skit
28th March 2006, 05:00 PM
Hi all,
Well I have had a front wheel bearing failure and upon removing the press-in bearing race from the front hubs I have found that the bearings have been over-tightened and spun the race inside the hub. So - in effect, my hubs have been machined out slightly and there is too much slop when the new bearing race was installed.
The car is an Aus delivered model which had a japanese vented brake assembly installed by the previous owner, though I'm not sure if the whole hub assembly was fitted to the car, or if just the caliper and rotor were switched over.
Can someone please confirm if the front hubs for Aus models and JDM models are the same/different? If anyone has part numbers for these I would much appreciate them. Toyota Aust. claims to have no new hubs, and will be checking with Japan shortly for me.
In the mean time, if someone has a second hand set of hubs (without the aforementioned type of damage!) and would like to get rid of them, I could be your new best friend.
I would imagine that being a cast item they cannot be built up and remachined - but if anyone knows any ways of repairing these (e.g. machining the hub further and installing a sleeve to go between the hub & bearing race, for instance) I would be keen to know.
I have a spare set of MA61 struts/brakes/hubs at home, but I'm pretty sure the Disc ID on these is slightly different from sprinter ones. Mixing and matching is the least favourable option though...
Thanks for your time
Scott
Well I have had a front wheel bearing failure and upon removing the press-in bearing race from the front hubs I have found that the bearings have been over-tightened and spun the race inside the hub. So - in effect, my hubs have been machined out slightly and there is too much slop when the new bearing race was installed.
The car is an Aus delivered model which had a japanese vented brake assembly installed by the previous owner, though I'm not sure if the whole hub assembly was fitted to the car, or if just the caliper and rotor were switched over.
Can someone please confirm if the front hubs for Aus models and JDM models are the same/different? If anyone has part numbers for these I would much appreciate them. Toyota Aust. claims to have no new hubs, and will be checking with Japan shortly for me.
In the mean time, if someone has a second hand set of hubs (without the aforementioned type of damage!) and would like to get rid of them, I could be your new best friend.
I would imagine that being a cast item they cannot be built up and remachined - but if anyone knows any ways of repairing these (e.g. machining the hub further and installing a sleeve to go between the hub & bearing race, for instance) I would be keen to know.
I have a spare set of MA61 struts/brakes/hubs at home, but I'm pretty sure the Disc ID on these is slightly different from sprinter ones. Mixing and matching is the least favourable option though...
Thanks for your time
Scott