Toyota Lexus Rear Axle Seal / Bearing Replacement - 4runner, Tacoma, Tundra, FJ, LC, LX, GX (Part 1)

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This is Part 1 of a 2-Part video series showing you to perform a Rear Axle Seal/Bearing Replacement on the following Toyota/Lexus Models & Generations:
*4th & 5th Gen 4runners
*2nd & 3rd Gen Tacomas
*2nd Gen Tundras
*FJ Cruisers
*200 Series Land Cruisers
*Lexus LX 470 & LX 570
*Lexus GX470 & GX 460
*For this job, I used the following video as a reference for the press work:*
• Toyota rear axle beari...
*PARTS*
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*Axle Seal #90310-58004
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[@stco2426]

Excellent. Every T/L rear axle seems to be similar, but just not quite the same. Really enjoyed this.

[@TimmyTheToolman]

I'm happy to know you enjoyed the video. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@MickyC0601]

I am working on my daughter's GX460 now... Had to come inside for lunch and to watch the install portion of the next video to make sure I install everything correctly. Also new rotors and pads. I ordered these exact tools and NO DOUBT !!! THEY ARE THE BEST !!!!!! I have the 20 ton from HF and it worked like a dream. Wear gloves or you hands will be stankin . Buy these tools with confidence, you will not regret it. North Alabama Micky C

[@watdaheck808]

Awesome video...very detailed...thanks for sharing.

[@TimmyTheToolman]

Thanks and you're very welcome.

[@andrewb2326]

Great video Timmy. I have the rear disc brake setup and struggled with it. I got it done by using a 10mm or 8mm 1/4 socket on an extension to compress the clip and spring, pushing it through the sight hole on the axle hub flange Your method looked a lot better way to go. I never thought an axle would bend independent of the diff housing but there you go.

[@TimmyTheToolman]

I'm in the process of developing a tool that will help with the reassembly of the parking brake. It's a tool that will allow you to compress the brake shoe hold-down spring while you rotate the brake shoe into position over the spring hold-down pin. I gave my design idea to Duane, who makes the axle tools, and he's going to send me a prototype soon so I can test it out. I did find for sale a tool that helps with the disassembly of the hold-down spring. It will fit through the axle hole so you can compress and twist the spring retaining plate to release it from the pin. So, pretty soon, I'm going to make a video showcasing these two tools that will make servicing the parking brake much easier.

[@andrewb2326]

@@TimmyTheToolman Fantastic. I'm very keen to see the tools.

[@dillonvierling1720]

I had to do a job like this on my gen1 tundra

[@TimmyTheToolman]

It's similar, but more like what we show in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iF7GY6tpe513i5Ysi=SyhgOTAGhvuQf3NF

[@coburn_karma]

Thanks for the how to video.......replaced mine in 10 years ago. Putting back the parking brake took me 4 hours because there was just so little clearance for my fat fingers to hold the retaining pins while assembling. People with smaller hands will have a much easier experience. Plus my hands acquired so many scratches through the process. It was the hardest part of the job. Unfortunately, I didn't have an assistant but definitely will the next time. The slide hammer puller is on my buy list, that was so simple. I learned a lot from this detailed video.

[@TimmyTheToolman]

Dude, you are not kidding on how annoying that parking brake design is. We show the struggle in Part 2. I almost want to design a SST to effectively compress the spring so you don't have to get your fingers in there.

[@TheDesertRat31]

Is that the spring that you have to access through the hole in the rear hub (the one people pre assemble and compress with zip ties)? I learned how crappy that is by accident. I recently found the special tool designed to fit through that hole and push the spring and cap and allow you to turn it 90° and retain the end of the pin.

[@TimmyTheToolman]

@@TheDesertRat31 Yeah, it's those shoe hold-down springs that are the pain in the ass. I want to have a tool that you can use through the access hole, hook behind the spring assembly and then pull towards you compressing the spring while you rotate the shoe into position. This way your fingers don't need to be in there trying to compress the spring.

