hilux heavy duty centre bearing?

I just bought one from ebay a few years ago and its still going strong.
Saiid nothing about it being heavy duty.

The 1983 Hilux,s didn't have a centre bearing, don't know about sikaflex bonding to the surfaces.

mines a 90 Ln106. so i either have to replace the centre bearing or get a solid shaft customed up.

Hi Wildman,
Not sure if there is a heavy duty one, or if you had a picture in your post, I didnt see it.


To get longer life out of them,

Yes, get some sikaflex and with your new center bearing, fill the voids in the rubber that holds the bearing.

What happens in normal use, is that the rubber deteriorates and moves more and more and finally dosent hold the bearing correctly, thus it moves excessively from center causing vibration, noise etc.
Often the actual bearing proper in the middle is still quite servicable and ok.

So I use the black stuff, adhesive.
ensure you correctly fill the voids in the rubber that holds the bearing, and once done, let cure for a few days/ week.
Then fit.

Will last alot longer and no issues with vibration etc.

Trains

Once again, just mark your tailshaft clearly, so you dont put it back misaligned, and do yourself a favour, get a new locknut from toyota, 3-4 bucks, and use locktite on the nut as well.

replacing split tail shafts with single piece tail shafts is a very common mod on a variety of vehicles.

My 03 hilux has a single piece tail shaft from factory.

The split tail shaft seems to come and go.

cheers