly

 

This end-of-the-year truck breakage thing is getting to be an expensive habit. Two years in a row now I celebrate New Years by working on getting my truck moving again. I'm really over it!!

 

Yeah, well, hindsight is 20/20.
Just so I can take full advantage of Murphy's Law, I think I'll look into AAA+ when (if?) I get back. 'Cuz we all know I'll never have another tow-related problem as soon as I get it.

 

Always here to bail out a friend, even if it's the same guy every year!

Just boxed these up and dropped off at FedEx for a small fortune overnight. Out of my hands now, thanks to all you PNW TW guys. Love the camaraderie when shit goes south around here for one of us.

 

Eight hours and two wreckers later, finally on the way to Johnny's shop!

 

Lol about damn time - in falling asleep out here on the couch.

Cody's still here too

 

I have 200 miles of free tow from my AAA premier membership but unfortunately AAA told me I am unable to transfer it to an individual without my being there with the vehicle. Hope everything works out for ya.

 

Hope youre at least drinking beers and scrolling titties online

I am impressed as fuck you guys. Watching this unravel was awesome.

 

UPDATE:

OPs truck is in the shop. I dropped Him and his wife at a local best western and I'm finally off to sleep. Plan is to have it broken down and ready for install by the time the rear 3rd gets here from SoCal.

I'd like to give thanks to Cody.... For not doing a damn thing... Besides eating my chillie and sitting on the couch love ya man!

 

nice man i know who to call when i am in Oregon. Well done guys.

 

that must have been expensive to over night man oh man.
glad it is working out for you though!

 

Just so I can be a part of the awesome thread...good luck!

 

I couldn't imagine...

 

seriously.... id say like $250 probably.
it cost me 90 to ship one normally.