"Tighten" bearing, 1986 Camry (Front hub)

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Hachiroku ハチロク - 24 Sep 2007 23:17 GMT

Mom's 1986 Camry failed inspection; the inspector said the bearing on the
driver's side front was bad. He said, "You may be able to tighten it up;
I'm not sure on this car."

I am guessing he means tighten the hub.

http://www.autozone.com/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/15/75/e7/0900823d801575e7/repai
rInfoPages.htm

Doesn't look too hard, I'll have to look at the hub assy to get an idea of
what I need to do and if I want to tackle it.

Her car is in good shape with little rust, so it should be easy...

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johngdole@hotmail.com - 27 Sep 2007 02:14 GMT

At least on that year you can still repack the ball bearings. The
later ones you just swap the bearing out. But with a hub nut, nut
retainer and cotter pin that don't move, it's more like worn bearing
than something that you can just "tighten it up".

The hub nut and retainer should be reusable, but the cotter pin
obviously needs to be a new one.
And if you do all the work of pulling it out, might as well put in a
new bearing and oil seal.
rockauto.com has BECK/ARNLEY bearing # 0513929 for $39.79+shipping.
I'd just go to the local NAPA store.

Also check the lower ball joint and steering tie rod ball joint.

On Sep 24, 3:17 pm, Hachiroku <Tru...@AE86.gts> wrote:

> Mom's 1986 Camry failed inspection; the inspector said the bearing on the
> driver's side front was bad. He said, "You may be able to tighten it up;
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> Her car is in good shape with little rust, so it should be easy...

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