I've got the clunk in my 06 4runner with 40k kms and would like some advice (I've searched this and yotatech and have read up on what I think is the issue)....
Called my dealership and asked if I could stop by and have the lube bay grease the driveline bc I think they missed it during the last service (done 3 weeks ago). I tried to try explain that I think that it should solve a clunk that I am experiencing and that research on the web leads me to believe its this problem....well now the service rep wants the T4R for a couple of hours and that a tech should look at it and not someone in the lube bay....what a pain to drop off my vechile for something like this. My question is, should a tech even lube the driveline? (read that too much grease adds pressure to the diff and that it's bad) Or is it a job that the lube bay should even be able to do? Should I be asking for this lube every service and do you think an oil change 'tech' is aware that two different types of grease should be used (i.e is this a common thing for other toyotas...cause the ratio of 4runners to other models on my dealer lot is low).
Maybe paranio is setting in, but after returning a set of 3rd gen floor mats and then telling the parts person what the proper part number is too order, my confidence level is slowly slipping. Get this; originally they said that I had the proper mats that no other mats were available (but they didn't fit and they looked nothing like the dirty ones in my 06). I then looked up the part number in one of the online stores and then called the part number in. The mats came in two days later and parts person said 'our parts system from toyota must be out of date, sorry for the trouble'
Now if the parts system is out of date should I wonder what the techs are using for a reference?
Getting back to my problem...do you think it's worth a shop visit or should wait until the next lube and ask the lube bay to grease the driveline?
Thanks
Called my dealership and asked if I could stop by and have the lube bay grease the driveline bc I think they missed it during the last service (done 3 weeks ago). I tried to try explain that I think that it should solve a clunk that I am experiencing and that research on the web leads me to believe its this problem....well now the service rep wants the T4R for a couple of hours and that a tech should look at it and not someone in the lube bay....what a pain to drop off my vechile for something like this. My question is, should a tech even lube the driveline? (read that too much grease adds pressure to the diff and that it's bad) Or is it a job that the lube bay should even be able to do? Should I be asking for this lube every service and do you think an oil change 'tech' is aware that two different types of grease should be used (i.e is this a common thing for other toyotas...cause the ratio of 4runners to other models on my dealer lot is low).
Maybe paranio is setting in, but after returning a set of 3rd gen floor mats and then telling the parts person what the proper part number is too order, my confidence level is slowly slipping. Get this; originally they said that I had the proper mats that no other mats were available (but they didn't fit and they looked nothing like the dirty ones in my 06). I then looked up the part number in one of the online stores and then called the part number in. The mats came in two days later and parts person said 'our parts system from toyota must be out of date, sorry for the trouble'
Now if the parts system is out of date should I wonder what the techs are using for a reference?
Getting back to my problem...do you think it's worth a shop visit or should wait until the next lube and ask the lube bay to grease the driveline?
Thanks
