The Toe Cutter

I have '94 4x4; 138,000; manual locking hubs. I know front wheel bearings haven't been repacked in at least 5 years or 60,000 miles. All street driving, no water crossings, etc

1) No bad sounds from front end just wondering if it is something I should try myself or take it to dealership ?
I looked at the price of a 54mm socket (I believe this is the size of front nut) at that is like $25 alone.

2) So anyone have a write up with pics on how to do this on 4wd and difficulty level ? Tips ?
I'm pretty mechanically inclined, but don't have any experience repacking wheel bearings on 4wd.

Since nothing is wrong I'm tempted to leave it alone, but I'm all about preventative maintenance...

kyle_22r

at $25 you're getting ripped off. i think they're 10-15 bucks most places, also a 2 1/8 socket works fine.

the bearing packing isn't much different on a 4wd than any other vehicle. i haven't done it on an IFS truck, but on a straight axle truck you remove the dial of the locking hub to pull off the snap ring from the outer axle, then pull it off the spindle. there's a seal that needs to be removed(and replaced) on the back side of the hub.

Jeffires

That's about it- I got my socket for $14 at a motor parts and bearings house. This is also a time to turn brake rotors if needed. If you have any bad CV boots, you might as well change them too, as removing the axle nut and hub is a required step.

wailukutoy

This might help, it is a front maintence write up. http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/maintenance/front_end/

leebee

you might find this helpful also:

http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-b...17steering.pdf

lee

Asha'man

This link helped me out a lot when I did my bearings and brakes a couple weeks ago.

http://www.off-road.com/toyota/wheel_bearing.html

I got my 2 1/8" socket from Sears for like $23, and a 3/4" to 1/2" drive adapter from Harbor Freight for $4.

Do a search under my name and you'll find a thread or two in which much information was given.

Brian

agusgus3

Im sorry for offtopic post, but i was wondering if the wheel bearing kit from marlin, MC-12003, Wheel Bearing Kit, will fit IFS hubs, i.e. my 94 runner. Wheel bearings are not cheap dammit...

BTW, cheers to the Irish!!

PSUDawg

Also, for those large sockets, you can usually use them for free through a lot of auto parts stores loaner-tool progs. I had to borrow one when working on a Jetta one time. Usually you just leave a deposit of $15 or $20 and they give the money back to you when you take the socket or whatever back to them. For things like that that you don't use often it's a great deal. I know AutoZone does it, and there are others I can't remember off-hand.