help with echo rear wheel hub removal

Hi all,
would like some advice with my '02 echo rear wheel bearing. I've removed
the 4 bolts from the back and the drum and hit the hub with a rubber mallet.
I then put the wheel back on (and kicked it!) and it still wouldn't budge.
Any ideas??
Thanks,
JP.

"john bos" <jpbos@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> would like some advice with my '02 echo rear wheel bearing. I've removed
> the 4 bolts from the back and the drum and hit the hub with a rubber
> mallet. I then put the wheel back on (and kicked it!) and it still
> wouldn't budge.[/color]

Those four bolts on the back only hold the brake backing plate.
You don't mention the nut on the end of the axle shaft that holds the hub on
the axle...

I'm trying to picture it, and I think you may be in the wrong place. The
bolts on the back are for the drum backing plate. Toyotas rear bearings
bolt in from the front. If you take the drum off and shine a light through
the holes in the hub flange, you should see four bolts. I'm pretty sure
those are the hub fasteners.

Did you try releasing the parking brake? ;)


mike hunt


"john bos" <jpbos@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> would like some advice with my '02 echo rear wheel bearing. I've removed
> the 4 bolts from the back and the drum and hit the hub with a rubber
> mallet. I then put the wheel back on (and kicked it!) and it still
> wouldn't budge. Any ideas??
> Thanks,
> JP.
>[/color]

Thanks;
The bolts from the back go through the axle mount, then the backing plate,
and thread into the cast iron bearing housing. Does the cap at the back need
to be removed to get it out? removing nut or whatever?
Has anyone been successful in rebuilding one of these rather then spend
($259. each).

"qslim" <Suckers@suckersdotcom> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to picture it, and I think you may be in the wrong place. The
> bolts on the back are for the drum backing plate. Toyotas rear bearings
> bolt in from the front. If you take the drum off and shine a light through
> the holes in the hub flange, you should see four bolts. I'm pretty sure
> those are the hub fasteners.
>[/color]

it rotates ok: thanks


"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
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> Did you try releasing the parking brake? ;)
>
>
> mike hunt
>
>
> "john bos" <jpbos@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:iug_f.289$fo1.54549@news20.bellglobal.com...[color=green]
>> Hi all,
>> would like some advice with my '02 echo rear wheel bearing. I've removed
>> the 4 bolts from the back and the drum and hit the hub with a rubber
>> mallet. I then put the wheel back on (and kicked it!) and it still
>> wouldn't budge. Any ideas??
>> Thanks,
>> JP.
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]