Anyone changed the front wheel bearing on a mid 90s fwd toyota car?

['74 UA FJ]

Do you have to unbolt the tie rods etc. and remove the whole hub assembly and press the bearing out? That's what it looked like when I pulled the wheel off last night.

97 avalon

 

[KliersLC]

Dunno about the Avalon, but on a Camry (should be the same) you just undo the nut, take off the caliper, replace the bearing(s) and seal(s) and reassemble.

 

['74 UA FJ]

Dunno about the Avalon, but on a Camry (should be the same) you just undo the nut, take off the caliper, replace the bearing(s) and seal(s) and reassemble.

Uh, you left out some steps, I think. Were you able to pull the cv shaft out the back side?

It looks like on this avalon, you have to pull the entire hub assembly.

 

[KliersLC]

Honestly I don't remember.

My wife wrecked the Camry in '04....

I have the e-manual.....be back in a bit.

 

[KliersLC]

Yup, you were right.

You have to pull the hub assembly and press the bearing out. Send me your mail address and I'll send you that page from the FSM.....

 

[cruiser88]

Fighting one now......bearing was welded(got to hot) to the spindle. Fyi think twice about changing the long side cv on one of these things

 

[LukeZero]

Yup, you were right.

You have to pull the hub assembly and press the bearing out. Send me your mail address and I'll send you that page from the FSM.....

When I ordered bearings for ours from CruiserDan- he kinda said "are you sure you want to do this repair yourself?" I said, sure, I've got a shop press and all. Ended up taking it to the repair shop and having them do it. Royal PITA!

 

['74 UA FJ]

Fighting one now......bearing was welded(got to hot) to the spindle. Fyi think twice about changing the long side cv on one of these things

I changed both front wheel bearings and the cv shafts on both sides.

What trouble did you have with the long side? I thought that it was easier than the short side. Of course once I figured out that the short side simply popped out of the case, it was easy. The long side just had a snap ring to remove and the whole shaft slid out.

I had to cut the inner race off of the hub after I pressed the bearing off. I don't have a bearing puller...

 

['74 UA FJ]

When I ordered bearings for ours from CruiserDan- he kinda said "are you sure you want to do this repair yourself?" I said, sure, I've got a shop press and all. Ended up taking it to the repair shop and having them do it. Royal PITA!

Dude, if you have a press, it's a piece of cake. If you don't have a bearing puller, you will have to cut the inner race off of the hub with a grinder/dremel.

 

[cruiser88]

I changed both front wheel bearings and the cv shafts on both sides.

What trouble did you have with the long side? I thought that it was easier than the short side. Of course once I figured out that the short side simply popped out of the case, it was easy. The long side just had a snap ring to remove and the whole shaft slid out.

I had to cut the inner race off of the hub after I pressed the bearing off. I don't have a bearing puller...

I live in the rust belt. Even when i took the snap ring off the axle still would not slide out......so I ended up taking that bracket assembly out and to achieve that the motor mounts needed to come loose.

 

[cruiser88]

Dude, if you have a press, it's a piece of cake. If you don't have a bearing puller, you will have to cut the inner race off of the hub with a grinder/dremel.

:whoops:Mine(bearing) was welded inside the spindle so i choose to get another spindle for 70 bucks. I did manage to get all but the outer part of the bearing out but like i said the rest was welded. Never in my life have i seen a bearing do that.

Initially on that side (drivers) i was just going to change the brakes but when i noticed the hub assembly almost cheery hot it was time for a change. QUESTION ...would you change that CV after that spindle got that got? Boot and all looks good along with i never heard the notorious clicking noise on that side.

 

['74 UA FJ]

QUESTION ...would you change that CV after that spindle got that got? Boot and all looks good along with i never heard the notorious clicking noise on that side.

I would not change the cv shaft unless you hear the clicking or like in this case, it was roaring. If the boots are fine and you don't hear any noise, I wouldn't worry.

 

['74 UA FJ]

I live in the rust belt. Even when i took the snap ring off the axle still would not slide out......so I ended up taking that bracket assembly out and to achieve that the motor mounts needed to come loose.

That's a bitch. I'm glad I didn't have to do that.