Toyota Tacoma wheel hub removal and installation
Posted to Technical Tips Forum on 8/23/2012
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This is an alternate way to remove the hub from the wheel
bearing. It allows the job to be done with the shop press
instead of putting the entire spindle in a vice and using a
puller set-up to pull the hub out of the bearing.
This is the hub and bearing attatched to the spindle-brakes
removed:
[2006 Toyota Tacoma, Photo]
At this point,I remove the axle nut and the 4 bolts,and
remove the hub just like any other FWD hub assy.,except that
the bolts will be captured. They are too long to be
removed,and there is no opening in the hub to remove them. I
do this with the spindle still on the vehicle so it will be
held securely.You will end up with this:
[2006 Toyota Tacoma, Photo]
It would be easy to press this apart like any other hub,but
the bolts are captured,and a press plate that will hold up
to this job is just too thick. The first time I did this,I
was stuck here for about 20 minutes,tried making some
thinner press plates(they bent),and just wished those bolts
weren't in the way.Then I realized I could cut 2 of them
off,press the hub out,and replace the 2 bolts......but I
didn't have any that size. Then it dawned on me-the housing
comes with the bearing-I can cut the housing out of the way
to free the bolts. Five minutes with a whizz-wheel,and I had
this:
[2006 Toyota Tacoma, Photo]
Now it fit in the press:
[2006 Toyota Tacoma, Photo]
With the old bearing half removed from the hub and a new
outer seal installed,it reassembles just like any other
hub-just don't forget to put the bolts back in the
hub first!
[2006 Toyota Tacoma, Photo]
The video shows the method of pulling the hub out with a
puller.Not having a hub grappler or a coworker to smack it
with,the method above works great for me. Being able to use
the press to push the hub out reduces the chanced of
damaging it,and pressing it nice and straight seems to make
it go very easy. I think the hub grappler method only makes
the hubs feel like they are siezed because they dont always
pull straight. (?)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZDd-34K5Epc
Ken from Maine
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