Small play in front driver side tire (1 Viewer)

[stoshzack]

Hi All -

I have a 2003 GX 470 with about 150K on it (we got it with 80K on it). It is a daily driver for the wife and kids. I had it up on jacks and noticed the ever so slightest play in the driver side tire (both up and down and side to side). In fact, I would have thought nothing of it except for the passenger side has absolutely no play.

I thought it might be the ball joints. After all, it has 150K on it and I think the joints are original.

Replaced the ball joints and still have the same play. I thought it might be a debris on the rim and rotor, cleaned the mating surfaces. Still there. Thought it might be a warped rim, so I changed wheels. Still there.

Any thoughts as to what might be happening?

Thanks for any advice

 

[Jstawgn]

Wheel bearing.

 

[stoshzack]

Wheel bearing.

Thanks - I‘ll try that next. I knew that could be one of the culprits.

 

[stoshzack]

Thanks @Jstawgn

Pulled the hub and wheeling bearing today. Driver side was definitely bad.

FYI to any future readers - I purchased the Koyo bearing with hub preassembled on ebay.

Front Wheel Hub & KOYO Bearing Assembly FOR LEXUS GX470 2003-2009 4WD PAIR | eBay

•Any problem with an Item must be reported within warranty period. This is usually 3 Months. Part #: 515040A4WD.

www.ebay.com

Item got here fast and changing out was relatively simple.

 

[Rednexus]

Thanks @Jstawgn

Pulled the hub and wheeling bearing today. Driver side was definitely bad.

FYI to any future readers - I purchased the Koyo bearing with hub preassembled on ebay.

Front Wheel Hub & KOYO Bearing Assembly FOR LEXUS GX470 2003-2009 4WD PAIR | eBay

•Any problem with an Item must be reported within warranty period. This is usually 3 Months. Part #: 515040A4WD.

www.ebay.com

Item got here fast and changing out was relatively simple.

FYI, if the DS is bad, the PS might not be far behind . Both of mine were smoked at 170K and the bearings I took out were non-OEM Chinese bearings. I had bought the rig at 135K so the OEM bearings must have failed sometime prior to that. This time I also used pre-assembled Koyo bearings/Doorman hubs, but got them from yotabearingsandhubs.com.

At least it's an amazingly simple/easy job on the 120 platform. We did the bearings on my buddy's 1st gen Tundra, which required pulling the steering knuckle completely out of the rig and using a shop press to remove the bearing. Toyota seemed to learn their lesson from the older 3rd gen 4Runner-style suspension/front drivetrain and made a ton of improvements to the ball joints, wheel bearings, and CVs for our platform.

 

[stoshzack]

FYI, if the DS is bad, the PS might not be far behind . Both of mine were smoked at 170K and the bearings I took out were non-OEM Chinese bearings. I had bought the rig at 135K so the OEM bearings must have failed sometime prior to that. This time I also used pre-assembled Koyo bearings/Doorman hubs, but got them from yotabearingsandhubs.com.

At least it's an amazingly simple/easy job on the 120 platform. We did the bearings on my buddy's 1st gen Tundra, which required pulling the steering knuckle completely out of the rig and using a shop press to remove the bearing. Toyota seemed to learn their lesson from the older 3rd gen 4Runner-style suspension/front drivetrain and made a ton of improvements to the ball joints, wheel bearings, and CVs for our platform.

Oh ya, I changed out both sides