1KZTE Idler gear wanted

[kbushnz]

Hi All
A friend up in Canada has just informed me his 1KZTE has just shat itself.
The idler gear in the front of the engine has sheared the bolts and done some damage.
Is there anyone out there with a dead engine they would be willing to sell me the idler gear set?
Or any other options...
Not exactly sure at this time if any of the other gears either side are damaged...
So while I await for photo's I thought I would throw this one out there...
I know there was an uprated set with bigger diameter bolts..

Thanks in advance

[tallsam66]

pm sent

[divebrent]

Can't help with parts but the exact same thing happened to me just after I brought my truck. Luckily no major damage. Tell your mate to drop the oil pan too as there will be lots of teeth from the idler gear in there that need removing. Fotunately for me that was the only damage. Toyota said that it never happens to those engines. Guess they're wrong. Mine happened shortly after I let someone else change the oil and they overfilled it. Guess the oil got too hot and frothy. Always measure the exact oil amount as spec'd in the manual now when changing. Lesson learnt.

Cheers

[kbushnz]

Out of interest here are some photo's of said damage...
Ouch !!!