anyone replaced a rear wheel bearing?

I think one of mine may be bad. Wanna have an idea of what I'm getting in to before I start tearing things apart.

 

The only thing I can tell you is that bearing is pressed onto the axle so You need to have very tall bearing press, or you goign have to do this ugly way and bang the bearing out by hitting axle on the floor. There should be writeup on ttora for first gen trucks which is the same setup. Make sure you replace seal while you doing bearing.

 

I've done it a long time ago on my old 1986 Toyota 4x4. I doubt the axle design is much different. Here is what I remember:

Basically, you pull the tire off that side, remove the brake shoes, cylinder, and hardware. At that point you remove four nuts from the back side of the brake backing plate area and the axle shaft, wheel bearing, and brake backing plate come off in one assembly.

Once you have the assembly out, there is one c clip and a pressed on bearing retainer around the axle shaft. You will need to buy yourself a cheap hydraulic press, or plan to take the assembly to a shop and have the bearing retainer and bearing pressed off the shaft and the new bearing pressed on. Then reinstall the assembly in your truck and bleed the brakes. These trucks may be difficult to bleed brakes because of the antilock system. You should look into the procedure before you commit to doing it yourself.

Aside from needing a press, it was very simple to do. Just took me some time. I was 16 and working in the high school shop when I did mine. No problems afterwards. I seem to remember there being an oring around the axle tube, a pressed in lip seal in the axle tube, and finally a seal between the brake backing plate/hub and the axle shaft. Need to have them all on hand when you take it apart.

Hope this helps