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front wheel leaning over?? uni's DIY?

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front wheel leaning over?? uni's DIY?

Post by zero »

Went wheeling up north along the beach near double island point for a few days, nothing
too hardcore mostly just sand, there was a lot of rough corrugated parts though.


anyways coming home noticed the front passenger wheel was leaning way over at the top.
knowing nothing about solid axles or the ball joints? i dont even know where to start at
straightening this up.


havent really had a chance to have a good look but any advice or ideas greatly appreciated!!
Oh its a 89 lux if it matters


also, uni's how hard are they to do at home? possible at all? again never done one, do you
need a press/puller or any special tools?

thanks




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Post by 4wheelsdriven »

i would be checking the pinion brearings
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Post by jessie928 »

hi man

your swivel hub bearings look BADLY buggered.

you dont need a press for uni's

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Post by Nat84 »

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put one of these kits through it and then your good to go

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Toyota-Landcruis ... 240%3A1318
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Post by zero »

Thanks guys..

will give that kit a go, and will try tackle the uni's my self any tips?
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Post by BeauGQ »

yeah get yourself a good pair of circlip pliers makes life bit easyer
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Post by RV80 »

zero wrote:Thanks guys..

will give that kit a go, and will try tackle the uni's my self any tips?

Get a good bench vice if you dont have one. Makes life easier when putting the new uni's in.
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Post by rockcrawler31 »

Um. before you go pulling down the entire front end to check the king pins (i believe this is what you guys meant by pinion bearings - the pinion is in the diff centre)

jack up the front tyre. have a mate grab the top and bottom of the tyre and rock the tyre back and forth. If the entire swivel housing rocks and has play then the king pin bearings require attention. If the tyre moves and the swivel housing stays fairly still then the WHEEL bearings are in need of attention.

I'd be VERY surprised if the king pin bearings are stuffed. It doesn't happen often unless they've had a pretty hard life.
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rockcrawler31 wrote:Um. before you go pulling down the entire front end to check the king pins (i believe this is what you guys meant by pinion bearings - the pinion is in the diff centre)

jack up the front tyre. have a mate grab the top and bottom of the tyre and rock the tyre back and forth. If the entire swivel housing rocks and has play then the king pin bearings require attention. If the tyre moves and the swivel housing stays fairly still then the WHEEL bearings are in need of attention.

I'd be VERY surprised if the king pin bearings are stuffed. It doesn't happen often unless they've had a pretty hard life.
that was only said once, i said swivel hub bearings :)

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Post by Shadow »

rockcrawler31 wrote:Um. before you go pulling down the entire front end to check the king pins (i believe this is what you guys meant by pinion bearings - the pinion is in the diff centre)

jack up the front tyre. have a mate grab the top and bottom of the tyre and rock the tyre back and forth. If the entire swivel housing rocks and has play then the king pin bearings require attention. If the tyre moves and the swivel housing stays fairly still then the WHEEL bearings are in need of attention.

I'd be VERY surprised if the king pin bearings are stuffed. It doesn't happen often unless they've had a pretty hard life.
my swivel hub bearings collapsed in exactly the same manner as above, and the car looked exactly the same as zero's does. Except the wheel was leaning in at the top when mine went (might indicate the top has failed on his, as the bottom failed on mine, making it lean in at the top)

Car had been in 4wd about 4 times in its life.

I would still be doing as you suggest tho, jack it up and give the wheel a shake.

Mine moved freely about 60mm.
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Post by BeauGQ »

haha im doin this to my cruiser right now fuckin sucks
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