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I tried to do this last winter. After a few fails I soaked it in near-boiling water first, then put some dish soap on the bottom before I pushed real hard and twisted the base slightly and it went in "most" of the way. I'm waiting for a real hot day here in Houston, hoping it will soften it up...

Greetings all. I've been keeping up with this post, and know that it has been diagnosed by several that it was not the alternator. But, for me, it actually was the alternator. My 2010 SR5 with about 100,000 at the time whined for about 3 months and I thought it was nothing to be concerned...

lsk@k2 - Your experience sounds very similar like mine, even still after they replaced and RFB both my Dunlops in the front. I'd be curious to hear if your problem "goes away" if you move the front wheels/tires to the rear, like mine did. At least it is narrowed to down to not being driveline...

I don't think it will go away with time. My vibration got only slightly better when both front tires were replaced and road force balanced, and it went away completely when those tires/wheels were rotated to the back at the 5000 mile check-up. The vibe will return when I move the...

1. 1973 Chevy Monte Carlo (first car, sweet sled, don't know why I sold it) 2. 1981 Buick Century (my Dad sold me this for $1 when I was in college) 3. 1988 Mazda MX-6 4. 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 2WD 5. 2010 4Runner SR5 I'm 46, and seem to hold on to cars until the headliners start falling...

Looks like this thread is alive again. It's been three weeks since they replaced my two front tires and road force balanced them, and I wanted to give enough time to test it out before I replied. It seems the steering wheel shimmy is "mostly" gone. It does come back, but not as bad as before...

Here's my follow-up: The first new tire they ordered and put on didn't solve the problem. They recognized this immediately at the service department, so my service manager advised me to bring the truck in on a weekday, and leave it for the whole day so they could do a complete diagnosis (I had...

Glenn - You're on the right track. I'm in Houston and basically had the same problem. I let the fleet manager know what I wanted (SR5 - 4WD in silver or magnetic gray) and he had to keep an eye on what vehicles were coming into the Gulf States Distribution center. Once he found one on the...

I worked with a fleet manager at a dealership in Houston on my 2010 SR5, and ended up with a price that was 7% below the MSRP. That was before we talked about trade-in and financing.

Here's a follow-up to my trip to the Toyota dealer on Saturday morning. The service rep wanted to try to spin balance the tires again, but I said I think the problem is beyond that since that has already been done 3 times, and he agreed. So he did the road-force balancing on the front two...

I'm having the exact same problem as Alleyman84. Right at 60mph I notice the vibration in the steering wheel, and it fades away around 65mph. I have 2500miles so far. The dealer has balanced the wheels twice, and my local service station once, with none of them producing any changes in the...