89 Toyota Power steering Idler Pulley Bearing swap

[iMickey503]

Bearing swap for the Power steering Idler Pulley
1989 Toyota Van

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Well, I have to admit, it was easy doing the bearing. And this job is pretty cake as its right up in the front. You just have to use small tools, sall hands, just a few extra parts.
A BIG thank you to the thread where the person gave the bearing numbers. That really helped out a ton!


I'm a big fan of SKF, FAG and Japanese made stuff. So I was happy to get a NAME brand Bearing to install. There are a few things to look out for when using this bearing. First the one that fits is not like the one that came with the van. 30 years of service seems to be a good Lifetime of the o.E. Toyota Factory parts.


Things to NOTE:



You will need to use Washers.
The Aftermarket bearing fits, but is not like the O.E. Part
The O.E. Part has a longer shaft inner race that fits right into the pulley flush
the aftermarket bearing does not fit flush on the O.E. pulley.
Using the old OEM bearing to drive the new one in can only be done on the flat side of the bearing.





\\\-How I got the bearing out-///

Bellow is the socket I used which I believe is a 22 mm. all I did was find the surface that would work so that only the outsides of the actual pulley were supported. it was loose enough or I could simply tap it out with simple tools like a smaller socket right inside the inner bearing race and it popped out nicely. This is not the preferred method but it works


(photo below is the new bearing and the box it came in. you can see where I placed the 22 mm socket on top of the bearing and it fit almost perfectly. be sure to Center the socket so it does not damage the bearing seals)
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(I put the bearing in the freezer so I could make it shrink a it to aid in driving in the bearing. Yes I should defrost again) :wnk:
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(Here is the pulley in a glass bowel. I got the water to a rolling boil in the microwave)
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(Here is the Hazard Fraught 22MM impacts socket I used. It worked a charm. I just used a Bigger socket to Tappy Tap Tap in.
It was EASY PEASY!)
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(The socket placement on the new bearing)
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(Part Number on the new bearing)
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(You can see what the old and new bearings look like here)
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That was the EASY part.



(Part TWO of the installation Next)

[iMickey503]

Videos of the install. (Sort of)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6qeXLvGp4A&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6qeXLvGp4A&feature=youtu.be

OEM vs Aftermarket bearing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX_1xM4hm4w&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX_1xM4hm4w&feature=youtu.be

Belt install fail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uIarmauOc&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uIarmauOc&feature=youtu.be

[iMickey503]

The Next few parts I am going to tackle is:

Oil Leak(s)

Oil Pan Level sensor.

Tuning the stereo. it's a very high-end unit it's a Panasonic however I'm thinking that a much simpler and easier and more ergonomic unit should be installed possibly Android head unit.

LED upgrades all around including the front lights and edition of fog lights as well. still looking at what brands of 4 x 6 is that are actually decent.

speaker upgrades are definitely in the works as I speak as the Van has very weak midbass. a 3-way system would be preferable but to a system with some wide range drivers possibly but we already have those as really what's really missing is the top-end sizzling Sparkle.

I'm going to try to refurbish the steel wheels that are on the van has there is some black spots and some other blemishes that are cosmetic that really would make the van look a little bit better.

I need to install a magnetic Easy Connect battery tender as this would be ideal for my mother as she doesn't drive it very much as she has a Toyota truck now that you drives around for the most part.

I'm going to be ordering full silicone wipers as well.

one of the metal tabs for the front seat that allow it to lock is broken and I'm going to see if I can find someone who's going to weld it back in place.



my mom actually just got into an accident yesterday. Someone rear-ended her and actually was on his phone and the person said oh it was a son but then another person who witnessed it saw that person on his phone and not paying attention and therefore basically pushed in the rear bumper completely in the Toyota pickup my mom purchased just too long ago. the entire bumper actually bent underneath the rear tailgate actually looks untouched believe it or not.

so with that I'm going to be installing a few extra safety lighting items on the back of the vehicle so that people can actually see it as most people can't see the stock lights as they're really kind of dim and not very bright.


I will update this thread as I have time as it's already 12:50 a.m. in the morning and I really need to get ready to get to bed so I can get to work tomorrow.