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Greased drive shaft today

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by DCJeeper, May 19, 2019.

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  1. Jun 6, 2019 at 6:34 AM
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    The front driveshaft rotates while driving in 2 wheel drive.
     
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    o_Oeven when the 4wd is not engaged
     
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  3. Jun 6, 2019 at 6:38 AM
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    Correct.
     
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  4. Jun 6, 2019 at 6:38 AM
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    you sure your not talking about the CV Axles?
     
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  5. Jun 6, 2019 at 6:44 AM
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    If I am not mistaken the front driveshaft always rotates.
     
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  6. Jun 6, 2019 at 6:49 AM
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    I'm not so sure. You can manually rotate the front driveshaft with your hand when the T-Case is in 2wd, I would think this wouldn't be possible if the driveshaft always rotated.
     
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  7. Jun 6, 2019 at 6:54 AM
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    I could be mistaken but remember someone on here marking it, driving around and it ended in a different position, maybe it was testing something else though.
     
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  8. Jun 6, 2019 at 7:03 AM
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    Lubricant drag in the front differential case.........
     
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  9. Jun 6, 2019 at 7:09 AM
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    Could be, I'm going to have to mark my front drive shaft and see if it moves after driving.
     
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    You are not mistaken.
    There have been a few who have either zip tied it or greased and has eliminated some vibration. I would not skimp on the front driveshaft.
     
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    If the driveshaft is bone dry, would it be making any type of noise? When I have my back sliding window open, I hear a sort of metallic shearing noise almost. Gonna grease my driveshaft this weekend, just curious about it.
     
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  16. Jun 6, 2019 at 9:57 AM
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    Your truck most likely only has Zerks on the front driveshaft.
     
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    on my 2nd gen it does not, im absolutely sure unless the 4wd is engaged the front drive axle does not turn, unless you have fulltime 4wd or AWD
     
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  18. Jun 6, 2019 at 10:48 AM
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    Right, Tacoma's do not have full time AWD.
     
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    Do you clean off excess/waste/old grease? I use a paper towel to get the big chunks of grease off, then use brake cleaner, and a shop towel.. always pump until you see clean grease.. if you are doing front end work remove the ball joint covers and remove old grease.. install and be sure to pump up with new grease afterwards. its not a horrible idea if you dont care about dust to smear the grease on common rust areas.. it will collect dust/dirt, but acts as a barrier to rust forming/spreading. its simmilar to how fluid film works, however its hard to keep fluid film on a rotating part, inertia just flings it off at high speeds....
     
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