Its still to wet to get the Cruiser out so I am catching up on some maintenance. I have been wanting to put some new carrier bearing in my rear diff. I upgraded to a a True Trac differential a couple years ago. The re bearing kit didnt have the right size bearings and I ended up reusing the old bearings just to get the job done. I ordered a set of correct bearings and I thought this would be a good time to get that dreaded task out of the way. Now since I was going to have to pull the axles I might as well check-change the rear bearings and seals if they need it. Last year I bought a set of axle bearings and seals as well as a universal Toyota rear axle bearing press jig tool thing. Other than the 3rd member being a lot heavier than I remember, replacing the carrier bearings went fairly smoothly with no real problems. The wheel bearings were not quite as simple.
The universal fit, multi purpose all in one Toyota bearing tool bib not have the correct hole pattern to fit my backing plate. I found an adaptor plate on Amazon for just $79 but didn't want to wait a week or pay another $79 bucks so I broke out the welder and grinder and made my own.
Kind of Frankensteiny but it did the job. Luckily I only had to do one axle. The bolt pattern is reversed on the other axle and would required more cutting on welding. The $79 adaptor plate flips over to work with either axle. There are lots of u tube vids showing how it done.
Also had to mod my press. The bars were to close together for bearing jig. I also had to buy a bigger bottle jack. The 6 ton wouldnt budge the bearing.
And of course the bearing came off in 2 peaces. I hade to jig up a second puller for the inner bearing race.
What a job. The drivers side bearing was still in good shape and didn't need replacing.
The universal fit, multi purpose all in one Toyota bearing tool bib not have the correct hole pattern to fit my backing plate. I found an adaptor plate on Amazon for just $79 but didn't want to wait a week or pay another $79 bucks so I broke out the welder and grinder and made my own.
Kind of Frankensteiny but it did the job. Luckily I only had to do one axle. The bolt pattern is reversed on the other axle and would required more cutting on welding. The $79 adaptor plate flips over to work with either axle. There are lots of u tube vids showing how it done.
Also had to mod my press. The bars were to close together for bearing jig. I also had to buy a bigger bottle jack. The 6 ton wouldnt budge the bearing.
And of course the bearing came off in 2 peaces. I hade to jig up a second puller for the inner bearing race.
What a job. The drivers side bearing was still in good shape and didn't need replacing.
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