wheel bearing has failed

ok thought it would be a bearinghubs are tight rusho how hard are the bearings to do? this thing is doing my head in not even keys in my hand for 24 hours and nor taken offroad and its broken on me again

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thats the hilux i have been offered so its tempting but im loving my zook when its running well

i dont have the cash i have spent near 3 grand fixing this thing!! and i also have numerous uni assignments due this week and im also meant to be going to double island for my uni holidays next monday. the weird thing is every bearing has been tight no play or anything and just randomly went. how hard are they to do?

if you sell it now & buy a hilux, you'll be buying someone elses problems.... buy the sounds of it you've nearly got all the bugs sorted out.

i would love to bring it down but in all honestly i do not trust it and with the way my lucks going latley the wheel would fall off it. i can pull the wheel out all the way until the calipers are fully spread the brakes arnt even holding pressure. is it the same as a rear wheel where comes out with the axle? and am i going to have to re do all the diff oil as its brand new diff oil and hasnt even been put in 4x4 yet. if i can get it out i may be able to borrow room mates ute and come for a drive down. if so what tools will i need to remove it to get it to some one as my brothers coming up tomorrow so he can bring tools.

if it truly has randomly gone the locking nuts wasnt done up properly and has spun loose, or the races werent seated properly and have moved in more

In all truth stuff like this just going and being prepared to fix it right away is part and parcel of modifying these cars and using them every day, if you arent prepared to either spend a lot more time checking things over or dropping every thing to fix them then maybe its not the car for you, shit ive had to replace unis in the driveway with not even a vice so I could get to work, tis jsut how it is

If you dont have a lot of income (especially as a uni student)
I highly suggest you start acquiring tools and learning to fix it yourself.

I had to replace the front bearings on mine a few months ago.
I did the wheel bearings, kingpin bearings, knuckle seals and the hub while I was at it.

Cost about $140 for the lot, was messy and took me about 1/2 a carton

You have to constantly check them with bigger wheels especially. They love slowly working loose if its a daily driver. Just grab the front tyres and if they sway a bit tighten them up .

How does everyone tighten them btw? They require a pretty huge socket piece, i have seen some of these nuts done up with cold chisels and it isn't pretty and you can't get them as tight as using a socket and bar. My dad welded up similar socket for a 1" socket set, gets them pretty tight now.