Recent content by rford

the clunk is back Thai, thanks for the link re: the replacement driveshaft. After only 2 mos and less that 1000 miles my clunk has resurfaced. This time when I go back to the dealer I'll direct the service manager to the link you provided. I'm hopeful this will finally do it, as the last...

OK. I took it back to the nearest dealer (second time there) but got the service manager directly. He knew exactly what the problem was at the first stop on our test drive. He explained it just as we all understand it via this thread. Fortunately, he was more of an "action" person that...

still clunkin' Webshot--I wanted to drive the vehicle to see if the lube would do the trick. Although is seemed to help, initially, the clunk returned yesterday after driving the 4Runner about 160 mi w/ some stops along the way. I gave it another dose of lube last night. If that doesn't...

Webshot--I bought the vehicle at Toyota of San Francisco: took it there first; moved to NJ then took it to Galaxy Toyota; then took it to Freehold Toyota. They all $UCK !!! I firmly believe they are paid not to fix warranty-related items...like the clunk, the rattle in the dash, the squeaky...

Thanks, Webshot. I'm buying one today and I'll give it about the same as you suggested. I only gave it 2-3 shots yesterday, as the mechanic at the local shop advised not to over-lube. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks again.

clunking noise still there... I took it to the toyota dealer for the 6000 mi service and to lube it to fix the clunk. They couldn't detect the clunking noise, more surprisingly, they would not lube the slip joint per my request...another wasted trip to the dealer. Anyway...I ended up...

03 4runner limited v8 brake issue So glad I found this forum and glad to hear there is a fix to this annoying problem. I bought the vehicle in April, but didn't notice it until 1500 mi or so. I've taken it to 2 different dealers...both were equally useless. Question: will there be any long...