Recent content by asm

If you have a air hammer and impact wrench, it's a 5 minutes job. Use the air hammer to pound the broken stud out. This better then a sledge hammer as each impact produce less energy, and therefore less likely to break the wheel hub. Install new one is as easy as using couple of washer as...

I'm 5'7" and often bump my head when getting into my 4Runner. Of course, my other car is Honda Element... when it comes to head room, Honda Element is the king!!

My 06 4WD V6 gets about 21.5MPG on all high way driving. Hand calculated, the trip computer shows about 22.5 MPG. The highway driven was mostly on flat land, not much hill. One thing I notice about 4runner is not to use the cruise control when driving in hilly terrain. The cruise control...

Something I noticed after working on my own Toyota for years. The most common bolt/nut size is 10mm, 14mm, 17mm, 19mm, 21mm. So if you are really limited on budget, you could probably get away with only these five sockets.

Let's put it this way, the car was delivered to the shop working, and now it's not. That makes the shop responsible for the damages. Even if the engine simply blow up, the least they can do is to do the job for free while the customer pays for the motor. A used motor is only about $1500.

LOL. Not sure what you mean by "record heat". I'm guessing 101 for a day or two? You should come to central Cali, 100 degree in summer is consider a cool day. 110 degree is hot. Now, we don't considering it breaking record until 114. :eek: Because of the heat, Battery mfg actually rate...

Agree. Things like water pump that require a bit more involved labor to replace, I'll always go with parts that has proven to work - Toyota OEM. They are actually cheaper then some of aftermarket stuff... Also, be sure replace all gasket/seal/o-ring as suggested by the factory service...

That would be nice. Except my wife would probably :flamethrwoer2: my ass if she have to get a ladder just to put our 3 years daughter in the car. B

Under normal circumstance, that's exact I would do. However, I'm in situation where one axle has just a bit more thread then the other. Since I purchased the car used, I'm not sure if the previous owner have just rotate the tires, or was the thread depth difference is the result of neglecting...

Yes, this is why i post my question here on the forum. I'm getting conflicting information both on line and off line. Some people say front wears faster because it's the axle that turns the car, while other say the rear because that's the driving axle. I'm hoping someone can confirm either...

Ooops!! I guess I should qualify my question with "Assuming if you do not rotate your tire".

I have never own a truck before. Just curious, does the front tires still wear faster than the back tires like those on the front wheel drive vehicle? Thanks B

My 06 v6 4wd is 43000 miles old. 22mpg on the freeway. 18 MPG around town. All numbers are calculated. Trip computer general give about 1 extra MPG reading.

TRD's come with TRD sticker. I have been told the sticker increase power gain by 20%. ;-) All joking aside, they all made by K&N.

Take it easy, dude!! No one is disagreeing with the fact the fluids needs to be change sometime. The concern here is some dealer or service writer, not all, see fluid change as easy way to boost profit. This in turn, increase overall cost of ownership for a vehicle. For the record, I don't...