Rear Axle Bearing Puller Tool, SST

I am curious if anyone has done the DIY rear axle bearings and has purchased the SST puller tool to do this? I would like to purchase or rent (is there a tool rental section??).

I dont have enough posts to post in classifieds section.

Otherwise, i may just build it from 3" pipe and some plate.

 

Yes sir, @6 gearT444E did a DIY

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/how-to-rear-axle-bearing-seal-replacement.734924/#post-26169056

 

Yes sir I’ve seen the DIY. I’m looking for someone selling or loaning out the tool.

 

The tool you get online works better than the SST and can be had for cheaper. It also comes with the pipe size required for pressing the retaining ring back on.

 

10-4. Still looking for someone who only needed it one time when they did their rear bearings. So they purchased the tool, used it once and have it laying around. I would love to buy it or rent it and help them recoup some costs from their project and save a little myself.

 

I like this idea, especially for jobs where you know it's more than likely a one time deal or it'll be another decade plus before you run across it again. I always see this thread in the 2nd Gen Parts Marketplace section and seems to be a good example: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/whoring-out-ecgs-bushing-tool.630638/

It'd be kind of cool to see some type of dedicated sub-forum section acting as a collector for all these special one-off type tools to be used as community loaners.

 

PM sent!

 

Im trying to find which puller tool we need for the 2017 Tacoma. Is it different than the 2016 puller? Any links would be helpful. We’d be up for borrowing or buying a used one if they are very expensive.

 

I got my tool off Ebay. Not sure what it's like now, but at the time, there was a guy that first made/sold it on Ebay, but soon a lot of others started copying his and selling it as well. It is, after all, just a bunch of welded plates and tube.

I spent the SLIGHTLY more for from the actual guy because from what I read at the time, his was a little beefier and wasn't much more - plus why reward copycats.

So far, I only used it once (did both sides at once). But TO ME, the cost of the tool was still cheaper than even taking the axles to a shop and paying them to press the bearing/axle in/out, so I still saved. Plus I freely admit I have a tool hoarding problem. I buy tools just because I think I might need it in the future - not just for immediate need.

Edit - I should point at that, at least for me, the "buying a tool before I actually need it" has presented its own problems because sometimes when I ACTUALLY need it, I forget where I put it, so have to buy it again.

 

Anyone know if anybody fabricates a tool for the 3rd gen? I can only find tools that work up to the 2016 Tacoma. Have been searching for days and nothing for the 2017 model.

 

What is different with 2017?

 

16-23 should be the same. Did you try asking in the 3rd gen section?

 

I got one off of Amazon worked great for like 100$