I found a small bolt which seems to do nothing in its place...

Passenger side half shaft, the longer one, has a bearing.
The bearing is secured in the bearing mount with a snap ring.
On the bottom side of the bearing mount there is a bolt,
maybe 15mm hex head and 1/2 maybe 3/8 long, which
screws up into the bearing mount, but it is too short to touch
it the bearing itself. When I removed the shaft and its bearing
and feel the place where the bolt was expected to stick out
I could feel a deep hole, so the bolt was far, far to short to
make any contact with the bearing...

What is this bolt for? Is this some kind of grease point or what?

According to the free repair guide on Autozone, that should be the
bearing lock bolt on the bottom side that holds the bearing in the
holder. After you remove it, the snap ring holds the halfshaft at the
holder.

See excerpt below:

14. Remove the right halfshaft from the transaxle as follows:
1. Remove the bearing lockbolt. The lockbolt is located in the
center of the halfshaft, near the dampener.
2. Using snapring pliers, remove the snapring and pull the
halfshaft from the transaxle.

On Jul 26, 9:20*pm, "Pszemol" <Psze...@PolBox.com> wrote:

<johngdole@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:873fda9e-6032-4d06-9e24-d8fff7d29417@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
According to the free repair guide on Autozone, that should be the
bearing lock bolt on the bottom side that holds the bearing in the
holder. After you remove it, the snap ring holds the halfshaft at the
holder.

See excerpt below:

14. Remove the right halfshaft from the transaxle as follows:
1. Remove the bearing lockbolt. The lockbolt is located in the
center of the halfshaft, near the dampener.
2. Using snapring pliers, remove the snapring and pull the
halfshaft from the transaxle.

On Jul 26, 9:20 pm, "Pszemol" <Psze...@PolBox.com> wrote:
Don't the bearing have to sometimes be pressed out? I recall having one one
time and we couldn't get the bearing out for nothing.
Tony

The bearing needs to be pressed off the intermediate shaft but the
whole shaft (outer and intermediate) can be removed by pulling out
(rust belt excluded). But usually you can leave the intermediate shaft
on the car and work/replace only the outer halfshaft, which is how
it's done unless you buy a rebuilt combo of outer halfshaft with the
intermediate shaft (see picture below).

http://info.rockauto.com/Cardone/Det.../665044-01.jpg



On Aug 14, 11:16*am, "Anthony Diodati" <mrbreezeet1NO
S...@verizon.net> wrote:

<johngdole@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:49abd0d0-559b-45b9-955a-7e364ed308a2@1g2000pre.googlegroups.com...
The bearing needs to be pressed off the intermediate shaft but the
whole shaft (outer and intermediate) can be removed by pulling out
(rust belt excluded). But usually you can leave the intermediate shaft
on the car and work/replace only the outer halfshaft, which is how
it's done unless you buy a rebuilt combo of outer halfshaft with the
intermediate shaft (see picture below).

http://info.rockauto.com/Cardone/Det.../665044-01.jpg



On Aug 14, 11:16 am, "Anthony Diodati" <mrbreezeet1NO
S...@verizon.net> wrote:
Yea Thanks John, It was the outer race that would not come out IIRC.
I do live in Wheeling WV, fair amount of snow and salt.
again IIRC machine shop said it was pretty common.
Tony

Pszemol wrote:
That bolt has a rubber tip.
The factory manual calls it a "non re usable part" so it is to be
replaced each time.
The rubber tip gets left behind when the bolt is removed.
You can push it out, then install the new bolt, which will keep the
bearing shell from turning.
Just use a new Toyota supplied bolt and you'll be fine.

Would you have a part # ? Just for the bolt with the rubber tip attached...

Thanks

"Daniel" <nospampls2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:b2c28803-cece-4b42-861c-f13c3a3953a7@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
Do you know the part number for this special bolt?
The guy at the parts counter at my local dealership could not find it for
some reason on his computer...

Pszemol wrote:

That's a clue to find another parts person.
Should be right with the picture for the axle.
Or call another Toyota dealer, and give this guy the parts number.
Try 90119-10461

"Daniel" <nospampls2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8d723588-33c8-4377-94ca-7cf539220c22@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
Well, I was looking at this computer screen with him and we both could not
spot any bolt.

Thanks!

"Pszemol" <Pszemol@PolBox.com> wrote in message
news:g8gkp7.1is.0@poczta.onet.pl...
OK, I have found a drawing we were both looking at and I was not sure what
bolt I need. And now I know why - the drawing is showing two different ways
the bearing bracket mounts - this did not look like the braket on my car, so
I did not recognize the bolt :-)

http://tinyurl.com/58h789

It is there, looking at me, item # 43457A

Yahoo!

Yes , the copy looks backwards. I always look at it from the passenger side
& looking upward I'll go to toyota Sat. with a copy. Thanks