I need to replace my rear Drivers Wheel Bearing. Can anyone help

Hey guys. I live in San Diego. Just found out my Rear Drivers side Wheel Bearing is bad. Does anyone want to split a 12 Pack and help with this job? Haha. It's a long shot I know but if anyone in San Diego County wants to hang out and work on my 2nd Gen I'll bring the Beer. I have some tools but probably not all the ones we would need. I could buy the necessary tools beforehand. Thanks!

 

12 pack?....gonna need 24 for that..

 

It requires a hydraulic press and a special jig tool to replace. It's not a typical DIY.

 

Haha. Unlimited Beer.

 

Gotcha. Might have to bite the Bullet then I guess.

 

You could buy a whole axle shaft assembly from a wrecker in Otay and swap that in. That’s an easy DIY

 

Damn. That's a good idea. I need to get it done this weekend unfortunately though. Ocean Beach Tire said they'd do it for $350 tomorrow morning. Think I could get away with an after market Bearing from o reilly's?

 

$350 is a good price, especially for SoCal. It’s a shitty job, I just had to do it last weekend!

Doesn’t matter who sells it, who makes it is what matters. Toyota doesn’t make them, I think the OEM supplier is Koyo? Just don’t get a shitty chinesium one and you should be good. Make sure they replace the seal and o-ring as well. Oftentimes those bearings fail because the seal failed first allowing gear lube into the axle bearing. If it got on the brakes you need new shoes too. It CANNOT be cleaned out of the friction.

 

I was gonna buy the dorman one.

thanks. I brought a new seal too. The shop said they broke the abs sensor trying to get the axle out. I’ve never done this job but they made it sound like it’s really easy to break the sensor. Anyone know if that’s true? The truck is a 2009 with a lot of rust but the sensor from I can tell doesn’t seem difficult to remove.

 

If you’re in a rush then yes, I suppose it’s easy to break the ABS sensor. I never even fudge with unplugging it, and remove it along with its bracket. Zipping one 10mm nut off is much easier than dealing with a cruddy plug. Are they giving you a new one?

But more importantly, why did the bearing fail? Just age/wear? Or did gear lube wash the grease out? Like I wrote above, in that case it’s critical to make sure it didn’t leak onto the brake shoes or those will 100% need to be replaced too. You CANNOT clean it out of the friction

 

I asked them why they didn’t unbolt it first and they gave me a whole story. Turns out that they don’t even have the press to get the bearing out so they’d have to take it to another shop. I said no. They’re paying for the new abs sensor - after market - and I’m taking the car back today with the bad bearing still in there. I have an appointment with another shop that knows what they’re doing.

 

Bummer! So what did they do aside from breaking your sensor? I wouldn’t accept aftermarket unless that’s what was there when they broke it.

Given the broken sensor and sob story, I’d be weary of the new axle seal. Easy to mar the sealing surface on the axle housing during removal, or causing an immediate leak by installing it wrong or nicking it when sliding the axle back in.