Any mechanical people to help me ?

frankledwith

Anyone out there good at mechanics ? I drive a 207 k mile 1992 km35 toyota Liteace. There is a loud whirring,humming noise coming from the back end of this van.It gets louder with speed and is there even when coasting. I reckon its the bearings where the wheel joins the axle.I pulled the brake drum off and took off the shoes and adjuster gear. I removed the 4 14 mm bolts that hold the backing plate to the axle via a kind of retaining bracket but could find no way of removing the axle.There is a half a mil of play but no leaks.I can find no help or manuals to down load on the net after hours of looking.It probably has a similar setup to a lot of r.w.d. jap machines.Any ideas anyone ?

who_am_I?

Have you looked at the Diff?. That can generate a good howling sound as it fails.

frankledwith

Im hoping its not the diff because that will be a total pain to get re-built and expensive.The diffs. are good for well over 500k miles as a rule..The first thing I checked when I got this van was the diff.It had plenty of gear oil so I was assuming it had been maintained properly. The bearings have a little play in them and I thought they would be easy to investigate so I'm checking them out first.Any ideas on pulling the axles out ?

Dardania

OP You might get a better response if you post in the Motoring forum:

Rec> Motoring > Motors

Some very knowledgeable types in there

frankledwith

Your right about that.Thats why I have it on there also.:pac:

motthomas

Very hard to help you without knowing the vehicle itself. Id say youd get better advice in the motoring section. Any photos? Might help a bit to see whats going on there.

Iguana Bob

is a Liteace rear wheel drive? if not its very very unlikely to be a diff problem!!!
probably a bearing i would say.

ep71

its rearwheel drive, if you remove the brake drum and the 4 14mm retaining bolts you can use a slide hammer to pull the halfshaft out of the axle casing. alternatively, put on an old steel rim and whack it with a big sledgehammer to remove the shaft. id say its the halfshaft bearing thats gone, a fairly common problem on the liteace. if you dont know what you're doing, you're probably better off bringing it to a mechanic.

frankledwith

I'll be bringing the shafts into a heavy plant workshop to get the bearings replaced. Thanks for the removal tips.