Moog LCA ball joint, tie rod, and wheel bearing replacement part #'s and general BS

I didnt get the inner axle seals at all actually. I will do it when I get the new CV's. The bearing i got was the whole assembly so I wont need to worry with those in the bearing itself.

 

Do you have outter seal ? Those need to be new because there is no way to remove them with out damage

 

Damn it! I'm to much in a rush with this.... I forgot that that had to be done. Looks like they are in stock at napa.

 

No NAPA seals.....lolz

 

Dont have a choice. There is no toyota in this god forsaken ski country. closest one is 2hrs away!

 

Well that blows. They are the single most important part IMO. They are what lets the crap in and blows the bearings out.

 

I have come to the comfortable conclusion that this will not be the last time I do this repair. Plus napa does have the outer in stock but not the inner so either was there is still possible dirty water getting in and toasting the bearings. I'm fully prepared to do this again in 40,000 miles, right before the warranty is up on the bearings.

 

that sucks. Im scrambling around today for a 35mm socket....then I need a dam torque wrench that goes up to 250# because I was to cheap and got 50-150#...if I had just spent the another $20 I could of gotten 50-250#, but at the time I had never torqued anything past 150#.

 

Why not just get a 36 if it works. Thats what a lot of shops use

 

Well its expensive to do this multiple times. Go to Toyota and get both seals
Do it right the first time
I would rather drive to Toyota for 2 hrs then find out I dont have correct parts and scramble

 

One thing to note NAPA lists this as Outter seal. But from the picture this looks like a seal that goes between spindle and CV Just FIY

I dont know which ones are which us I bought mine from Toyota itself so just got correct part numbers.

 

I'm not taking a 4hr round trip drive to a Toyota store. This has to be done before I drive 1300 miles back to the east coast. Like I said, I'm not worried about doing it a second time, especially if the bearings are warrantied if they do fail.

Who's to say the Toyota seals are not a little off as well? All the aftermarket seals are an OEM copy. Nearly no one who has done a replacement even has enough miles on it to tell if the seals are complete crap. Or, maybe they have been redesigned?? Lots of unknowns are floating around.

 

FREE! I do mine without a press. I use a cut off wheel on a grinder and cut the housing and bearing off the hub, two slices 180* apart and a whack with a chisel it will fall off. I then place the new assembly on a block of wood (with the 4 bolts installed) and drive the hub into the bearing with a 2lb sledge. I used the cheap plastic cage style bearing, but unlike everyone else here I cleaned the packing grease out and used some lucas synthetic grease to pack them correctly. This step is critical to bearing life, and a very large reason why there are so many bearing failures with replacements of all brands.

 

I stopped by a buddy house who has this beast

and borrowed 35mm, 36mm, and 1-3/8". Ill mess around with each and find out which fits best then post it. Also grabbed his Snap on torque wrench. Gotta love friends with shops

I don't have all the parts yet, but I do have a DD until I'm done so no rush for me.

If they do fail and seize they could take out thousands of dollars in parts.

Seems from everything I have read on multiple forums the 05-07 guys report more bearings going out then 08-12 and that's taking out the idea that the older ones have higher mileage so maybe they have been redesigned. I can only speculate.

One thing I can say is my truck has had more then it's fair share of mud/sand/salt in the 3 years/66k I have owned it. Pretty much every weekend I'm in mud holes so I am very happy with it vs what other guys have had happen. I still think the design is shit and Toyota flopped on this one.

I read your post on TTORA and I couldn't tell if you were joking or not. Ill give it a try tomorrow and see what happens. I'm always for the "keep it simple stupid" fix. Last time I swapped UCA bearings I used wood and wood clamps.

I routed out a hole so no pressure was on the ball - just the wall.

My bearings will be cleaned and lubed and like you said I never read about others doing this. That animal fat they pack it in is crap. I also wonder if others have failed to use new gaskets and that's why they have so many issues?

Glad to see you come over to the dark side of TW derp. We need some guys that know their shit over here.

 

You forgot to put a new seal in there somewhere. Lol

 

If my current bearings have not seized yet, I don't believe they will. They are completely trashed though, that's why I have to get this doone even if it has to be done again later. I'm ok with that. At this point I just don't trust them on the highway, especially for 1300 miles loaded with everything I own on the move back to the east coast.

 

Glad to have you back on the right coast.

 

Oh yeah, put a seal in there. I'm not joking, that's how I did it. I don't have a shop. Just have basic hand tools and a portable readywelder and have built my entire truck outdoors. Sometimes I have to get creative. Oh and I use 1 3/8" socket for the axle nut. It's a little sloppy but gets the job done.

 

Anyone know how to take off that silver center cap? i do not know how to get to the center bolt that holds the bearing to the hub. Thaks for the help in advance

 

Same as the outer cap I would guess but I have 4x so no cap for me. I used a old chisel for that cap.

Here's what I found yesterday



More pics in my build. When I'm done Ill throw some up over here.