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With the wheal off and the truck safely in the air, follow the ABS sensor wire to the pick up bolted to the spindle. There really is no need to buy new hub's if your existing ones are in good shape. This is a step by step going with the 2nd option where you just transfer the wheel hub spindle vrs. For the Lexus GX trucks, its the same bearing used on the same model year 4Runner so just get them from Toyota vrs. This option you can find a large range of bearings in both local auto parts and over the Toyota parts counter. However you can find them on line pre-assembled with both Chinese bearings or the typical Toyota OEM "KOYO" bearings.Ģnd option is to buy the bearing and seal, then press out the stock wheel hub spindle and press it into the new bearings. Local auto parts stores AND Toyota do not typically stock the unit bearings as built assemblies. This is a direct just swap out the unit bearing and cost about $100 more per side. These are new bearings, seal and 4 bolts with a new wheel hub spindle already pressed into the wheel bearings.
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Toyota wheel bearing replacement is rather straight forward. You have two options for doing the job:ġst is to buy pre-assembled unit bearings. The other sign of them going bad is the dreaded growl from one side when you turn. You can check for ware by lifting the truck off the ground and pulling the top and bottom of the tire feeling and looking for play at the hub. Running over-sized tires combined with hard use off road lead to the bearings to ware. as the ring is magnetic.) The unit bearings are not right and left spacific, so one will fit either side. Also use caution with metal dust from grinding etc. (Note do not set Unit Bearings on the direct ground with the sensor ring facing down.
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We need to use care when handling the unit bearings as the ABS sensor ring is always exposed when the bearings are off the truck. This ring has an A then B signal that the pick up reads this allows very accurate readings as well as telling the computer if the wheel is spinning in reverse. The ABS ring spins with the bearing and is what the ABS pick up gains the reading of the wheel movement. The ABS sensor ring is a black magnetic ring permanently atached to the inner bearing. The other key component of the Toyota 4x4 unit bearings is located on the backside of the inner bearing, the ABS sensor ring. The front spindle is what the upper and lower control arms bolt to. The Toyota Unit Bearings have a 4 bolt flange built into them that has 4 captured bolts that bolt the unit to the front spindle. The front bearings are meant to be a sealed combined "Unit" with the front wheel hub spindle pressed into them with a lip seal between the two primary parts. Toyota uses basically the same front unit bearing in the front of the entire line up of 4x4's that are built off the Prado 120 and 150 line up. Time too replace: With the proper tools can be done in about 45min to 1hr per side.