I'm not sure what a "dealer remanufactured" axle is since dealerships do not do remanufacturing. I'm guessing that if you don't specify "Toyota remanufactured," you may get aftermarket and that's what Cardone is. Remember, lots of folks assume that all aftermarket parts are exactly the same quality as OEM - and we all know that's not even remotely true.

There’s a Toyota dealer that has one in stock near me I’d really like to check out. But those parts guys have the same attitude as vinyl record stores. I can imagine they’ll be super annoyed.

Sorry - access to toyota-4runner.org domain has rarely worked for me today....will try to upload something soon..

That's sad the part guys have to spend 8+ hrs with that attitude. It must be really tiring to keep that sour attitude up. Part of the reason why they have a sour attitude is because mgmt puts up with it.

If magmt actually listens to the customer experience and talking to the parts counter guys, mgmt would put a stop to it.

I always walk in the stealerships with part numbers and it still seems like I'm bothering them.

Sorry for the rant.

Anyway, can you snap a pick of the re built shaft and post it on here?

I don't understand why all (beyond toyota) dealership parts employees have such bad attitudes. My guess is they were shitty mechanics and just got demoted to a parts guy. The local Napa people might not know much, but at least they're friendly.

I'll take a photo once I get my rig back. And when Endlessblockades can upload his it will be nice to compare.

The shop was done with my rig today and one of the things they also replaced was the front diff seal that the cv axle goes in. This seal never leaked till they install the new axle back in February and caught it leaking the first time when I notice the cv axle was leaking. Well when I got my rig home today, I got down underneath and sure shit its leaking diff fluid again, but even worse! So I got right back in my rig and drove down there before they closed to tell them its leaking again. I was told they're going to look at it first thing tomorrow morning.

I really hope they didn't mess something up inside the diff besides the seal. But I did do some research on here about that seal and apparently it can be finicky even with a reman axle.

Good news! It looks like the shop put a Toyota reman cv axle on and so far no leaks from the diff. Here’s some photos of the new one. I also added a photo of the driver side cv axle that’s original.

Edit: never mind the diff fluid is still leaking from the cv axle. Bringing it back Monday...

Hmm... pretty sure the metal inner and outer joints is painted on oems.
I could be wrong.

The Toyota reman part WILL have a decal or sticker on the axle unless the shop removed it.

Apparently Endlessblockades cv axles are silver as well. Waiting for him to chime in or post a photo. I’ll tell you this, it’s definitely more heavy duty looking compared to the last one they put on there and matches the original.

Now I’m more concerned about this seal that keeps leaking diff fluid where the cv axle goes in. This is going to be my 3rd time going back for them to fix this leak. It never leaked till they put the first cv axle in.

Granted these are new examples. They came with a sticker on the shafts. And those cv boot clamps, that's how I remember how to spot an oem axle.
Maybe times have changed and Toyota's re-manufacturer doesn't make them like that anymore because of the lesser demand for them?

You could also reach out to someone like CVJ and ask how to tell if they're OEM or not. I'm sure theres a method to it and that they probably receive many axles people assumed to be original but were not

I don't know if these will help. This axle's over a year old but a more recent one I have looks identical. The axle has some surface rust or dirt - but you can see the slapped-on silver sticker and the inner boot. Sorry for the wait for such crappy pics. I'm attaching a transfer case skid tomorrow if some better pics would help. Bottom line is I don't know if these are legit or not - only had these 2 done....

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i recently installed OE reman rear calipers on my 2007 4runner. i asked at the parts counter about quality and who did the reman. was told, at least for the calipers, that toyota does it in house.

Pictures aren’t showing up or loading. I tried looking on my computer and didn’t come up either.