Bearing Repair Solved Factory Defect On Toyota Pickup

Bearing Repair Solved Factory Defect On Toyota Pickup PICKUPS Miscellaneous A lot of people would never think to look for a solution like the one Roger Jones came up with for his Toyota pickup “It probably saved me several hundred dollars in repair work ” says Jones Back in the mid 1980’s Jones had a problem with the 3-speed transmission on his 1982 Toyota 1/2-ton diesel pickup that turned out to be a factory defect “At about 16 000 miles the top sealed bearing on the transmission’s main driveshaft failed and the company promptly replaced it ” says Jones “Then at 32 000 miles the same bearing failed again However the 30 000-mile warranty had expired so the company refused to fix it I told them the new bearing had only 16 000 miles on it but they wouldn’t help ” Jones didn’t want to pay the dealer to make the repair so he and his hired man took the transmission apart and removed the bearing themselves “At first we were going to drill a small hole in the transmission case so that oil could get to the bearing ” says Jones “But after studying the problem we discovered that it was a sealed bearing that had been installed backward with the sealed side next to the oil instead of on the outside where it was supposed to be “Apparently the bearing was installed backward at the factory and the mechanic who replaced the first bearing installed it the same way ” He turned the bearing around which solved the problem In fact he was able to drive the pickup another 100 000 miles without another problem “It wasn’t a big job to tear the transmission apart because this was a simple small 3-speed transmission But on today’s new cars and pickups such a repair would be a major operation ” notes Jones Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Roger Jones 3468 Rt 8 Johnsburg N Y 12843 ph 518 251-3713

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