thats true, but main axles are a much bigger deal (for ones that wont break wheeling weekly) than components aside from a solid front axle...pretty big difference, no?
Tore a cv boot wheeling today
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thats true, but main axles are a much bigger deal (for ones that wont break wheeling weekly) than components aside from a solid front axle...pretty big difference, no?
Inv4drZm
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I don't understand your question.
But CV shafts are easy. I bought ones with exploded boots from another member on here and rebooted them myself and installed them. Used OEM shafts on ebay are $70 each, buy the SDHQ boots or something cheap and rebuild them with new grease. It surprises me that yours are somehow clicking, they usually seem to last a while without dying. Usually at least 175k miles.
SAC-CA-Runner
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I think you're overthinking it. Unless you're doing some serious rock crawling, rebooting your OEM's or buying NAPA Lifetime ones and rebooting the ones on there as spares is the way to go. Others have recommended CVJ...yes, they are OEM axles but they are refurbished. And, they have NO warranty if you have a lifted vehicle. So with that said I wish I would have just went NAPA and then carried one of my spare OEM's. But, I bought CVJ's and bought a new spare thru Rock Auto as I was going to be on the road for 6mos and wanted a new spare to limp me back to wherever. I wouldn't go the CVJ OEM route again as it's a waste of money.
And swapping axles is so easy. Learn the truck and do it yourself. Once you've done one side you'll kick yourself for not doing it yourself before. It really is THAT easy.
thanks, i think finally getting proper jack stands and some tools in future is what im going to do...maybe a moped on standby instead of a daily in case i need to take it on my 7 min 1-way commute. i have a garage but the house and truck are new for me, the truck is a bigger scale than ive wrenched on before but i am capable im sure.
toyota quoted me $2200 for this job (both sides) minutes ago
thanks [MENTION=130999]Inv4drZm[/MENTION] i meant that solid axle jeeps and whatnot may break stuff but nothing comparable to front drive axles like the ifs.
the place i wheel isnt rock crawling but there are harsh rocks and edges, for example,
old broken down unmaintained roads/trails where the water holes youre going through hide vertical 10" asphalt curbs for a surprise on one side or the other. and basketball-volleyball sized boulder hidden under bog holes along with ruts from 40" tires digging holes. just haggard wheeling
ironically where i think the boot tore recently was in a comparable mild/smooth area but trail maintenance ahead of us was chainsawing limbs and branches leaving them on the trail and i dragged sticks and kicked up sticks that might have destroyed a boot...
Uber/Lyft is easy if the truck is down, learning to work on it yourself is the key. But for comparison, my indie shop charged me $665 to swap both OEM CVs with NAPA ones and I snagged the originals to re-boot myself as spares.
Edit: Also, might wanna relocate your rear diff breather if you haven't already.
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good stuff. im going to reference this tomorrow when i hear what the cost is for the job...will wait until i have to drop this on him haha thanks so much for that.
i relocated me diff-breather to my taillight cubby. i have tote-lid splash shields (holding up great with new fasteners) and snorkel in future (maybe soon if these axles didnt pop up)
thanks again
