Tacoma 5th gear

[88yota96taco]

As you guys probably all know. The first year v6 tacoma's had a weak main bearing in 5th gear. With my truck a couple miles shy of 200,000, this is the ONLY problem with the entire truck. Well i was wondering if anyone knew of any factory recalls on this problem or any way of fixing it short of replacing the entire transmission.

[88yota96taco]

guess not. :rolleyes:

[bbagwell]

This is the first I have heard.

[KToy]

first i have heard of this as well.

did you call toyota and see how much they would charge to fix this out of curiousity ?

[88yota96taco]

negative. figured i wouldnt be able to afford it anyway.

[bbagwell]

I would talk to a tranny shop, or try to find a good used transmission to put in.

[Oatmeal]

I would talk to a tranny shop, or try to find a good used transmission to put in.Or, call Marlin: http://www.marlincrawler.com/htm/transmission/8a.htm The RF150 is a very strong and reliable transmission but, 200,000 is alot of miles and enough to wear one out....especially if the oil isn't changed regularly.......I think alot of us are guilty there :eek: (the W56 in my '85 was totally shot at about 260,000 and I'm real anal about maintenance)---------Hans

[bodo]

Or, call Marlin: http://www.marlincrawler.com/htm/transmission/8a.htm The RF150 is a very strong and reliable transmission but, 200,000 is alot of miles and enough to wear one out....especially if the oil isn't changed regularly.......I think alot of us are guilty there :eek: (the W56 in my '85 was totally shot at about 260,000 and I'm real anal about maintenance)---------Hans

Great, something else I get to fix in about 5000 miles.