Front wheel bearing, Prerunner thread.

Well, I started this morning to change my Prerunner passenger side wheel bearing. First, I got my New DTA wheel bearings, 2 for $72, Free shipping from ebay. They come very well packed.

 

This is new wheel bearing

 

This is grease It comes with..

 

Well, now I have to go with my wife to the store. She could not see me having fun...

 

That's not packed bearing. That's shipping grease.

 

Sorry, I mean by packed that they come in a very nice box.

I took out all the shipping grease and re-grease with Kendall L-427 Super Blue grease.

 

You don't have to take the cap out of the hub on Prerunners.
In this picture, the caliper is already out of the way.

 

Brake disk come out easy with a M8 screw.

 

Brake disk out

 

Well, this is pretty easy on Prerunners, you just have to cross loose two bolts, making sure their heads are in line with wheel studs. It will fall on your hands easy.

 

New bearing and seal

 

Tools I used to split hub and bearing. Sorry i did not take any picture of the pressing procedure. any way, It is easy to do It if you have this tools.

 

Old bearing out. It was not really bad, It almost din't have grease. If I haven't damage it pressing the hub out, maybe I could regrease and used it again. Next time I will be more carefull.

 

Well, I finished mounting everything back. Now is time for a ride.

 

Well done!

 

Thanks..!!

 

Today I did driver side. Bearing race way had a little rust spot, which make it unusable again. After changing this side everything is quiet, no more humming noise.

 

Did you forget to put in a new dirt seal or just omit that step in the thread? or did you use the same seal and o-ring gasket?

 

I put a new seal, I put a pic of it. If you don't change the seals bearings are not goin to last.

 

What did your bad bearing sound like? Mine sounds like a helicopter is in the passenger wheel well. Noise does not get louder or worse in a turn though but gets louder with speed and quieter as I slow down. Not sure if it is my tires just being loud but I swear it wasn't this noisy a year or so ago. Hard to notice if it's been getting worse since I drive it every day and I'm just used to the noise