Toyota Steering Knuckle Reassembly

[@eddiew4063]

Nice video! First compliment that pops out is not using impact/cordless tools!! I appreciate that. A lot of these types of vids guys carelessly use cordless tools. Kudos to you and your great videos

[@markhefter6333]

You are a great teacher! Thank you for the exceptional 3 part series on knuckle rebuilding.

[@raycrothers7843]

Great instructional video mate, I now have the confidence to do my own. Saved me $1200 in labour. If you ever travel to Aus look me up and I'll shout you a few beers.

[@lawrencemorgan3299]

Great Video. After watching, Im confident I can do that so Ill order a knuckle rebuild kit for my 80 4X4.

[@davetaf1323]

I was wondering where the shims were .......to the newbies always put your parts for reassembly in order on a clear surface so you dont miss anything

[@guadalupecovarrubias3487]

Use a bolt thread it onto the spline then you can pull it out and pop that clip back on👍🏽

[@leomorales1214]

saw another video before this one. you gave way more details to everything. thank you. you have helped me out big time

[@josetrujillo-Meknico]

Excelente tutorial un abrazo desde Venezuela

[@felicityblakeley8361]

Very helpful video. Been my go to with my first knuckle job on my '87 FJ60. Good lighting and explanations throughout. Thank you!

[@bradswarren]

Great video Ryan, as are all your videos. Very helpful, thank you!

[@jamesenloe2791]

I like your videos. I wish there were more like these.

[@tonymunn]

There should be a big spring under the locking dial. I just finished mines yesterday. Great job though.

[@OTRAMM]

The springs are there, just wound up like they should be on install.

[@tonymunn]

@@OTRAMM Aah! There it is. I see it at 31:53. Again Excellent video.

[@pietmarais3609]

You forgot to put gaskets between the freewheel hub and the freewheel dialcover!..good video thanks!

[@OTRAMM]

I stuck it to the dial before install.

[@pietmarais3609]

@@OTRAMM Ok ..thats good.

[@kd4uga]

Thank you for making this video! It has been very helpful to me while rebuilding my 1984 4X4 axle.

[@viking90706]

This is surgeon, look how clean the reassembly is. OTRAMM did you work at the Toyota factory?

[@OTRAMM]

Nope, never worked at Toyota. It's just a lot nicer working on clean things.

[@richardburns4401]

great video, thank you

[@bruce84]

Great video. Nice to see this process done from start to finish. At 16:00 you put on what you call the outer hub seal gasket on to the backing plate rather than between the spindle and backing plate. Is this correct? This gasket is missing from many of the repair manual diagrams and even on the Toyota website complectations there’s a diagram of it between the spindle and dust seal but the backing plate is absent. Low range off-road place the gasket between the spindle and the backing plate (technically backing plate eliminator product). It’s shape seems more fitted to being located against the front of the spindle?

[@OTRAMM]

It goes between the backing plate and the dust seal for the hub. There's nothing for it to seal between the backing plate and spindle.

[@nagual4ever]

I put mine between the spindle and the backing plate because it has a special cut out that matches the flange on the spindle. I also saw another video showing this method as well. No gasket between the metal seal and backing plate. Thanks to Otramm for a great video.

[@mataimajokdeng9753]

Very good replaced the hub

[@roughpatchroad]

Hey, curious what grease you used for the Birfield and knuckle?

[@lorenzo7938]

Great vid👍🏼

[@alexanderalders1925]

So ill be running 33” tyres what is called overzise tyreS? I have 16lbs at the moment now, is it to high? i have 1 0,1 and 1 0,2 shim on top and bottum Its stressing me out

[@doriancastillo1874]

Por favor estoy armando una igual y creo estaban mal puestas

[@barxracerful]

thats a lotta grease uncle ed!

[@steveloomis4086]

Good video

[@billstengel7301]

You didn’t fuss with measuring preload on the wheel bearing. If everything is in decent condition, is the hand tight +1/8 turn a generally acceptable spec?

[@OTRAMM]

It's more of a learned feeling kind of thing. 1/8-1/4 usually lands it well. Measuring is the best though.

[@f4safety]

Hello Otramm, I just followed your video and was wondering if I need to check the wheel bearing preload again after the hub and lock dial are installed? I checked it after and the preload was like 14-16 ft lbs. before it was 6.5 to 7 ft lbs. Thank you

[@OTRAMM]

The hub shouldn't affect preload on the wheel bearings. It may affect the overall drag on the system though.

[@f4safety]

My preload is 12-16 after hub was put on

[@OTRAMM]

@@f4safety when you're measuring the rotation what you're actually measuring is drag. The hub may add more drag to the system but it can't have any effect on the bearing preload. The drag measurement for the bearing preload is the measurement that matters. The additional drag of the hub is just that, additional drag caused by the hub. It's just stacked on top of the drag that was measured in the bearings alone.

[@f4safety]

@@OTRAMM nobody clearly explains that - even the FSM. Thank you for your coaching. Good job on those videos!

[@f4safety]

What brand and type of grease do you use for the wheel bearings? I heard Mobile one high temp grease (red stuff) is a good choice, but your grease looks gray. Good work - thank you

[@jacksuarez919]

I’d probably presume it’s Molybdenum grease. It’s used in applications where metal surfaces are rubbing/sliding against each other with a heavy load.

