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TundraGeneral discussion forum for the 2007 and later Toyota Tundra.
This is a discussion thread titled "oops smoked the rear end", within the Tundra forum, part of the Truck Forums category.
Only strange issue for me currently (had issues in the past) is when cold it doesn't want to shift into 6th gear. It'll sit at 2k for a while in fifth gear before shift down to 6th gear.
it does that to warm up the engine. im pretty sure that all newer toyotas will not shift into the highest gear before the engine is at operating temp
as time pass's we will all come to understand the truth about the alleged quality of these trucks.
Resell value is right at par with the many cheesy parts and the failures and the . . . . . .(steady decline)
I know this is off topic but I had to respond. The majority of all vehicles decline, it is only a question of how much. A recent CNNMoney article referencing Kelley Blue Book seems to differ with the statement above, it ranks the Tundra as having the best resale value for all pickups with a predicted 5 year retained value of 41%.
since we seem to be having terminology wars, i will keep it simple. the little pin broke and allowed the big pin to move and luckily that didnt break. the cause was excessive one wheel spin. toyota covered the others too, but its a one time deal.
That sounds like a metallurgic defect to me, not abuse. The little pin merely "locates" the big pin on which the spider gears rotate and doesn't bear any load whatsoever - many other diffs are made this way and don't fail due to a retaining pin.
So what are they going to do about the supercharger causing even more wheel spin? I'm smelling excessive electronic boost control to keep things from self destructing.
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2007 Tundra 5.7 4x2 RCSB slate metallic
2005 Corolla - all stock, cause it's the wifes
1986 Mustang GT - the stereo is under the hood
1990 Corolla - cause it was really cheap
I think I'm one of the other two with this issue. The spider gear pivot shaft began to move in the housing, and maybe the gears on the shaft too. Besides the initial "diagnosis" in which both a tech and the manager insisted it was my exhaust making the noise, they took very good care of me. The replacement rear end was shipped in quickly, they got it replaced in one day and gave me a loaner.
Unlike most people, I'm not going to crucify this truck because a major component fails. This is a reality with ANY production vehicle. Percentage-wise, the rear end failing doesn't register a hundredth of a percent...
That sounds like a metallurgic defect to me, not abuse. The little pin merely "locates" the big pin on which the spider gears rotate and doesn't bear any load whatsoever - many other diffs are made this way and don't fail due to a retaining pin.
if all the oil is thrown from the spider gears they get hot and start to bind on the shaft, thus putting load on the tension pin
07 SR5 DC wont fetch $20K on trade
$10-$13k in one year is pretty steep depreciation dont you think ?
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Originally Posted by wleeb
I know this is off topic but I had to respond. The majority of all vehicles decline, it is only a question of how much. A recent CNNMoney article referencing Kelley Blue Book seems to differ with the statement above, it ranks the Tundra as having the best resale value for all pickups with a predicted 5 year retained value of 41%.
He is likely quoting what the dealer would give him which is the wholesale price. The retail is higher. I know all about how this works since I just took a bath on my Chevy Duramax 2500HD which no one wanted. The dealer had to find a wholesale buyer to unload it to since they didn't want it.
Mark
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2008 Tundra 4x4 Double cab Limited. Back to Tundra after 2 years with a Chevy 2500HD.
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