Recent content by backlitcoyote

I just read the messages in the other thread. I think the only way to be sure that they greased the driveshaft is if you can see fresh grease on the spiders (near zerks #1 and #3 in the photos at the top of this thread), because the correct way to grease them is to keep pumping the grease gun...

Another thought. I had an email notification from the forum today saying that someone had asked a question in this thread about whether it really is important to use two types of grease for the drive shafts. I guess that message has been deleted, but the gist of the message was that the person...

I use Mobil 1 synthetic grease for the spiders (zerks #1 and #3 in the photos at the top of this thread). But I get a bit frustrated with it because it's so messy to store (the oil component bleeds out of the grease gun). I'll probably switch to a different grease soon. I've read that Valvoline...

I would change them if I were you. I changed the plugs on my '04 at around 100k and I know they had not been changed before. I installed the NGK Laser Iridium plugs. They are working well but I can't say the difference was noticeable compared to the OEM plugs they replaced. It was definitely...

Thank you, >>>>. It should be obvious, but I did not make it clear in my initial post (because I was confused), that there are three grease fittings (Zerks) per drive shaft, and that my two photos at the top of this thread only show the three on the rear drive shaft. There are three more on...

I'm planning to grease the driveshaft (propeller shaft) of my 2004 4Runner. I read this thread but it's about 3rd-generation 4Runners and my 4th gen vehicle seems different. I also downloaded the 4th gen service manual from this thread but as far as I can see it does not provide clear...

The key to completing this repair on my 2004 4Runner was noticing that the weather strip is held in place by a Torx screw on the inside of the door. The screw grips the weather strip at the rear of each front door, and at the front of each rear door. When you have removed the Torx screw, it's...