I need an exploded view of the outer bearing portion on a Tacoma rear axle.

It has the same bolt pattern as the Mini so a mini would probably work as well. I nned to figure out what other parts I need other than a bearing and bearing retainer to make my spare Taco shaft work.

So no one has a pic of the axle shaft dissassembled?

Originally posted by Jason M
I nned to figure out what other parts I need other than a bearing and bearing retainer to make my spare Taco shaft work. If you are running drums, youll need backing plate with all brake parts, bearing, retainer cup (inc studs), o-ring, cup seal, retainer ring and circlip.

With rear discs you can ditch the humongous backing plate and theres no need to bleed brakes if you have to swap to spare axle.

This is based on truck/4rnr, honestly dont think Taco will be much diff.

If it's just a spare axleshaft, weld the hole in a brake bleeder screw shut, or find a 10mm x 1.0 bolt to keep in the toolbox... and use it to plug the brake line on whichever side snaps. Keep an inner seal in there too.

Now unless I'm mistaken, you should just the outer seal, bearing, retaining collar, and snap ring. Not sure if you'd need a little bit of a backing plate to house the outer seal and bearing.

This way, one axleshaft would work on both sides, which is not the case if you equip it with factory drum brake hardware. Just drive home on 3 brakes, press the brake hardware off the busted axle, and slap it on the new one. :)

Originally posted by TNToy
Not sure if you'd need a little bit of a backing plate to house the outer seal and bearing.That's what the bearing cup does. It holds the outer seal and the bearing and the four studs which bolt onto the end of the axle housing. It works fine without the backing plate, but you gotta press (or BFH) the studs out to remove the backing plate.

Originally posted by Alabamatoy
That's what the bearing cup does. It holds the outer seal and the bearing and the four studs which bolt onto the end of the axle housing. It works fine without the backing plate, but you gotta press (or BFH) the studs out to remove the backing plate. That's what I thought. Most people just saw the majority of the backing plate off, to the point where it's mostly just bearing cup left... and doesn't care what side it's on. :)