200k Tacoma maintenance.

Might consider changing those front hubs Detroit axle also makes some and they get good reviews idk about the quality tho. My rack and pinyon is leaking the dealership sells a Toyota reman for 475$

 

The advance autos in my area are going out of business so huge discounts the wheels hub assembly’s are like 15$ for the car quest part but I’m unsure of the quality.

 

There is a guy selling hub assemblies with high quality bearings on TW. Quick search should find it. Not the only option, nor the cheapest, but I'm personally weary of parts-store quality these days. Including Rock Auto, at least in Toyota applications... they carry oem or at least trustworthy brands for many domestic applications but pickings can be scarce for Toyotas. I'm not an expert though, just got burned a couple times, on other types of parts.

@nd4spdbh answered this, but here's a summary I put together, in case you're interested: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2005-and-early-2nd-gen-issues-and-how-to-fix-them.735957/


Finally, regarding coolant: again I'm not an expert, but here's the mindset I've adopted over the past years: neglecting your coolant is bad, but not as bad as neglecting your oil. However, coolant is even cheaper than oil... at least by volume, for generic pink premix. So I do partial coolant changes, not complete flushes, but with ~2 gallons of fresh fluid, every few oil changes. It is every bit as easy as an oil change, you just need a drain hose and a refill funnel kit. I only drain the radiator and the passenger side of the engine, plus the reservoir... not a full drain much less a thorough flush. The drivers side engine drain is a PITA.

Is a 2-gallon, $25 partial coolant swap with generic pink premix as good as a full-system flush with Toyota branded fluids? Almost certainly not.

But it's so easy and cheap, I can do it annually in my driveway, for less than I spend on oil changes. And I can worry less about needing to do a full flush, because my coolant is always fairly fresh.

 

I have changed it about a year ago what Coolant did you use.

 

I noticed a small leak on my radiator behind the trans cooler nipple should I get a denso radiator from rock auto and replace my water pump thermostat and fan clutch

 

I did front wheel bearings, UCA, LCA, and new shocks/coils at 200K, but all were worn and needed replacement. Everything else, like fluids, filters, spark plugs, etc, I just continue to change at normal intervals.

 

I did my front suspension but I haven’t touched my wheel bearings they don’t have play or make noise so I’m leaving them alone.