Frame rusted through club

Since I know how you guys love pictures of rusty things, I am going to throw another one here. This is probably one of the favored. This is my oil seal ( from 2007 Tacoma) that supposed to protect wheel bearing from water, dirt etc. I just took a part my old hub and this is what I found. Rotted to crap oil seal. That is the benefit of doing own work. Nobody can tell you what to think, you know things.
Shame on you Toyota. Now we know why those wheel bearings fail so quickly.

 

That's from a 07 ?

 

Yep, factory original

 

Pretty poor.

Do you park in a pond or something?

I checked mine a few weeks ago, 08 and they still looked good.

 

Well well well. I went under the truck just now and took a real good look. Guess who has rust and peeling paint on a two month old truck at 1,704 miles? And guess who lives in a non salted area? Now guess who is showing up at the dealer in the morning?

 

^^^^ told ya

 

I like pictures too. I found some where guys installed tacoma frames in other brands of vehicles. The first is a range from the salt belt, second is a chevy, third a frontier, 4th a chevy again, and fifth another ranger. And before I hear it again, vehicles have essentially cost the same through the years when you factor in inflation. Vehicle inflation rose 3% a year from 1935-2007. 2007-present they rose 0.9%. The average cost of living raise a year is... you guessed it 3%. so put a little simpler a 28,000 truck now would've cost you 2,700 back then but would've been the same % of your pay.

 

You were wrong. Wasn't by this year, it was by this WEEK!

 

FTW

 

2700 in 1938 for a new vehicle would have been VERY expensive. I'd expect a new small truck to be around $500-600 in the same market niche the Tacoma's in.

But Tacoma has so much more capability than any 1938 offering: more tow capacity, more carrying capacity, higher speed, less maintenance requirements and much, much better reliability and endurance. All metrics very important to compare vehicles in revenue-generating service: it would doubtless outperform a 'heavy' truck for that period even with its greater cargo carrying capacity.

Then add all the things mandated by government nowadays (safety equipment, emissions control) or our tender 21st century needs (A/C, heater, radios, upholstered reclining bucket seats, etc.,). $2700 isn't so far off, even discounting the fact they just couldn't do everything that's in a Tacoma from a technological perspective. But you have to compare to something outside the 'small truck' market segment. Indeed, you've have to compare to a 'super-luxury, high-performance heavy truck' market that didn't exist in 1938.

 

$2,700.00 in 1938 had the same buying power as $41,096.06 in 2011.

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http://www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm

 

I don't see anything there that is bad for your paint/frame. I've been using WD-40 for sometime. I wasn't the first, won't be the last. Many people use it for this purpose. Test some out on painted metal, in my experience, it doesn't strip the frame of paint.

 

Those Chevys aren't bad at all, and those frames are built much heavier so they won't fail anywhere near as soon. As for the others, I'd like to know the year and mileage. I've seen that exact picture of the nissan before.

 

WD-40 should not hurt the frame paint. It is a decent penetrating oil, works well for coating metal and works great for removing adhesives. As an experiment I coated my rear drive shaft with WD-40 with no ill side effects. In fact it has kept it pretty clean!

 

What's crazy is because you posted that pic of the welds, I went under to see what you were talking about and that's when I saw the rust near the wheel.

I went in this morning. They opened at 7am, I was there by 645. He asked me if I had an appt and I told him no, that I was just dropping by to see if he can help nip this in the bud before it gets bad. He said that it's just surface rust, nothing to worry about, its normal. I told him that if he can, I'd like it to be prepped and coated as a preventative thing so as in the long run I won't have to worry about a major rust issue. He is going to have the guys look at it and give me a call.

I'll keep ya'll updated.

 

^Do what you think is best.

I've heard of everything from used oil/diesel and other crap being sprayed on frames/undercarriage to prevent/minimize rust. All of these are hydrocarbons of varying "weights".

Probably the better choice is the fluid film because it stays on longer. I can't remember but it is slightly different chemically.

 

Just got a call from the dealership. He said it's surface rust (of course) and that there's no need to take any more action as of now. I really didn't think they were going to do much. It would have been nice if they cleaned it up and perhaps sprayed something but oh well. *shrugs*

At least it's on file now so if anything comes up in the future, it's been noted.

 

Hmm......says "Corrosion Perforation 5 years or unlimited miles *rust through"

I guess the key word is "rust through". And it's not rusted through. yet.

 

According to some on here, it's your fault your truck is rusting already. Now get under that new truck of yours with a wire-brush and start scrapping and painting.