http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/blogs/jefhundra/ Toyota Tundra Forum.com a member focused Toyota Tundra discussion forum for the New Generation Toyota Tundra owner. en Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:20:13 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/blogs/jefhundra/ http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/blogs/jefhundra/37-toyotaphobia.html Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:20:50 GMT I live and work in the southeast Michigan area. Listening to the radio recently I heard a report of an accident due to the icy snowy weather this... I live and work in the southeast Michigan area. Listening to the radio recently I heard a report of an accident due to the icy snowy weather this week in the area. Three children were killed. This was a terrible thing. The reporters on the radio did a very offensive thing in my opinion. Accidents of this type are reported several times each year on this radio station. Rarely, if ever, are the brands of each vehicle involved mentioned. In this case, the fatalities were in a small car that was broadsided by a pickup truck. The car was a Toyota and the truck was a GM. The way this was reported, emphasis was placed heavily on the "little toyota" that was struck by a "large GMC" truck. Further, that the truck did not have a chance to slow down and the "little toyota" did not stand a chance against the "large GMC" truck. These words were basically repeated a few times within the roughly one minute timeframe of the report. Offensive to me as I see it as an attempt to bash Toyota and pat GM on the back. Basically capitalizing on the death of three children. Other such comments are heard on the radio by people who should be professional on the air. A word that I thought of after listening to this is Toyotaphobia. The fear of Toyota? I might add that we own a GM and Chrysler as well as the Tundra. I wonder if any of the people making these comments ever owned a Toyota or even a non-Detroit car for that matter. That makes me think of other words and phrases such as GM-Evangelist. I pray for the families of the children who passed away this week. I hope people can move past the "car wars" mentality and act more professionally. Anyway, I think that the word Toyotaphobia has been added to my lexicon. ]]> jefhundra http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/blogs/jefhundra/37-toyotaphobia.html http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/blogs/jefhundra/33-shaking-problem-solved.html Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:18:57 GMT All, I am new to this site. I want to get more involved with the online Toyota community. I thought this would be some pretty good info to pass... All,

I am new to this site. I want to get more involved with the online Toyota community. I thought this would be some pretty good info to pass along.

My T100 began to shake at about 130k miles. Nobody could figure out the problem. Very noticible at high speeds (60-70 mph). 3 sets of tires and one set of wheels all from Discount Tire. No dice. They said the tires and wheels were fine (after several trips back to the store for rebalancing, etc.) I moved on from there to talk to licensed mechanics as that was enough for me. Suggestion by a mechanic to inspect the bearings turned out to be correct as the bearings needed to be tightened. That took the wobble-shaking out, but still had shaking. Suggestion by a friend to have my u-joints replaced also turned out to be correct as they were rusted and had not been greased. In the past, anytime I suggested routine maintenance include lubrication of the front end or anything else it was stated that the parts were a sealed system and did not require greasing. Not true as the u-joints have Zirc fittings (if you bother to crawl under and look). Further, the carrier bearing on the rear shaft was shot. I found myself replacing the rear shaft as it is two parts splined together and could not be repaired. Things improved after this was done. I also asked the mechanic to check the tires (high speed and road forced). After this was performed, the mechanic stated that he basically never saw such a poor balancing job. Also, that the tires were questionable. I had him balance and put the tires from my Tundra on the T100 with the old stock wheels and holy cow the shaking was gone!

Bearings, drive shaft & joints, and bad or incomaptible tires. Not to mention someone who knows what he is doing. It pays to find a good mechanic (I think we have all heard that one). The truck now has 170k miles on it and I kept it though all this crazyness because I love the darn thing.

If anyone else out there has had a similar experience it would be nice to hear from you. If any of this info helps you, please let me know as well. ]]> jefhundra http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/blogs/jefhundra/33-shaking-problem-solved.html