Recent content by JBierm44

so, in short, this is an issue I should deal with before undertaking a 7,000 mile journey? What should I checks once I've pulled the tranny?

any way to make the sound stop without pulling the clutch?

Figured that was most likely the answer. Should I take the time to replace it? I need this vehicle to make it between 6 and 10 k miles over some pretty irregular and tough roads/not-roads. Is it a peice that will eventually fail and make me immobile or is it just an annoying squeak?

Hello, Just started the 4runner restoration project, many projects to go before it's ready to make the 6,000 mile treck to Argentina (http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?t=55543&highlight=Pan-American). Replacing the U joints in the main axle was fairly straight forward. I've been...

First time on the forum and a new 4runner owner. There is nothing noteworthy or especially inspiring about the rig except, maybe, its purpose. This aged and neglected beast must carry my girlfriend and me the 6,000+ miles between Burlington Vermont and Buenos Aires, Argentina. We are setting...