[@scod3908]

@@jacksuarez919yep, moly grease. Ideally should use moly in the knuckle and high temp wheel bearing grease in the wheel bearings, but some will say modern moly grease is ok in wheel bearings

[@f4safety]

One of my hub seal bolt holes is stripped 10mmx1.25) How do you recommend I repair it? Thanks Otramm - you Rock!

[@OTRAMM]

If you're talking about the drive flange stud holes, a keysert or helicoil would be your best bet. I'm not sure if there's enough material there for them though.

[@f4safety]

@@OTRAMM what type of grease do you use for the rotor bearings?

[@OTRAMM]

@@f4safety just regular high temp wheel bearing grease.

[@doriancastillo1874]

Alguien aquí habla español necesito saber q posición lleva las abrazaderas q agarran el cepillo por favor

[@Luvfj40]

What black paint do you recommend for the housing?

[@OTRAMM]

We just use regular black spray paint

[@prestonculpepper9098]

Where can I find that big socket for the axle nut..?

[@OTRAMM]

Cruiser Outfitters is probably your best bet for a quality one.

[@calebbennett6947]

At 14:00 you packed handfuls of grease in the knuckle around the birfield. On lowranges video they didnt pack any grease inside like you did just packed the bearings that the knuckle sits on. That being said I followed there video to a T. You think I should open up that plug and squirt grease in there with my grease gun?

[@OTRAMM]

If you didn't pack the knuckle and only the birfield you don't have near enough grease in there. You have to pack the knuckle so that the birf rides in grease. Otherwise it would just sling itself empty.

[@calebbennett6947]

@@OTRAMM so can I just open up the plug and put grease down in it.

[@OTRAMM]

@@calebbennett6947 I don't see why not. Only problem I see is that you won't know how much is in there. Too much and it'll push past the seals as it warms up.

[@calebbennett6947]

@@OTRAMM I'll just give about 5-10 pumps with the grease gun and drive it a little and sling the grease everywhere then I'll give it another 5-10 and call it good.

[@viktorpapp3683]

Fantastic video! Is that a beeping torque wrench?

[@OTRAMM]

Yep it's digital. The handle vibrates as you get close and then it beeps when you hit the torque.

[@raidmax1098]

im stuck trying to get both top and bottom bearing caps off any advise? i dont have the correct tool needed

[@OTRAMM]

A brass drift will usually drive them out if you catch an edge and alternate front to back of the cap.

[@johnkim1656]

Great video. For regular maintenance, can steering knuckles can be greased with a grease gun? Are there zerk fittings on all 4 steering knuckles? If so, would Valvoline Palladium be a suitable choice to regrease original steering knuckles (that have never been reassembled)?

[@OTRAMM]

There are only two knuckles. There are fill plugs but I've never used them. If the knuckles aren't leaking and were properly filled there shouldn't be any reason to have to add.

[@Dude3617]

Hey man, I’m hoping you can help me or atleast be able to direct me to the right place. I have a 100 and seems to dance around the road with a minimal steering feel at times. I have gotten alignment done on it and at times it looks straight and at times it learns a bit towards the passenger side. There isn’t any leaks in the power steering pump or fluid. What do think this could be? Thanks in advance sir!

[@OTRAMM]

Without seeing it my best guess would be steering rack bushings. Ideally you'd get the front end in the air and start shaking the tires to feel what's loose.

[@Dude3617]

I really need to find time and come see you man. Do you prefer a few days heads up or pretty much day before?

[@wolfman5494]

Im gearing up to rebuild the knuckles on my 93, but the passenger side birfield housing is fairly rusty. Will the felt and rubber seals put up with an uneven surface if i wire wheel down all the rust or does it need to be smoothed out?

[@OTRAMM]

Smoother is best, if it's really pitted I've seen folks coat the pits in epoxy and sand smooth.

[@wolfman5494]

@@OTRAMM Party, I had the same idea and wasn't sure if that'd work so that's reassuring. Thanks!

[@toyota.m1.m5]

👍👍👍

[@bradswarren]

At about 14:00, while packing in more grease, would it not be wise to keep grease from the spindle holes? Otherwise you end up with wet torque? Normally unless specified, torque values are dry?

[@OTRAMM]

The spindle holes are open to the inside so you end up with grease hitting them from either direction. The toque is low enough that the wet to dry is probably negligible. I've spent the extra effort before trying to keep them clean but you inevitably get grease in the threads. There's always residual in the threads too unless they were scrubbed out with a strong solvent. Our parts washer will unpack bearings but still leaves grease in the threaded holes. I guess short answer is technically yes it would be best for them to be dry, but in the real world it just doesn't happen and doesn't seem to make a difference.

[@vernonlevy7675]

Where can I buy the whole repair kit?

[@OTRAMM]

Cruiser Brothers and Cruiser Outfitters both sell really nice kits.

[@vernonlevy7675]

@@OTRAMM thanks.

[@mikesuch9021]

Wish you guys would tell the year because they're not all the same

[@OTRAMM]

It's the same process for all of them except the 80 series and even those are almost the same.

[@thecrunchychip]

Does this process vary on fj60

[@OTRAMM]

It's the same until you get to the 80 series knuckles.

[@thecrunchychip]

How much labour hours do you charge to do both of them?

[@blase9090]

Too much grease.It will expand.You should pack it 3/4 full

[@OTRAMM]

It is packed about 3/4 full, it's not smashed to the back. I've done hundreds of these.

[@f4safety]

Mobile 1

[@OTRAMM]

You could use mobil 1 for the wheel bearings. The knuckles need moly fortified grease.