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Brand of wheel bearings?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Aerose91, Oct 28, 2018.

  1. Oct 28, 2018 at 3:43 PM
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    I think i finally got to the infamous wheel bearing failure on both fronts it seems.

    Is this a "Toyota brand is the only brand worth using" product? Or are the stock ones aftermarket? Don't want to replace with something that may go out in 2 years.
     
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  2. Oct 28, 2018 at 3:48 PM
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    I bought whole hub assemblies from autozone for 200$ each. My hubs were basically square after beating the devil out of them with a mini sledge.
     
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  3. Oct 28, 2018 at 5:18 PM
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    How are they holding up? Isnt 200 each a lot for a hub?
     
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  4. Oct 28, 2018 at 5:19 PM
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    @05Taco4x4 Makes assemblies. His are the only ones I’d run.
     
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    its a hub and wheel bearing assembly including new wheel studs and everything. Not just a bearing, so all you have to do is loosen the 4 bolts and smack the thing till it comes off.

    the guy that EatSleepTacos recommended sells them here in the buy sell section. I have about 20k on these current assemblies but i heard they are suppose to last pretty damn long.
     
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  7. Oct 28, 2018 at 5:50 PM
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    I havent trusted Moogs products for a while, especially bearings. Spicer is all the rage now. You could look for something like that and get new or old hubs pressed in. But if you are going to a press to put in the new hubs, you might as well save the cash and buy just new wheel bearings and use your old hub assemblies as long as they arent too banged up.
     
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  8. Oct 28, 2018 at 6:22 PM
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    Add Timken to that list of suspect front bearings as well. Sidelined a Jeep for a year until I could figure out what was going on with the new Timkens. Ended up going with the factory Mopar pieces and that fixed the issues. SKF was recommended. Have not tried those.
     
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