ifs hilux broken pinion

[bunter]

hey guys need some info as ive broken the pinion shaft in my frot diff right where the yoke bolts on ,could be a hassle with warranty as the guys at my local dealer ship havent heard of this problem before and say toyota will want to look at it .there a bit concerned that toyota wont honour the warranty ,so what im lookin to find out is ,has any one here bkoken the shaft in the same place as i have ,if its not uncommon then i think i can use this to argue my case
thank Bill

[bazzle]

Take it to Toyota 1st.

Then if no luck ask on here on the Toyota forum.

Is the wheels and tyres standard fitment?/

Bazzle

[4sum4]

Is it 100% stock? and usually the crown wheel goes(thin backing plate) not the pinion

[bunter]

its a 3.0 ltr td totally stock just run 30x9.5x15 serringetti muds on occassion but 30.000 kms of the 40,000 kms have been easy road kms just towin a trailer for work in 2wd

[Scott]

A guy in my club broke 3 (or at least 2), and he doesn't drive the car that hard. I only witnessed 1 break, and it shouldn't have broken with what he was doing. I think Toyota replaced the 1st one under warranty, but after that refused and said he must have been abusing the car.

I know a few other people with the same car, who drive similar terrain, and haven't had the same problem, so my personnal opinion is there was something defective with his car. I always thought the crown wheel should break before the pinion, yet he broke the pinion every time.