Iirc slee said just the (outer) locknut needed to be removed (and at that point the lockwasher slides right off so no biggie). If the inner locknut also needs to be removed (I doubt it does though) that automatically turns this into resetting preload of the bearings. But then again bending back tabs of the lockwasher to get the outer nut off, I guess you may want to reset preload on the inner nut while in there anyway and maybe use a new lockwasher?...hankinid said:
Bottom line is the tool makes sense to me if you're in there anyway doing a bearing repack (very 30k by the book) and I appreciate the fact that slee's sharing the tool and making it available to diy'rs. I'd argue that when repacking the bearings is the right time to do this job of lubing the spindle bearings anyway and if one isn't servicing their own wheel bearings then why would they bother servicing these bearings themselves - just ask the mechanic to also squirt the spindle bearing using landcruiser phil's method. for anyone complaining about taking off the flange I don't get why this needle bearing is so important that you would grease it without repacking the wheel bearings which is called for every 30k..since there's not even a mention of greasing this bearing in the service schedule iirc.
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