Digsy Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Gearing up to swap my rear hubs over next week. I had a read of the workshop manual last night and was rather surprised about how much you seem to have to take off to get the hubs off. I was kind of hoping that I could just disconnect the ball joints at the hub carrier end, undo the Jesus nut in the middle, remove the caliper and tap the thingy off the driveshaft - job done. Troube is, the manual says you have to drop trhe exhaust, remove the complete driveshaft from the diff end and take a load of the suspension joints off the car. Is that all true, or is there a simpler way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeT Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 i didnt remove the exhaust or the driveshafts. i basically did it how you said by just unbolting tie rods and ball joints from the hub end. i think i may have had to completely remove one tie bar but cant really remember to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 same as LeeT, but you obviously have to remove all the h/brake assy too. Digsy, you will have to remove all the suspension bolts too to release the hub itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted May 22, 2006 Author Share Posted May 22, 2006 Terrif. I hoped someone would say that I think the reason Toymota suggest taking the driveshaft out is that their SST ball joint splitter is the size of a pregnant whale and wouldn't fit in otherwise. MAy I ask what kind of splitter you used? THere are actually two SSTs for the job but I don't fancy forking out for either. Do Halfrauds or Wilco do one that would fit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 i used the BJ splliter from Machine mart, its the non impact one, like a bolt in a fulcrum sort of design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 When i took them off i just tapped the side of the hub where the joints sit. Dropped out lovely. Ball joint splitters just fcuk the rubber seal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeT Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 When i took them off i just tapped the side of the hub where the joints sit. Dropped out lovely. Ball joint splitters just fcuk the rubber seal. same as that. i did have a splitter but it wasnt big enough for one of the ball joints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted May 22, 2006 Author Share Posted May 22, 2006 When i took them off i just tapped the side of the hub where the joints sit. Dropped out lovely. Ball joint splitters just fcuk the rubber seal. Yeah - the fork type ones mess up the seal, but you need two different sizes of non-contact type splitters (bad design - well done Toyota ) Hopefully a tap will do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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