[@blegros]

The only time corrosion helps, the ABS sensor stud is always stuck on the nut and comes right out

[@TimmyTheToolman]

Yeah, I guess that's a plus.

[@paulhayslett259]

Thank you for the awesome video. I was on the brink of installing a full floater in my GX470 rather than replacing these wheel bearings. I bought Duane's tool and it a quick and easy job. (Top quality, don't support the commies in China and buy directly from Duane!) The worst part of the job was getting the ebrake(s) installed. Thanks again and keep up the great videos!

[@TimmyTheToolman]

@paulhayslett259 You're welcome, Paul. Thanks for buying from Duane. I'm glad our video helped you out. Happy Wrenching!

[@treehouseoffroad]

Hey Tim great video as usual. Quick question, have you ever heard of anyone having any luck welding/re-drilling hub lug holes? Putting 2011 Tundra diffs into my 06 Sequoia and really want to keep my 6 lugs. Watching you perform the runout test makes me nervous about it not ending up perfectly smooth

[@TimmyTheToolman]

I've never tried to alter axles on these rigs. I guess if you heat up the axle too hot it could warp. Sort of sounds like a risk not worth taking just to keep your rims.

[@treehouseoffroad]

@@TimmyTheToolman Yeah you're probably right... I'll let you know how it goes

[@omarlopez7089]

An easier way to get the brake line free is by cutting a slit on the bracket, on the top. You just hit it with a file after and the little two pronged tab will still go on. You won’t have to bleed the brakes. Super simple. Way less time than having to unbolt the caliper, then the bracket, then opening the brake system to air, then bleeding, then bolting the bracket then the caliper. 20:55

[@TimmyTheToolman]

Good idea.

[@Baebon6259]

would you recommend tilting the vehicle to the opposite side in hope of saving some "gear oil"?

[@TimmyTheToolman]

Yeah, you could certainly jack up one side at a time if you don't want to renew the gear oil.

[@andyg5004]

Chinese are the best at copying. Please buy from the original inventor

[@TimmyTheToolman]

Yes, this would be ideal. Don't reward the people who ripped off his intellectual property.

[@RedAppleApe]

So if I found alot of grease/oil in my brake drums means the sealing is probably damaged? I had for like two years a selfmade rear differential lock that replaced the toyota actuator but I missed some thing, a breather. Probably thats why it was pressing oil through the sealing? Greetings from Germany

[@TimmyTheToolman]

Yeah, if you have gear oil on your brakes, that's definitely a sign that the seals have failed. A stuck closed breather could cause the seals to fail, but seals fail for other reasons, like time/mileage and wheel bearing play.

[@RedAppleApe]

@@TimmyTheToolman well I changed like a week ago back to oem part I found for a reasonable price in Saudi Arabia so I guess I will check in one or two weeks if the drum is greasy again.. But yeah mileage is also a thing probably with like 333.000kms Thanks for advice :)

[@sylyx3912]

This might be a dumb question but do you have to change the bearings too if you change the seal?

[@TimmyTheToolman]

If the bearing got soaked in gear oil then yes. Typically, if you have a leak and did not catch it immediately, your bearing would usually be ruined. - Sean

[@efil4kizum]

shout-out to Duane in TacomaHA NE 8^)

[@TimmyTheToolman]

Is TacomaHa near Omaha? Sounds like a nice place to live.

[@efil4kizum]

@@TimmyTheToolman yes, in the middle of the cornfields its the 3rd coldest (winter months) big city of +400k population in the USA (behind Minneapolis and Milwaukee) ... plenty of road salty chemicals used even for less than 1/2 inch of snowfall 8^(

[@TimmyTheToolman]

@@efil4kizum I would hate to live in an area they salt the roads. That would take the fun out of turning wrenches.

