New to me 2001 4x4 5spd V6

These are the original knuckles just cleaned

 

So I got on car-part.com just to check, and searched for my truck (2001 4x4 w/ABS) for "Steering Knuckle" and the description in the parts that turned up is "Spindle/Knuckle Assembly, Front", and it shows me everything from 3rd gen 'Runners to 1GTacos to our trucks to 1GSequoias. So it could be something where the junkyard interchange number is the same for those, idk?

 

I think the early model years with the smaller lower ball joints might be interchangeable.

 

small ball crew in the house!

 

Tonight I purchased new wheel bearing, inner and outer seals, an inner axle boot, a thermostat and fipg sealant. I'm going broke!

 

So here I am with the passenger side CV axle.
I drained the fluid, pryed the axle a little then drive wedges in opposite sides behind the shaft until it popped free.


Upon observation I'm wondering if this may be a good time to replace the outer differential seal?
How difficult is that to do? Looks pretty straight forward. Pry out and tap new in ...?


Secondly, I noticed the retaining clip looks pretty loose and a little beat up. What does this clip originally look like? Is this normally so loose?


My plan is to replace the outer CV axle dust seals and the inner CV boot.

 

Those clips are pretty loose on the CV, yours are probably fine.
The outer seal is easily removed with a seal puller tool. Replacement is easy, but you have to set it back at the right depth.

 

Please note @Bmktw2 you have to set it at the right depth this is no joke. Exactly back to where it belongs. I had to do mine twice.

 

Clips are designed to be lose

you should check prices on both half shaft, it's not that expensive

 

Last I checked they were $500 each from Toyota. Either way this truck project is over budget and so just going back in with some new seals and a boot. Will get the new CV axles knuckles and brakes maybe next year

 

You can get reman axles for somewhere around $90 IIRC from Toyota. A few guys on here have gotten them and reported good quality. Though I understand why you might wait to save on the funds.

Link about reman axles LINK

 

I used a headlight restore kit to clean up the headlights. Here's before and after.

 

Thanks to Silet (the PO) gave me a Chilton's manual and the original window sticker for the truck yesterday

 

Bought a Toyota boot kit. Cleaned and regressed the CV then replaced the boot.


Tapped the new dust seal on with rubber mallet and the old inner knuckle seal

 

I removed all the badges off the truck...
Then got a slick little decal to install on the bed.

 

How did the paint look underneath? Still able to see where they were?

 

Who's your friend?

 

I pressure washed the old double-sided tape residue but have not done anything beyond that. Going to use goo-gone or alcohol to remove the last bit of it then maybe wax the truck with a buff wheel, either way it looks fine.

 

Pricey, but worth it

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b40065358/

 

I pressed the old spindle out and on it's way it crushed the bearing into pieces and bent the c-clip. The bearing race seems to be siezed on the spindle.


Now I have to figure out how to get the old bearing race off. None of my bearing separators fit this size...

 

I just went with new hubs when I did mine.

 

Used my metabo grinder, cut the bearing race paper thin, used a chisel and hammer started a crack and just beat it out with the hammer and chisel.

 

My man is resourceful.

 

He's like Scotty, link ur channel let us sub...

 

Moving along...





Done

 

Looks good, but I'm a little sad, my OCD's jimmies are rustled over that spot you missed on the top of the knuckle.

 

Shifty,
Two-tone knuckle

 

Got it back on its wheels.



Seems taller than what it used to be... Lots of wheel well here

 

So I'm looking at these lower control arm camber adjusting eccentric because I noticed the passenger side wheel sits perfect but the driver side wheel seems to be too much positive camber.
Can anyone tell me, by looking at these photos something?

Drivers side



Passenger side

 

Pass is fully outwards. Drivers is about halfway and 2/3 way inwards.