My front right weel is growling and vibrating on and off but it has gotten super bad and I need to take care of it ASAP. It did this last winter and I re-built the bearings up front and it stoped but I suspect there is a bigger problem here. Arn't there some brass bushings up there that cause this problem? What do I need to do to fix it? What tools, parts, and time do I need to devote to this project? Any pictures and writeups would be appreciated! Thanks!

 

My front left wheel was making a wierd noise kinda like a growl, and it needed grease in the hub.

Just throwin' it out there

 

search "spindle bushing"

Lots of questions/threads about it lately...

 

Ok, I did some reading. I'm interested in just greasing it for now but I couldn't fully understand what I would need to do. Could I just pull the wheel and disc rotor and lube up the cv axle by squishing some grease in there or mabe some spray lube? I really don't have a lot of tooks at my desposal right now.

 

grease the spindle bushing and wheel bearings...

look for the part toyotaMDTtech (Sp?) posted up on here a few months back...

 

Can I do this without pulling the ball joint or CV? If so It will be a quick fix and that is what I am shooting for!

 

Shouldnt have to pull a BJ, but the CV might have to come out for the spindle bushing... it doesnt for the wheel bearing.

 

If you have to go as far as pulling the spindle, you can do it just by unbolting the 4 bolts on both ball joints. You will also have to pull the hub, center bolt and c-clip,the steering rod (that the brake line mounts to) and caliper. You will need to force the upper and lower a-arms apart - stock bottle jack works great for this. I just replaced the spindle on my passanger side and all in all it took me 2 hours with hand tools. So all in all not bad...

 

Well I ended up just pulling the brake rotor/ bearings and then pushine in the CV and smooshing some grease behind there. It seemed to work but if it doesn't last I guess I will have to tear into it more.

 

he is right i had that same problem and i used those instructions to make my own tool and it worked so easily. good luck