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Car Forum / Toyota / Toyota Cars / September 2007"Tighten" bearings on front hub, 1986 Camry
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... =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in news:TGWJi.4080$1z3.3931@trndny02: > 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." You can't "tighten" the front bearings on that car. If you have bearing play, the bearings must be replaced. The old tapered roller bearings (such as commonly found on older RWD vehicles) CAN be tightened to take up play. > I am guessing he means tighten the hub. > > http://www.autozone.com/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/15/75/e7/0900823d80157 > 5e7/repairInfoPages.htm Unless the spindle nut is actually finger-loose, DO NOT try to "tighten" it. Tighten it too much and you can snap the nose off the halfshaft and will need to replace the shaft. > 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. Which way is the play at the tire? Up and down or side to side? Both?  SignatureTegger I don't think you can tighten a pressed in bearing like a tapered bearing. You'll probably need to have it replaced if there's a problem. > 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... I don't think you can tighten a pressed in bearing like a tapered bearing. You'll probably need to have it replaced if there's a problem. > 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... > 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... If the bearing is loose is needs to be replaced asap as those camry's have issues with their bearings. They are known to snap the end of the CV stub axle off leaving only the breaks holding the wheel on. The bearings when they fail can strip the metal off the rear of the hub section, where the inner race is, requiring that a new hub be fitted. These are available from Toyota as a spare part. To replace the bearing you just need to remove the hub and have the bearing pressed off and a new one pressed in. if it comes apart by just pulling on it with your hands then the hub needs to be replaced. The CV shaft nut needs to be done up tighter the what Toyota recommends. the value in the 92-96 section looks ok but don't hold me to that. If you use the Toyota recommended value the bearing will fail and you will need a new bearing, hub and cv within 30 000 Kms and most likely a new brake caliper mount too as this will bend when the wheel comes loose. >> 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 [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > new bearing, hub and cv within 30 000 Kms and most likely a new brake > caliper mount too as this will bend when the wheel comes loose. Whew! Thanks, Nick! Actually, a complete aftermarket hub/bearing assy with the seals already installed is about 1/2 the price of the pieces parts from Toyota. The bearing alone is $71 from Toyota and $45 from a parts store!!! Of course, careful inspection is required before installing an aftermarket part! I've seen rebuilt rack and pinion assy's leak right off the shelf. |
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