Stealership Lies- U Joint Issue- Opinions Needed

[LimitedYotaLover]

Okay- so, I have a 2004 Toyota 4Runner Limited with 339,000 miles on it. Barely broken in. I love her to death. She has NEVER had any major problems until this past week.

I just replaced all of the front end suspension stuff (control arms, etc) at the end of last week because of a funky buzzing sound I hear when driving.

Well- the ride is improved but the buzz is still there. Turns out it is the u-joint and the stealership is trying to tell my fiancé that the u-joint needs to be replaced (I agree with that) but that we should replace the whole drive shaft too! He says that we are going to run the risk of essentially destruction if we do not replace the whole thing.

Is this true? On the phone with the knuckleheads now and told them I will not give them the go ahead until I talk to true 4Runner lovers. I personally think they are trying to kill my truck every time I bring it in.

Help please. :/

 

[mphudak]

Unless the Driveshaft is damaged, I would just move forward w/the Ujoint replacement. It's simpiliar, quicker and I'm sure yelds more income for them to drop in a new shaft. You may consider taking the shaft out yourself and taking to a driveshaft shop to do the rebuild if you aren't comfortable to do it yourself. Not a hard job, just takes patience and some creative thinking if you don't have c-clamp for pulling Ujoints (I use a c clamp for balljoints to do them).