Thursday, September 15, 2022

Another truck issue...

Having a shifter issue with my Toyota Tundra. It began a couple of months ago, when I started noticing that when I would shift out of park - the lever would hit the windshield wiper lever and turn in on. Then two days ago, it wasn't going into park very easily. Found some YouTube videos that said that these issues are definitely a sign that the shifting mechanism is broken. Removed the shrouds around the steering column and sure enough the part was broken in the two spots where it usually happens - especially with Toyota trucks. Found another video that went over how simple it is to replace the mechanism (about 1 hour) so I am going to give it a shot. Found the replacement part on Amazon and also ordered some T20 and T30 torx bits for the bolts that have to be removed. I can still drive the truck, but I am going to keep that to a minimum until I attempt the repair when the parts arrive next week. 91,95,62,0,B

4 comments:

LeoinSA said...

Well... another example of human engineering failure.

We could engineer items to last. But humanity chooses to make obsolesce and part failure a 'feature' instead of a bug.

I'm happy it is an easy repair.

Luck to you!

just.Bob said...

What year model and how many miles?

John Wells said...

2004 - 215,000 miles

just.Bob said...

Yep, had a Land Cruiser with 325,000 and a 4-Runner with nearly 290,000. Toyota is nearly a forever vehicle. Sold the Land Cruiser on KBB buy my car for a little under 3,000$. We followed it to South Africa where it sold for over $40,000.