2004 4runner v8 4x4 : if i hit a bump in the road or a wash board type in our old roads in hawaii and it sounds like dead struts is that the wheel bearing making noise? it has high miles at 177xxx miles and a rev tech leveling kit on it . any help will be appreciate it, btw my front pass side wheel bearing has a slight play to it

 

Struts and wheel bearings are two totally different issues.

Probably worn ass out struts.

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wheel im getting the wheel bearings replaced as we speak

 

I believe these have the same front wheel bearing setup as the 05-up tacoma and when they fail they make a heck of a racket. I replaced both on my first 05 at 74k miles and when I bought my current 05 with 112k on it 2 years ago the front wheel bearings were so shot you couldn't hold a conversation in the truck without yelling over 30MPH. But that's OK as it was a recent trade-in at a Toyota dealer and that horrible noise got me 05 double cab trd 4x4 for really short money. You can change them at home if you have a hydraulic press. You can use the spindle to hold the assembly to press out the hub then the bearing bolts to the spindle. Don't forget to change the seal where the axleshaft rides on the back of the spindle. On 3 of the 4 of these I've changed that seal was smoked and it allows water and debris to attack the bearing. On Tacoma forums I've heard of guys changing bearings every 20k miles after the originals wore out. And they never change that seal. Coincidence? I think not.