Transfer Case Shift Actuator Timing for 3rd Gens

So the 4wd is no longer working on my 3rd gen SR5. My actuator died on my transfer case and Toyota denied warranty due to the vehicle being a rebuild title. I got the issue diagnosed at the dealership and they quoted 900 in parts and 1100 in labor to get this replaced. In an attempt to avoid this amount of money. I got the part number that they were going to replace and ordered it then tried to have a local shop replace the part for me. The local shop said they had worked on similar issues before and would have no problem. They were not able to get the actuator off the truck without cracking the transfer case so they decided to swap the internals of the new actuator onto the truck with the existing rod still in the t-case. This of course messed up the timing of the actuator so the 4wd is still not working.

I am wondering if there are any Toyota techs out there or if any of yall have had this issue before and know how to set the timing for the actuator so that the new actuator is not going to waste?

The dealer has no idea on how to set the timing and would not give any help.

 

Have you looked over the Repair manual?

 

Damn. It's been a long time since I tried to save money on a repair that I couldn't handle myself, but this is certainly reminiscent of the last time I did.
X2 on finding a copy or investing in the shop manual.

 

I think I have a copy on my computer. If you dont have it, let me know and I'll go boot it up and post it

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wCb1pU29yOgp9qlPwrKgqROwPGqj-VBu/view?usp=drivesdk

Hope this helps

 

Beat me to it

 

Bummer man. Idk enough about the problem to try and help. There has to be some feedback to let the ecu know it's position, they plugged it in and switched modes?

 

Hey OP, running into a similar situation. Was the timing ever figured out?

 

I believe this is the timing for large gear on parts out of the box which should be installed in 2WD.