Mobile mechanic

Well a good start for the holidays for me, drive from tucsob to norwalk for the holiday and my u joints snapped exiting the freeway. Called around local toyota dealers for a replacemebt shaft but oent be here till tuesday, got to go back to work by tuesday night - im an icu nurse and we are getting over runned by covid. If anyone can recommend a mobile mech in the 562 area that can replace the u joints and maybe the carrier bearing that would be great. Local shops wants to charge an arm and a leg to replace the u joints due to holiday weekend. Ty. Happy holidays.

 

@Daxdagr8t try OC Driveline in placentia. Not sure you are going to be able to get any work done on such short notice.

 

@Superdave1.0

 

Agree. Such short notice might be tough. You might ask around on the sub forum local to your area and see if anyone has a spare just to swap in temporarily.

 

I'm no good with U joints.

OP looks like possibly more than just U joints are needed. Hopefully someone more experienced with driveshafts will chime in. I've also heard you want to stick with OEM U joints.

 

For your truck there are 2 used driveshafts within driving distance. One is $398 in Sun Valley, the other $250 in Bakersfield.

 

On one side, if swapping a whole shaft, those are easier to install than U-joint work.
At least on a 4x4 I believe it bolts onto the front, and onto the third member/rear diff at the back.