I am pretty sure the Toy dealer won't be doing this repair....either a less expensive place in knoxville, or its comin up to blacksburg

if there was a place in knoxville, i would just hope they wouldn't get the parts through the Toy dealer in Knoxville... I'm keeping my finger crossed for now

 

Hey Scott I know this a little off topic but what makes it so hard and expensive to do SAS on our rigs as opposed to say a same year Tacoma? I am just wondering.

 

Thanks a lot for the suggestions....i think i will probably go that route for the repair if there are no shops in knoxville suggested

I would love to learn as much as possible about my truck so i know what to do in the future / have what is necessary to fix it

 

Rob,

My opinion only...

Buy a 3rd gen FSM. Get the dealership recommended R/R sheet since you are going to pay for it anyway. Buy the necessary parts, but get them from strap22 (he'll help you get all the ones you need, I guarantee it) or the like online or aftermarket cheaper. Invest in the tools necessary and do your research. Set aside a weekend or two and fix your own junk. Get some friends to help, but YOU do the work.

Count this as a cheap monetary lesson and a momentary inconvenience. It could have been a LOT worse considering. If you are going to wheel, learning to work on your own junk will cut down the probability of you from getting in such a predicament again.

Sorry for your misfortune and good luck getting your rig fixed, but $2250 is about twice as much as it will cost you to do it yourself I bet.

 

i don't know of any personally (i'm the ONLY one who touches my runner w/ a wrench), but i know you could get a trailer for a hundred or so and tow it home. from there, get a junkyard knuckle/hub assembly with caliper/rotor, etc still attached, and axle online and then do the flush/install yourself. if you wanted new bearings, then you could get some pressed in locally for less than $100 total for parts and labor. it wouldn't be hard, just time consuming.

i knew they'd rape you, but that's just rediculous...

 

Harold check your PMs, I just want to keep the thread clean and not spark any debates.

Good plan of attack Rob, figure out the best choice, let me know and I'll do what I can to help when the time comes.

 

Thanks, and good luck with yours. I am going to look at mine tomorrow. I'm hoping the head gasket is all it is and I can replace it & be good to go, I wasn't there to see what happened when Scott & Greg retrieved it for me. Bottom line is it had to come off the trail & I know they did what I would have done had I been there.

The good news is the radiator I have is a Griffin Racing radiator, the manufacturing plant is here in Piedmont SC. If I need a fix they can do it there, but since it is aluminum, I'm not sure what can be done.

I was just hoping to escape any damage so I could get moved soon, looks like this will set me back a week at least.

I still had a killer time & got my rock fix in for a while for sure...

 

Tundra Calipers : $170
Tundra Rotors : $100
Tundra Pads : $60
Knuckle/Hub (used) : $150
Wheel Bearing (installed) : $100
CV Axle (reman w/ core) : $80

Trailer + Gas to get it home : $300


total : $960 + about 10 or so hours to install/repair everything and upgrade the front brakes in the process.

 

learning to work on your rig...priceless.

Id go with this. Good luck on what ever you decide

 

Unfortunately i am a college student whose parents pays for his apartment...
They said that i had to have a shop in knoxville do the repairs....i tried to argue this, but seeing as how i can't afford to pay my rent for the rest of the year (at least 1.5 x the 2250 repair bill) i am at their mercy. I just owe them the money and pay it back as i can.

Trying Slickrock was a bad idea considering that i obviously can't afford the repairs...I will be stuck in the same situation somewhere down the road due to the fact that i didn't do it myself.

rant off/

 

i'll ask around for you tomorrow and see what i can come up with.

 

Thanks a lot, i really appreciate it

 

Man, I wish I hadn't given away all of my parts when I did my manual hub conversion on my limited, otherwise everything you need except for the caliper would be sitting in my garage. I would recommend visiting the GA, NC, and VA chapters of TTORA and looking for an ADD spindle and axle. I will bet that you can get everything you need, other than the caliper for under $300 and probably find someone to do the work for you. There are lots of Tennessee guys who have SAS'd their tacomas and have these parts sitting around.

When I did my manual hub conversion I took my knuckles to the dealership and had them press the old wheel bearing out and new wheel bearings in, if i remember correct, the bearings were about $60 a piece and they charged me an hour labor for the set. The rest is literally the upper ball joint, the 4 lower bolts, sliding in the axle and torquing it down and plugging in the ABS sensor. If you can find an entire assembled knuckle you could have it swapped in about 30 minutes.

Now would also be an excellent time for a manual hub conversion. Heck, even if you spent the $900+ on the ORS kit plus installation you would be coming out ahead.

if you are really on a budget:

http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum...ad.php?t=43813 -calipers

http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum...ad.php?t=42359 -more brakes and other parts

CV Axles
http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum...ad.php?t=43283


Everything you need and a lot more for less than the dealer said...
http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum...ad.php?t=42802


That was just from the National Board at TTORA.

 

I hope you arent out of commission with your runner too long.

here is a link to the photos from Saturday and fridays will be up soon

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f100/whipper-snapper-meltdown-literally-photos-92986/

 

would i still need a spindle with the manual hub conversion?

 

Thanks for all the links, i will definitely look into those

 

PM sent.

 

EDIT for my misunderstanding....it doesn't come with a new Knuckle AKA spindle. It does come with the hub bodies.

http://www.offroadsolutions.com/imag...rsion_0332.jpg

 

1. Hub
2. Bearing
3. Bearing Seal
4. Knuckle

looks like you need parts 1, 2, 3, & 4 + an axle and a caliper. 1, 2, (2) 3's, and 4 would be about $465 + shipping from http://www.toyotapartsales.com. add in another $140 for the axle assembly and $250 for a caliper (but i still don't understand why you need this one). in total, without the caliper, you're looking at $600 in parts from phil that list for right at $700 or so + local tax of 9.25% on parts.

i don't understand how they want to charge you $2250 for the repair unless they're charging you double MSRP for the parts and then the full 10-hours labor. can you get them to fax you or even better - EMAIL - you a quote for the repairs so we can see them here?

if i had the knuckle with the bearing installed, i could swap everything out and have you running in a matter of just a few hours. i think it should be NO MORE than $1000 for new, OEM parts including the toyota dealer doing the labor.

 

Email with the parts list should be here shortly