Joar Gruneau

Could this affect the rear tire as well?

I had this problem once. It turned out to be that the rear abs sensor wasn't pushed far enough down its hole. Inspect that all abs sensors are in proper possition. (about 1 mm did the difference for me).

don't know, I bought it for about two years ago. Don't know when po did one

Hi I recently noticed I have exessive tyre wear on the outside of both the front and rear tire on the right side. I also noticed that my tie end rods constantly have very different angles on the right and left side. I have added pictures of the tie end rods and a picture of the worn front right tire. I go camping a lot with a truck camper so which weighs about 500 kg. The wear is on both the front and rear tire on the right side which puzzles me. Could this be the cause of faulty rear suspension (the leaf springs are slightly more compressed on the right side) or is a camber angle or toe in problem? I do regularly rotate the tires so it is possible all of the wear comes form one wheel but the rear right tire is showing nylon threads now and I think I would have noticed that last time I rotated (the rear tire has the same wear pattern as the front). It would be much appreciated if someone could give me some pointer, what might be wrong so I could know what to start looking at. Best Regards Joar

Just pull it out and put in a new one. Sometimes there are two small hooks which you have to push back to pull it out. You will probably also need a adapter from iso contact to toyotas own contact to connect it to the car if its a aftrermarket as ross said.

also checked the magnet for the drain plug found not a single large particle so seems the incorrect installment haven't caused any serious damage :) really happy about that

I have ordered my haynes manual but it hasn't arrived yet so right no I'm relying on write ups on forums and videos. I looked at the u-joint and the one near the diff has a small play in rotation but doesn't seem that bad to me. Is there a cv on all drive-shafts or is it different on different models? ( I don't know how to locate it or how to check it for wear). Mine is a two piece with a u-joint in the front and then the center bearing and then something that looks like two u-joints close together and then the u-joint near to the diff house which has some play. I can ad it has only driven 170 000 km. I also looked at the center bearing and it has about 1 cm of play if I push it up or down, but judging from what others said that it seems to be fine. There is no vibration while driving. I will change the brake lines in the rear since they are rusty so will look trough the flexible parts as well. Edit: thing is i'm also a bit short on time before i need the truck again so even thou the rear u-joint probably needs replacing soonish it would be nice if it could wait a a few month

thank you for all the help, i realized that the reason that the left axle won't go in fully is because the retard that did it the last time installed it the wrong way on the left axle. On the right it is retainer, abs-ring, c-clip, retainer and then bearing but on the left the c-clip and the inner retainer have change place :/ I looked into the diff house and the oil is clean and clear so don't think it has come in any water. But still a good idea to change while I'm doing the rest. Replacing slave cylinder sounds like a easy DIY jobb. I will look at the U/cv-joint and bearing tomorrow. Do you need special tools like a hydraulic press to change tail-shaft bearing and universal/cv joint? I really don't like taking it to the mechanic so would like to do it myself if you can do it with basic tools.

I was about to change brake shoes when i noticed that the brake drum on the left side is almost a cm further out from the axle than the right. The backing plate is also lose and can move about a cm up and down along the axle. If i push the backing plate outwards so that the outer seals look like the other side my bearing sticks out a bit at the back (see picture) Since I don't know how it's supposed to look i thought i might as before I take the axle to a mechanic to refit new bearings and the abs and so on... What do you think, is it the fitting that is the problem? thank you for your help Bast regards Joar