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front bearings

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:27 am
by CHIEF88
Hi all,

"Front bearings have movements"

Can anyone advise me of the rough workload involved in fixing this ?

Is it a job easily done by ones self ?

Also what exactly would that mean ? new parts ?

Also quick how-to would be nice :P (if its not too hard)

Oh and approximate cost / time it will take the car off the road ?

Cheers Dean.

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:50 am
by scottmcguinness172
i do my cruiser ones in an hour or so while drinking beer depends on what bearings ya use i use timkins american ones tho i have found they are the best they cost me about 40$ a side pretty easy job bud

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:58 am
by Rilux
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/phpBB2/vi ... l+bearings


Buy a Toyota hub socket, about $20 or so off EBay.

When tightening it all back up, tighten your inner nut up, spin the wheel, back it off 1/4-1/2 of a turn, put your lock washer in, and put the next nut on, tighten it tight.

Easy task.

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:23 am
by Tapage
It's a ugly job.. but all in all it's simple ... only disasemble and back it together with new bearings ...

If I gonna do this job I replace all those bearings at time .. coz IMOP it's a huge job.

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:24 am
by Tapage
It's a ugly job.. but all in all it's simple ... only disasemble and back it together with new bearings ...

If I gonna do this job I replace all those bearings at time, wheel bearings ( 4 ) and king pin bearings ( 4 ) .. coz IMOP it's a huge job.

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:03 am
by CHIEF88
Thanks guys I've got uni holidays pretty soon I'll give it a go then. :)

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:21 pm
by BEE-JAY
Do not tighten bearings and back them off, this method of bearing adjustment stopped being used about 40 years ago. Bearings are set with a preload. Buy a manual, it will explain this job in terms that even a beginner will easily be able to understand. It will even give you the preload setting.

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:27 pm
by Gribble
BEE-JAY wrote:Do not tighten bearings and back them off, this method of bearing adjustment stopped being used about 40 years ago. Bearings are set with a preload. Buy a manual, it will explain this job in terms that even a beginner will easily be able to understand. It will even give you the preload setting.
You dont understand how hard it is to tell that old-school mechanics that still think HQ's, XY falcons and distributor points are the shit. :D

And yeh, the lux has a preload setting, off the top of my head its about 4kg starting force from the wheel stud. But if you have a little bit of resistance trying to turn it then your on the right track, if you need a lever bar between the studs to turn it you have gone way too far.

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:47 pm
by trains
I agree, you need preload, however you have to tighten up the bearing tight to begin with so you seat it correctly, and work out the excess grease.
turn it several times whilst its done up tight.
Then back off, and THEN set to the correct preload, which is best measured by using a fish scale or equiv.

T

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:37 am
by Tapage
The FSM claim for a crazy method . . to load with a I didn't remember but something like 80 lb/ft assemble all take a test ride and check it againi ..

Crazy uhhh ! assemble all to take a ride and then disassemble all to tighten again and back .. :bad-words:

call my crazy but I never gonna do that .. !

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:32 am
by coopster
the hardest part of the job is to get the locking hub apart you have to get a

brass drift to hit the stud so the locking hubs seperated from the wheel hub

then you can start the wheel bearings

tools needed are circlip pliers 10mm 12mm 54mm socket