The rear driveshaft on a 1st gen Tacoma is broken into two sections in order to raise the front half of the drive shaft and provide more ground clearance. To achieve this, the shaft is supported, near its center, to a frame crossmember by means of a large bearing. Toyota calls this a center bearing, but it's also commonly referred to in the community as a carrier bearing. This bearing can last hundreds of thousands of miles, but it's not uncommon for it to eventually need replacing, especially on trucks that have been lifted, thereby changing the angles of the…
Leave a Commentescape the ordinary