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I rounded off the bolt that I use to refill my transfer case that has a leak. For the life of me I can't find the parts number for the fill bolt and already order the wrong bolt so I need some help. I luckily got the stripped bolt off but I still would like to replace it. 2002-03 V8 limited...

They were new, balanced, and aligned tires before the last trip. I don’t feel any wobble in any of the wheels and spinning them sounds fine. A few people have mentioned the hub, bearings. Upon research its a part people don’t really replace. I don’t notice any obviously rear axle damage, or...

I was just trying to find what the standard rear alignment specs should be. After looking at several other people posting their alignment specs, mine is way off in comparison.

Updating: Had my vehicle checked at 2 places. Les Schwab mechanic thinks the tire wear is caused by a bad power steering rack. I also have movement in the lower ball joints & cv axles and the front struts are leaking. There’s a few things wrong, but why would this cause excessive tire wear...

The rack is all factory. It just flexes too much and too much air goes underneath it. I ratcheted it down the first time I hit the cross winds in the desert. Gave me a piece of mind but didnt solve it. I did drive a few thousands miles with it. It’s totally do-able, it just the places were...

Website says its 150 lbs without the ladder. Wasn’t too heavy lifting it overhead, just awkward.

It’s the cascadia St. Helens. Just looked at their site and they dropped the price by $1,000 which kinda sucks because I’m trying to sell mine. Selling because I’m to a city and having some issues with the 4runner. Makes camping a lot more fun tho!

You mean if you can use the stock rack? It bounces around A LOT in high winds. I wish I had a more rigid rack.

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Thanks. This may sound stupid, is the transfer case always in use or only in 4x4? Trying to figure out how I can get by for the next month without destroying anything. I’m parked on a steep street and its wet outside so not ideal to be pretending to mechanic. I made an appointment to get it...

Did he give you a quote to fix it? Sounds like your in a similar situation. I have no place to work on my car atm, as I’m staying in an Airbnb and was researching the problem before taking it in until I see everyone saying its a $2,000 job. Mine is leaking a lot, if I ignore it for this month...

Thanks for the tips and replying, I really appreciate it. I think I’m going to take it in and fix the leak and save up for something else. The person who sold it to me definitely wasn’t trying to get one over on me. They let their 90 year mom drive it for years and she got rear ended and used...

Its outside wear. I’d say about a 3rd of the tire is rounding off. I guess I didn’t get a picture of the previous tire. Here is where I’m at now.

$5 o ring that’s gonna cost me $500 to fix? Its leaking a lot unfortunately. On my 3rd gen, I was poor and never touched anything, it always leaked a small amount of tranny fluid but it was easy to check and maintain. This is a lot more involved.

That would make sense, that the obvious thing that is worn out is causing it. I did inquire about this to the alignment shop, they made it seem like it would be the axel if anything.. I did find this thread with someone having the similar issue after putting on new shocks, they were also rear...