Needle bearing issue

Hello everyone, brand new to the forum. Here's my first post.. I have owned my 08' Taco for almost a year now and love it. Only have a few things about the truck...

It seems to have the "needle bearing hum" in the front and was wondering if anybody had the removal tool they dont need anymore? I plan on fixing this fairly soon. Let me know what you have.

Only other thing I can complain about is the slip yoke bind. Haven't dropped the drive shaft yet to check it out but it's on my to-do list.

Any help is appreciated!

 

Hi, and welcome. I replaced mine with the ECGS bushing and did not use their removal tool. I used a rental tool from I believe O'reilleys. Pilot bearing puller I'm pretty sure it was called. Threaded onto a slide hammer. Used that, bearing driver kit, slide hammer. For CV removal I used a large pry bar. There is a ECGS bushing thread on here that is very helpful.

 

Did the bushing completely cure the symptoms your truck was having? (vibrations, hum, etc..)

 

The bushing completely solves any issue resulting from the shitty OEM bearing.

 

Is this a repair you can do at home or do things have to be pressed at a shop?

 

Yes it completely solved the vibe/hum.

You can do this at home, no shop pressing necessary. There is a thread devoted to this issue, plus ECGS provides an installation guide.

 

I'm about 10k miles out from the repair, and no vibe or hum since, and I have cranked my coilovers up a little bit more since the bushing install.

 

Can't wait to get it done, my half hour commute drives me crazy with that f***ing hum. I just crank the tunes to drown it out

 

I was hoping someone had this bearing puller I could buy off them instead of going through ECGS..

 

@Up2NoGood here is a person you can send my free set of tools to brother

 

The tool I rented from a local auto parts store was very similar to this https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...cialty-tools&gclid=CPzftqOxi9ACFU1gfgodMMkAkQ . Rental deposit, but then refund if you dont break it. It worked fine for me.