got my new xb today-the maintenance schedule says to tighten the driveshaft bolt every 15k miles-how can a fwd car have a driveshaft??? thinking maybe it's like a muffler bearing or something???

 

I believe they mean the half shafts,FWD axle nuts at the hub of your front wheels.

 

At the 15,000 mile checkup, you must also drain the Flux Capicator Fluid, and make sure that your headlight solution is topped off as well.

-Copied from the Scion owner's manual

 

http://www.audiocomedy.net/pranks/re...s/mechanic.mp3

Yeah, i think this girl went in for her 15k tune up too ;)

 

Dude, pretty funny stuff. I should try these lines at the Nissan dealership I work at...

 

...bump...

 

Yeah, this has been asked before- but never really answered...we need a toyota tech to get this one right...

 

If no one knows for sure, I'll try to bribe the stealer when I get my first free oil change-they'll tell you anything for free lunch

 

that item they are talking about refers to rear wheel drive trucks witch ive never tightend these nuts on ether ignore this whoever put their maint scedule it together knows nothing about cars the axle nuts on your car dont need re torqueing

 

I had a feeling that might be the answer, but I'll check into it just to make sure-hard to believe a screwup that big could make it into the maint schedule though...

 

They dont come loose because there is a scetion on the end of the shaft where you bang part of the bolt into to keep it from turning. i probably didn't explain right. the best way to understand me is to look for your self. the bolt gets squshed into a slot on the tip of the axle. think of a cotterpin. this technique is used instead of a cotterpin.

 

Yeah, I've replaced halfshafts before-what is really bad is if somebody does retorque the nut and doesn't stake it back into the stub...boy, I'd hate to see what that would do to that super flimsy door metal!!!