Front Wheel Bearings, Which is Best and Where to Buy

Yes, the special socket for a Prerunner is a 4 pin type setup.

Thanks for those wonderful replies to help another Tacoma owner.

Timkens it will be, coming from Rock Auto. If the seal surfaces can not be polished in the lathe, then it will be new hubs too.

All the best, have fun and be safe.

 

is this a good option for a complete hub assembly? any better options around that price point? only need a single....

https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=8322340&cc=1432865&pt=1636&jsn=977

 

If you buy the bearing, what hubs are you putting them on?

I currently have eBay hubs which are probably not as high quality or good as OEM
am guessing the cheapest way to get an OEM hub is from the junkyard,
but my last one (now gone) I feel like the bearing was seized onto it with rust from being many years old

It's probably easier to start with a new hub (whether OEM or aftermarket) and simply press a new bearing onto it, without having to remove an old one.
I suppose if OEM turns out to be an insane price for a new hub then at least finding a decent middle ground aftermarket part from a known name brand could suffice

 

yea im looking for the full hub/bearing assembly. The OEM replacement at NAPA is double the cost of the aftermarket options on rock auto, just not sure what aftermarket brand is going to be the best quality?

 

Only recommend 2 options. Anything else is a gamble IMO.

Bluepitbearings.com
Or
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/wheel-bearings-hubs-press-service-4x4-prerunner.537080/

 

why not just figure out what parts he uses/where he gets them and do it yourself
the pictures show them as being all new
so that obviously rules out the possibility of relying on used core hubs.

When you pay someone else to assemble something else for you, you pay $300 for $100 in parts and $200 in labor to fund a business justified as being worth their time, which for a grown man is usually in private at least $50/hr.

Same as paying your butler Jeeves to spoonfeed you Honey Bunches of Oats in the morning $300 per breakfast
some people can, do, and only know that route

clutch job DIY? $400
pay a shop? $2k

Some things, it can be unavoidable, if you don't have the facilities, experience, skills, tools, and so on. Collision repair, windshield replacement, painting, welding, etc.
But replacing a car wheel bearing yourself is not fucking hard

 

Yeah I'm all about doing it yourself. If you have the tools and the space to do the work.

All I recommended was where to buy the parts. As far as assembling the hub/bearings good luck. I work on several Tacomas a week, own a shop press, and I wouldn't attempt to assemble a hub/bearing on a Tacoma.

 

thanks for the links. I really only want to do 1 side and 05Taco4x4 only sells as pairs. I am going to do the install myself which is why I want the pre-assembled hub/bearing combo (no bearing press or prior experience with that part of the job). Looks like the bluepits are almost the same cost for a single and use dorman hubs anyway. Wish RockAuto would disclose what bearings are actually used in the "OE" dormans they sell...

 

I disassembled a Dorman gen 2 Tacoma wheel bearing assembly and there were no markings at all on the bearings. Unknown bearings but the hub said Dorman. I doubt that Rock Auto would know.

 

Even if RockAuto disclosed it, I'd still be going straight to the source (Dorman) for verification.