Loose Pinion Bearings? (Toyota Tacoma)

This legendary Toyota Tacoma 4x4 has some rough driveline vibrations.
The rear differential pinion bearings have quite a bit of play in them at 260k hard miles.

What's the quick and dirty Russian Repair?

PRACTICAL MECHANIC Diff Rebuild:

Enjoy!
Ivan

[boost]

I've taken up the play like this with a rattle gun, on many landcruiser and hilux and never had any problems. Thanks for all your video 👍👍

[baxrok.]

Very subtle adjustment, well done. I never would have shown that air filter to anyone! lol Thanks Ivan!

[TheThreeLeggedChair]

when you post a car related video, i get all excited like a kid watching cartoons on saturday mornings back in the 90'S.

[martyyt]

I'll bet his oil is a real Gem also. Probably have to chisel it out!!! Good customer!!

[DanWallis]

Watching from Newman, Western Australia. 👍

[kcawareness]

Nice short video... right to the point.

Plus I love hearing the Northern Flicker in the background.

[pawemus]

Keep going, keep going.... Ups snapped. Good job Ivan. Greetings from UK/PL

[ThePracticalMechanic]

Thanks Ivan, the one I built was the none locker type but the process is almost identical other than the install and the removal of the locker actuator.

[dans_Learning_Curve]

1980 Dodge Colt front wheel drive. Lots of miles, front wheel bearings had slop. Put a dial indicator on it and measured the slop. Divided the amount by 2, used the surface grinder at college to reduce the thickness of the spacer. Drove it a couple more years until the body started falling apart.

[porky]

Nice little fix Ivan, every ounce of prevention = a pound of cure 👍

[fredshead]

When i was a kid about 50 years ago, fitted a new oil seal in diff pinion and didn't know anything about collapsible spacers and did the nut up with an air wrench, took the car up the road and it made heck of a noise, i overtightened it, car ended up with new differerencial...oh dear...Fred in England.

[ken]

I was researching pinion bearing forces (axial loads vs radial loads) and came across your video. Kudos to you for doing such a nice job of taking up the play and maybe getting many more miles out of it. 260k is already pretty good. ZUK the gear guy 😎

[ThePracticalMechanic]

I do the same thing when I come across a loose pinion. One of two results will happen: it will work great for years and years or it will loosen up again as the bearing wear out.

[metoon]

Great Video Ivan! I did chuckle when you used an old American slang term describing play at the pinion.
Excessive play and " Slop ". Omg! Buddy that's old. Lol

[likearockcm]

Well this video cements it👍. My '03 tacoma 4x4, 130k miles will live longer than me

[SmittySmithsonite]

He's got us beat by 1k miles over our '86 Grand Marquis! Nice!

Amazing with all that slop, the thing STILL didn't leak a drop! If that was a Ford or Chevy, you'd be rebuilding the rear after it fried itself to a cinder due to lack of lubrication, lol!

[smokinjoe]

i have bean a mechanic 30 + years have done same adjustment 100's of times with no problems may not be the the proper way but seams to work with out having to spend a lot of money for nothing .keep up the good work

[ThePracticalMechanic]

That filter was rough, but I suppose it did the job. I've seen a few diesel trucks try to turn those filters inside out with less dirt than that. Thanks for the status update at the end.

[AP]

Very nice video. Great job taking up the slop! Be careful as the crush sleeve might be worse. Idk. At least it's maintained well. If you're happy, I'm happy! Hahaha! Great job!!

[regularguy]

very helpful video ! I have exact same problem with 93 pickup going to try and tighten it tomorrow