[@efil4kizum]

@@TimmyTheToolman I paid $3.02 here for tacoJuice at Shell for the 87 grade with that ethanol yesterday

[@TimmyTheToolman]

@@efil4kizum California Bay Area prices are around $5.50/gallon. We get reamed in Commiefornia.

[@armondhammer9]

Anyone else laugh when he pulled out the DeWalt to break the calipers bolts?? I knew it didn't have enough balls.

[@TimmyTheToolman]

You know, sometimes the little guy does break free caliper bolts. I just used that little Dewalt on some rear caliper bolts on a 5th Gen and it zipped them off no problem. But, the rear calipers are torqued to a lighter spec than the fronts.

[@armondhammer9]

@@TimmyTheToolman I was just being silly. I do like to break things free by hand to spare the neighbors a little bit of noise tho... I don't want any complaints. Thanks for the video.

[@IamReadyToRock]

The tool is it available on amazon?

[@TimmyTheToolman]

Don’t buy from Amazon. Only knock offs there. Buy from Duane directly, made in the USA. Email him directly and mentioned we sent you. He will give you a discount. [e-mail]

[@TimeisMoney22]

Those ebrake assemblies are a nightmare lmao!

[@TimmyTheToolman]

Yes, they are. We will have a video coming out very soon on some ways to make dealing with the parking brake a little easier. It's still a pain in the ass, but less of a pain in the ass.

[@maxenielsen]

I might want to get the press tools. Who makes them? On my iPhone I don’t see that info because the description doesn’t show. I found a way to get around some of the struggle with the retainer springs. I pre-compress them in the jaws of a small Crescent wrench. Then I secure them, in their compressed state while still in the jaws, with some fine iron wire. Florist’s green wrapping wire works really well. I use the kind that is coated in green lacquer, not the kind that has a plastic insulation sheath. Then, I put the slotted washer, spring, and washer with the retaining tab on the little rod, and keep them in place with roast-tying twine passed through the hole in the flange. The twine enables me to keep the spring assembly together while I slide the shoe in place. I’ve sometimes tied a heavy object to the free ends of the twine to provide tension while keeping my hands free. Once the shoe and spring assembly are in place, and while maintaining tension on the twine, I cut or break the wires with dikes or needle-nose pliers. The wire is fine and fairly soft, so it comes apart and with a bit of patience the pieces come free of the spring/washer assembly. The shoe and retainer are now in place. This method still requires a fair amount of patience. But it eliminates most of the strain and aggravation, along with bruises and scraped knuckles.

[@TimmyTheToolman]

We link the axle tools in the video description. You just have to click on "more" to expand the description out. We have heard of the wire technique. We started to go that route with some bailing wire, but abandoned it after some frustration. We just shot a video regarding the parking brake on these Toyota/Lexus trucks and SUVs with rear disk brakes. I think we've come up with a pretty good way to do it with a new special service tool we discovered. It was still a bit of a pain in the ass, but we found this new technique a little easier.

[@KiyaWarrior]

The 80 series / LX450 does not have drum brakes and the rear axle is quite a bit different from this. Not sure about the LX470 and 100 series though. Good video otherwise.

[@TimmyTheToolman]

We never mentioned this video was for FJ80 or LX450 vehicles. If you open the video description, we list all the models it works for. I know the FJ80 and LX450 are way different with full floating rear axles. It does, however, pertain to LX470 and 100 Series Land Cruisers.

[@andyg5004]

This tooo,set from Dwayne is a copy of the Toyota oem tools

[@TimmyTheToolman]

Yeah? I've never seen what the Toyota SSTs for this job looks like. It's usually just some pictogram on a FSM page.

[@duanebier5870]

Well, sorta. I mean a puller is a puller is a puller. But, the Toyota SST does NOT include any means to remove the inner race. Toyota shop manual says to cut it. BTW, I've sold several of my kits to Toyota Dealerships. The technician like mine better. - Duane