4th Gen Maintenance 180k Miles

[SHagood]

4th Gen Owners,

I have read over a few forums from years back about regular/routine maintenance that should be completed before the 200k mark. Are there any members on here who have recently done necessary maintenance that can offer insight for a v6 at 179k miles?

I have come to the conclusion that I will need to:
-Spark plugs
-Grease drive shaft
-Transmission and power steering flush
-CV axles

Completed:
-Oil change every 5k miles
-Drain and fill diff and transfer case oil
-Replaced front coilovers and rear shocks/springs


Thank you in advance for the suggestions!

 

[firebirdguy]

what type of insight are you looking for? looks like your list covers most the major items. also read the owners manual for what maint toyota suggests at what miles.

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

You should be greasing driveshaft every other oil change

 

[SHagood]

You should be greasing driveshaft every other oil change

What grease are you using? I've read spider Zerk #1 and #3 to use Mobil 1 synthetic grease and for Zerk #2 Sta-Lube Moly-Graph Lithium Grease and to not use moly grease in the spiders.

 

[Bossman]

180k Interval Service?

200k Maintenance for 4th Gen T4R

Approaching 200,000 miles

Anything I'm forgetting? Preventative maintenance at 200k miles...

4th Gen High Mileage Maintenance

 

[firebirdguy]

You should be greasing driveshaft every other oil change

be careful with that, every other oil change may be excessive. the slip yoke can only take a certain amount of grease before it causes problems with hydraulic lock. thats why they say when greasing it to only do a limited amount of pumps like 4-8. overfilling it is not good, it doesnt bleed out the excess grease like the ujoints do. i had a clunking on my 4runner when i bought it, greased it up with moly grease & hasnt made a noise since.

just saying to grease as needed, not every other oil change if its not needed.

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

What grease are you using? I've read spider Zerk #1 and #3 to use Mobil 1 synthetic grease and for Zerk #2 Sta-Lube Moly-Graph Lithium Grease and to not use moly grease in the spiders.

Personally I use Lucasoil Red N Tacky #2 but it sounds like you've done your research. And as mentioned by [MENTION=274360]firebirdguy[/MENTION] , I forgot that greasing on a regular basis shouldn't include the slip yokes but only the u-joints. I do my ujoints every other oil change for 20k now and its been fine. Fixed my clunk from when I had bought the truck

 

[SHagood]

Personally I use Lucasoil Red N Tacky #2 but it sounds like you've done your research. And as mentioned by [MENTION=274360]firebirdguy[/MENTION] , I forgot that greasing on a regular basis shouldn't include the slip yokes but only the u-joints. I do my ujoints every other oil change for 20k now and its been fine. Fixed my clunk from when I had bought the truck

How often are you doing the slip yokes?

 

[That_Titanium_4RNR]

How often are you doing the slip yokes?

I think I normally do it once a year, not doing it more frequently mainly out of fear that it will cause undo strain on the t-case. Whenever I get under the truck I always look at it and make sure it seems "wet" though. Hasn't made any squeaks or anything so it must be alright