Recent axle seal tips, hints, and prayers

Having the press there will help. Me and Casey took the axles to my buddy's shop and pressed them, then drove back, so we didn't get to test them. But yes, we followed that video to a T. Be sure and pay good attention when lining the red peice of the tool up. Don't catch a stud. Or just take the nuts off and keep them safe.

 

Hi Cyclotoine, My seals have about 40k on them and no sign of leaks.

I rarely use mechanics, but whenever they have screwed up on past jobs they always insisted "it's all good". In my experience you won't be able to detect up and down play in the bearing until it is way way gone. So yes, mechanic is right the bearing has no play now and the grease in the bearing may not be "washed out" but it is certainly compromised by the gear oil.

One thing you can do is snake a pipe cleaner down the ABS magnet hole to act as a dip stick. I did this to check my seals for the first 10k after the install. If it comes out coated in oil take a pic and head to your mechanic before the brake shoes get coated again. Remember, gear oil not only degrades your braking performance, but if you use the brakes too long the oil can catch fire inside the drum.




Sorry I can't be more help. This Toyota design is tricky and seems to only have a 2-3mm of room for error.

 

FWIW I think @remington351 really nailed this writeup. Have a 2003, and measured palacement before and after ending up about 2.5-3mm like @remington351 noted. My experience is to use the new Toyota seal (yes my OE was the new design) and rely on grease/sharpie test as the determination for retainer placement. Grease on the retainer OD face where seal mates verifies seal placement. Grease on inward retainer toward axle housing verifies not rubbing the housing from being installed too deep.

Here's my experience on the install:
https://www.tundras.com/threads/2000-4wd-tundra-gear-oil-in-drum-assembly.147283/#post-3691437

And the check it is still dry 2600 miles after...
https://www.tundras.com/threads/wha...-gen-tundra-today.2558/page-2148#post-3711884

 

Can anyone confirm the part number for a 2000 SR5 V8 AC for the rear axel seal?

I am coming up with part number #90310-50006. I just want to double check because I know the 2004-2006 have different part numbers than the 2000-2003.

Thanks.

 

I’ve done this on 4runner axles, even made a tool to press everything out. I followed a write up on the long dead T4r.org, by Mr. Coffee. This was 5 years ago. Lent my tool to a buddy, haven’t seen either since. Sounds like the same process and retainer flip. Hopefully I’m not having to do this soon.

 

That's the correct number. When I replaced the bearing & seal on one side of my axle, I figured if one side has failed the other may not be far behind... so I bought two bearings & seals. This is a pic of the seal sitting in my parts bin waiting for the other side.