my rear end has pretty much taken a .

leaking gearlube out of pass outer seal
drum was complete bi**h to get off
already ate up some shoes that i had just recently installed.
both wheel cylinders were bad...
and i might have killed 1 drum...

can someone tell me if this is supposed to do this?? are my rear wheel bearings/ seals shot?



dang this sucks. all this crap hitting me at once!

so far ive bought...

-2 wheel cylinder kits.
-rear shoes
-1 outer seal...

thanks for any help!

 

Nope, shouldn't do that, that's got way too much play.

You need new bearings, might as well do the seals too.

I just did mine about a month ago. Got the parts from RockAuto. Pain in the neck replacing them without a press, but it can be done(I've done it twice now without one). Good luck.

Here's a good link, http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/mainte...wheel_bearing/

 

rear bearings are so much fun

there are two seals. inner and outer. there is a axle clip next to the inside of the bearing. do not mangle it, it must be installed properly. or gues what? youll look like a jeep.

 

do i really need to replace all 4 seals too??

 

depends what sort of shape they're in. You should do the inner seals for sure... especially since you say you had gear oil leaking into your drums, and they are cheap. Gear oil washing the grease out of your bearing when the inner seal leaks is the primary cause of bearing failures. If the outer seals are in rough shape, do them too, since you will have the axle separated from the drum backing plate already to replace the bearing... and yes, that bearing is shot, by the way!

 

The seals should never be reused just buy new ones.
You see your problem here is your axle doesn't like ac/dc.

 

yeah it looks like you were on the hwy to hell there too buddy

 

Seals are cheaper than bearings, do it right the first time, so you don't have to revisit this issue later.

 

Yep do it all right the first time and you'll save your self hassle I replaced a bearing and not seal and a week later i was replacing every thing again

 

why in the hell are these bearings so expensive??!!!

thanks for all of the advice guys!

 

RockAuto.com has 'em CHEAP!

You'll probably wanna get new retainers, if you're not gonna reuse the old ones. They're cheap too.

 

which bearings did you get off of rockauto??

the cheapest ones i see are 33.79 and a couple closeouts for 25...???

 

I bought 2 of these for $24.79 each.
And 2 of these for $5.27 each

Beck/Arnley is the goods

 

One of the reasons for axle oil getting past wheel bearing seals is pressure in the axle caseing .Allways check your axle breather or better still scrap it and fit high level breather hoses. Normally bearings and seals will outlast the rest of the motor even if you regularly fill the drums with mud.

Roger Fairclough

 

bearing is shot for sure

If you dont have a press or the $200 SST with that press pay a shop the $40 an axle to unpress and install new outer seals and repress on new bearings.. $80 is about all most shops charge.

The bang on the ground method sucks and you will most likely have a fat headache and mushroomed axle splines. Just pay the $80 and get it done right.

I've been through this twice now, shop and at home method.. I'd just have the shop do it for me again next time since the at home method I didnt give a crap about the axles but was saving the bearings.

And put on some dif breather hoses ... the #1 reason gear oil gets into the brakes is because the breather is clogged not the seals.

 

Seals are cheap... Ask yourself how long you want the new bearings that you are complaining about as being expensive to last this time...

 

And those prices you're quoting are actually great for sealed bearings (assuming they are good quality bearings.)

 

very true...

im ordering those tonight depending on the prices at a local bearing shop...

thanks for all the advice guys... will be trying out the bang on the ground method of separating tha axle from the backing plate, so if you have any other tricks besides whats in the 4x4wire link let me know!!!

thanks again!

 

your hands will ache for a couple of days doing the 'b.o.g.' method. the axles are hardened (sp) but its still not a good idea, press them off. if the outer seals are in good shape, just replace the brgs and inners, outers are basically dust seals.

lee

 

I was having gear oil leaking from my driver side rear wheel and pulled my rear half axle yesterday. Believe it or not my bearing was even worse than the one in your video. $40 for a new sealed wheel bearing and outer seal + $40 for labor at the machine shop (getting the old bearing pressed out, everything cleaned up, and all the new gear installed). I'm putting it back in tomorrow so I'll let you know how it goes. The inner axle seal is a bitch to get seated properly though!