Front wheel bearing

[Jon_G]

The hub assembly arrived as promised, I've fitted it and all is now good.

The job was a little worse than expected, mostly because, as well as the expected 4 bolts, the hub assembly is a push-fit into the suspension leg and 13 years of corrosion had to be overcome using a club hammer and bolster chisel to actually get the hub shifted. Additionally, the heads of each mounting bolts are disproportionately small (only 12mm AF) resulting in a high risk of rounding the heads off while initially 'cracking' them undone... in fact I felt one beginning to give, so switched the 12mm socket to a 7/16" socket as it was a slightly tighter fit.

Tightening torques:-
4 x hub retaining bolts = 41 ft.lb
Brake calliper bracket/carrier = 80 ft.lb
Brake calliper slider bolts = 25 ft.lb
Wheel nuts = 76 ft.lb

My workshop manual (a collection of PDFs on a DVD bought from eBay) does describe how to strip down the hub assembly and replace the actual bearing, but it looks like a lot of effort with the additional risk of damaging the ABS sensor.

I pulled off the remaining tatters of the front disc splash shields a couple of years ago. If you wanted to replace a shield, then doing it as part of this job would be ideal, as the shield is held on by the hub assembly. However, if your splash shields were in a poor state, then the battering they'd get whilst doing this job could well finish them off!

[lgriffiths]

Resurrecting this thread again - makes searching easier.

Anyone tried Koyo bearings, they claim to be the same as the Toyota ones.

[SombreroPeak]

Yes, I had on fitted by Steve at D1 about 8 months ago. He rates them highly and it has been faultless in that time. I'm pretty sure he confirmed that they produce them for Toyota

[lgriffiths]

Ordered a koyo bearing from TCB on eBay for £99.50 - arrived a day late, but very well packaged. Due to be fitted on monday  :-) :-) :-)

[SombreroPeak]

Result!