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Originally Posted by Jetboy
I've made a few SST for toyota wheel bearings. It's pretty easy to do if you have a welder. Just need a piece of 2" square tube, a few short pieces of 2x2 angle and a piece of 2" flat bar plus a 20 ton hydraulic bottle jack. I usually cut the good section of square tube out and throw the rest away after use though because I don't want to store it until the next time. I always do both rear at the same time. In my experience they almost always go out around the same time. Just easier to do both.
Would be really great if Toyota would re-engineer them to make the bearing a bolt on unit vs the press on! It really doesn't have to be this difficult to change them. On the plus side at least they last a long time.
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Yep, lots of guys have made their own SSTs and it works. But, when you look at the SSTs I used in the video and others I showcase in Part 2 coming soon, it seems worth the expense. These tools are well-designed and they work perfectly. When you factor in the cost of the steel stock and the time to fabricate and weld it all together, the expense for the ready to use tools seems pretty worth it.
