I'm replacing my rear bearings after one siezed and melted a week old super swamper. do i need to have the axel pressed out of the bearing seat or is there a way i can do it at home without destroying my axels?

 

Yes, you have to have it all pressed.

However, if you got it so hot it melted a tire, I would get a new axle from a wrecking yard and be done with it. No sense doing all that work only find out you damaged the axle casting as well.

 

Here is a write-up: (you can do it without press but easier with a press)
http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/mainte...wheel_bearing/

Here are the parts:
http://www.wabfab.org/Rear-Axles/View-all-products.html

 

wait, melted the tire because of heat conduction thru the rim, or because the wheel locked up and drug the tire?

 

it melted through heat conduction on the inside bead, and it went through a ply, burning it to my rim. i'm probably going to replace the shaft anyway, but i'd rather not have to. thanks for the page wabbit, but the "shadetree metod" would make me a little nervous, i'm just trying to keep costs down. also would i be able to use an axle from a 4 cylinder on my v6 or are they different alltogether?

 

ew, yeah, then I'd replace that entire axle shaft

 

shafts are same 4cyl and v6. Might as well upgrade to chromolys while your at this point.

 

Id get new shafts, just had new bearings pressed onto shafts from a local shop. When i got them back one shaft was mushroomed out by them whaling on it with a hammer it wouldnt fit back in the axle. I was heated to say the least.

 

i'd make those idiots pay for a new one after that

 

Ya i tried, but it was an under the table cash deal. So i was SOL, lesson learned...