Dry bearings are the most likely culprit. Probably sped up by spacers. It's my fault.
And dude no question is dumb to me. I didn't even know what a drive plate / drive flange was until Friday.
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Dry bearings are the most likely culprit. Probably sped up by spacers. It's my fault.
And dude no question is dumb to me. I didn't even know what a drive plate / drive flange was until Friday.
Awesome. I see you got the best color too!
Do a lot of water crossings?
I would check/replace the seal on the cv axle to the spindle if you're not replacing the axle. But the axle looks toast. Toyota sells just the ends.
Time for another solid axle 100 White Rino Deux
As Toyota has always stated in the owner's manual, the front end has to be cleaned up, diff fluid drained and bearings repacked after all substantial water crossings.
Remember, these are industrial machines with AC and ass warmers.
Remember, these are industrial machines with AC and ass warmers.
There's an owner's manual for these things. Damn.
Since I have been with Andy on all his water crossings, looks like I need to dig in (I did do the diff fluids and the drive shafts). I really did lube my drive shafts... Not just saying that because it makes me laugh.
Yeah. My 98 hasnt had bearings changed since my richland creek crossing six years ago.
I think part of unit bearing destruction equation is how far did you drive after dunking them. If you put them in the water and then park it, I think you'll see it fail quicker. If you dunk them then drive 100 miles on pavement, the water dries out. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't really see any way to extend the life of a unit bearing except maybe spray some WD-40 in there after getting wet.
Which is what most people do and which is why I am in business!
In all seriousness, Toyota considers wheel bearings "life of vehicle" parts if maintained according to maintenance standards:
On the old solid axle trucks:
Bearing repack: every 30k miles or after significant water crossings.
Front axle rebuild every 60k miles.
Grease in knuckle through inspection hole every 15k miles.
For IFS trucks, Toyota mandates a bearing repack every 30k miles and CV inspection at every oil change interval.
Which is what most people do and which is why I am in business!
In all seriousness, Toyota considers wheel bearings "life of vehicle" parts if maintained according to maintenance standards...
They got changed out with the recent axle swap, but I'm pretty sure that the wheel bearings on my 60 were original, with over 200,000 miles. The front end got rebuilt a few times in the final 50,000 miles during the process of gearing, locker, steering changes, but the wheel bearings were re-used. I even ran spacers for 30K of those miles.