jebadiah

Hi everyone this is my first post and I hope I put it in the right spot. I have a 08 is250 AWD and I will be replacing the front hub assembly. Does anyone here know whats involved in doing this. I know I have to take the caliper and the rotor off. The there are 4 bolts in the back of the hub. I noticed there is a nut in the Centre of the hub. Do I need to take that nut of as well. It looks like it is a twelve point nut. Any guidance with this would be greatly appreciated. Is there anything i should know or be careful of?

Gville350

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Yeah, because you have an AWD model, you will have to remove that axle nut. If you don't have a good assortment of tools and breaker bars, I'd leave this project to a local shop to tackle. Some end up no being able to break those four bolts loose from the hub and end up taking the car to a shop. If you have a GOOD impact gun, you should be able to get this done yourself. If not, you might get lucky with just using a LONG breaker bar.

GL!

Jeff Lange

iTrader: (1)

I would recommend a new axle nut as well, since it's a staked nut that is intended to be one-time use.

Jeff

toyoman29

Also have a good torque wrench and be sure to torque the new axle nut back to specs or you will have early wheel bearing failure.

jebadiah

Could I reuse the old nut for a couple of weeks till the new one comes as long as it's torqued to spec. Does anyone know the torque for that nut. Also does anyone know what size that nut is. I know it's 12 point I belive

Gville350

iTrader: (10)

^Yeah, you'll be fine. I've only ever reused axle nuts; it's of course not best-practice, but it all worked out just fine.