I have been dealing with my rear axle shaft and bearing on my 2000 tundra for a few weeks now. A little background... I hit a patch of ice and couldnt keep the back end from side swipping the center divid on the freeway.
I started hearing a wu wu wu sound and immidiatatley went to the bearing. Jacking up the truck and putting it in drive I found the rear driver wheel was wobbling. Bearing was no good. So i bought a new bearing from Napa Auto and took the axle shaft to the machine shop who said the axle shaft was bent. Ughhhhhh, so i spent the $200 for a Dorman shaft from rockauto. It is expected to arrive on Tuesday. I called the machine shop to let them now who said aftermarket axle shafts for these trucks are know to not be good.
Does anybody have any experience with Dorman axles? I am so over this project and just want it to be done but dont want to spend $700 on the OEM axle shaft. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
I started hearing a wu wu wu sound and immidiatatley went to the bearing. Jacking up the truck and putting it in drive I found the rear driver wheel was wobbling. Bearing was no good. So i bought a new bearing from Napa Auto and took the axle shaft to the machine shop who said the axle shaft was bent. Ughhhhhh, so i spent the $200 for a Dorman shaft from rockauto. It is expected to arrive on Tuesday. I called the machine shop to let them now who said aftermarket axle shafts for these trucks are know to not be good.
Does anybody have any experience with Dorman axles? I am so over this project and just want it to be done but dont want to spend $700 on the OEM axle shaft. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you