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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Those Arctic Trucks are awesome. The Top Gear Polar Special is one of their best.
Toyota did a huge inspection campaign a few years ago, where they either inspected and replaced frames or simply purchased trucks back from owners. Turned out that they subcontracted Eaton to build them frames (in America no less) that weren't rust protected per Toyota specs. Some rusted bad enough to essentially split the truck in half. I think a few Pelicans were able to take advantage of the inspection and replacement, it was a pretty sweet deal for owners.
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My frame was inspected during the initial recall and deemed to be OK.
They had another recall to spray the frame with what must be some magical juice.
I never got it in for the frame spraying and was told i'm s*$# out of luck.
Talked to Toyota headquarters...same response.....too bad.
So I asked the rep how could the original exhaust system out last the frame?.......silence on the other end.
I plated the crack in the picture last year (other side was cracked also).
This year I had to weld in 5 patches. The rest of the truck is in great shape and runs great........ to bad is a worthless piece of crap now.