How I remove and replace the Toyota 4×4 inner axle seals on the 1979 – 1985 (U.S.) Toyota 4×4 solid front axles. Link to playlist of other videos I’ve done o…
Toyota 4×4 solid front axle How to remove and replace the inner axle seals Fix knuckle leaks
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Can you do this without removing entire axle guts?
I use whatever is specified in the factory service manual as far as weight
(I think it’s 80w90 hypoid gear oil). As for brand, I usually get
whatever’s cheap, unless I’ve got a really expensive differential (locker
and gears) in there, then I like the full synthetic Redline products. You
really need to change your gear oil at least once a year if you wheel hard
and do water crossings. No matter how good your seals are, water will
always work its way into an axle during water crossing.
@WheeliePete ok thanks
I have a ’94 cruiser, how often do you recommend changing the front axle
seal?
tHANKS wHEELIE pETE!! THIS, is so helpful!! I am stoked!!!
@jedkerKTM525 Osi Land cruiser jest ten sam wzór, tylko większe, zatem
silniejszy. Używane google tłumacz wirte tym. Przepraszamy, jeśli nie ma
żadnego sensu.
The bulk of the gear oil sits in the differential housing. What spills out
is whatever sneaks past the leaky seal into the knuckle. You should always
check the level of the gear oil when your done changing the seal, but it
won’t leak out when you pull the axle seal.
@lineman733 There are two 54mm nuts that hold the wheel bearings to the
spindle.
Thanks a lot. What gear oil do u recommend?
The problem with a stock birf is the hardness of the bell. Toyota hardened
the steel so that it would last FOREVER in a stock application. The
downside is that they are essentially brittle under shock loads from big
tires, lockers, etc. Don’t even think about it – get a set of 27spline
Longfields (or better yet, get the Longfields + Shafts package) and go
thrash on them without having to have that nagging feeling in the back of
your head the whole time your wheeling that the birf’s gonna break.
Great, simple and quick vid! Just did eco seals, Marlin inner/outer kits,
Dirty 30’s USA and S.O.R.D. armor on my SFA that will be going on my SAS
next week…. Total agreement on the Marlin seals. … I also am doing a
trans swap, so I’m doing new Marlin tcase and input and output trans seals
as well. GREAT security! BUT, ….TG did one thing better, before Marlin
and others, first…. The felt and rubber combo wiper eliminator ring…
thing is BEEF! Thanks for all you do, Pete!
When doing the inner axel seal will a bunch of gear oil spill out. Will u
have to put gear oil in after putting the new seal in ?
you should do a video for replacing a toyota rear axle
@lesliesmanjeff An excellent policy! I’ve never had a bad transaction with
Marlin.
You don’t need the third member out to remove the birfield and axles. The
inner cir-clip just holds the birfield to the inner axle shaft. Once the
cir-clip is off the axle slides in and out of the birfield. There’s an
outer c-clip that goes on the end of the birfield stub that keeps the
brifield from walking too far into the knuckle. Go check out my knuckle
dissassembly video in the playlist of Tips Tricks & DIY for 4-wheeling on
my Youtube channel.
what is stronger land cruiser axle or patrol axle ?
i buy all my parts from marlin crawler
marlin crawler and trail-gear where i bought all my yota stuff
@jedkerKTM525 Do you mean Portal axle? or the Nissan Patrol? It all ready
comes down to size of ring and pinion and diameter and material of the
axles shafts. Bigger is better. They don’t ship Nissan Patrol’s to the US
so I’ve never actually seen one of them… A Portal axle is an axle that
has a set of gears at the hubs which lowers the gear ratio at the wheels.
They are usually found on large vehicles (military), are insanely strong,
and have great ground clearance.
Your toyota videos are much appreciated. Thank You
@danielmooresynergyis Sounds like one of your birfield joints is broken
(since you said Hi-Lux I’m assuming you’re not in the states are are one of
the fortunate ones that got solid front axle trucks until the 90’s?) Any
way, I shattered the inner star on a birfield once and it did the exact
thing you’re describing. The bell was intact, but the inner star was blown
and jammed up the balls so the birf locked up in a turn. Scary stuff.
I wouldn’t touch it unless you see gear oil leaking off the knuckles. All
that seal needs to do is keep the oil from migrating from the differential
housing into the knuckle balls when you tip the axle side to side so
there’s no need to mess with it unless it is leaking.
@WheeliePete Cheers Pete yep double fortunate as here in New Zealand 96 was
the year that they changed to independent suspension. I have a local 4 WD
club member coming to take a look at it next week. So hopefully I will get
to the bottom of it can you give me a contact for Marlin as nobody here has
heard of them and everyone has the same problem with leaking seals. Thanks
once again for the great Videos very helpful.
I’ve put a link to the Tips, Tricks & DIY for 4-Wheeling playlist on my
channel up in the description of this video. Check out my other vids.
Hey Pete, thanks for the great videos just pulled out the axle on my 96
Hi-Lux all “appears” to be fine but the reason i pulled it apart was
because it was binding up and pulling the whole vehicle to the right and
making some horrible noises in the process. Any ideas what this could be.
Hey Wheelie Pete! Your axle is probably gone by now but, just asking? Do
the axles just slip out after removing the c clip? I noticed you had the
third member out? was this part of removing the axles?? Help Please!
whats the socket size of the axle nut ?? would be great help thanks
I’m going to be working on a front axle build for video stuff and I’ve been
intrigued by that TG eliminator ring. I’ll have to give it a try. I’m just
down the street from S.O.R.D. so I pick up their stuff a lot.