I'm about to change out my pads/rotors (planning on Brembo rotors and OEM pads, sound good???)and i figured i should just go ahead replace the inner and outer front wheel bearings w/ seals and possibly the race. I have 150k on the truck (bought it at 120k) and i dont think this has been done yet. Am i over doing it? I just dont want to have to redo it all again just to have something go bad in a year. I did a search and came up the
front-end maintenance article, which is great btw. So, check me if right: i'll need to replace ,for sure, the big lock washers and inner bearing seals. I may need to replaced inner and outer bearing and race. Also, I would be very greatful for any PART NUMBERS you guys may have for any of these parts. I looked up the parts online and i was kinda confused on what to get.

lock washers:
outer bearing:
inner bearing:
inner bearing seal:
race:

Thanks guys.

You should REPACK the wheel bearings. You will clean the bearings in a solvent as part of this process. Inspect them at this point to determine if you need to get new bearings.

You can get the bearings themselves at Autozone. Just get the Timken bearings. They are the same ones the factory put in and Autozone prices beat the dealer and they are usually in stock. No need to spend this money if bearings aren't scratched. These bearings are huge, and will run 200k miles and more if they are clean and set right.

Seals where axle meets steering knuckle are no longer available. There are new parts but if you have to replace them you must get both seals (one mounts on axle and one mounts in steering knuckle - old parts dont fit into new) Just lube them with wheel bearing grease if they look OK.

To get the bearings out/in you need a new lock washer, snap ring, inner seal for hub, and gasket for the outer end of the hub.

This is also a good time to check the spindle, there is a TSB about extra play here and the fix involves updated bushing and new roller bearing. Also a good time to change rotors, and rebuild axles (boots/grease) if you need these things.

As for seals, is this this what i am looking for? And for the bearings(if needed), which of these will work, and do they come with races? I'll give Auto zone a call, but sometimes it is hard to depend on "their word" if certain parts are going to work or not (try to limit multiple trips). I will get the Timken brand, but just wanted to see what everything should look like. BTW, i cant seem to find, online, where to get the lock washer/star washer besides here , but the "Kit contains 2 nuts, star washer and flat index washer" and i don't think i need everything else and i would have to buy 2 kits just to get the washers. sorry for all the questions, but this is the first time doing this and i just want to get it done all at once and in a timely manner because this is my daily driver and i can't have it OOC for more than a couple of days. I'll stop rambling now.

Those seals are way too expensive. The big one with all the holes is the one that mounts on the spindle for the axle interface. They are definitely less expensive at the dealer.

Inside hub seal should be 90311-66003
Lock washer 90215-42025
Snap ring 90520-27023
Outer hub seal 43422-60010

Here are timken's parts:
Seal (Inner) 710092
Cone (Inner) JLM104948
Cup (Inner) JLM104910
Seal (Outer) 710266
Set (Outer) SET47

I bought everything from a dealer, except for the bearings where I bought both JLM1049xx part numbers and the SET47 from autozone... so I don't know what to expect from their seals.

So...get all of this:


...and then take back what i may not need (i.e. bearings) when finished.

Thanks for all of the help eleet!

Whats so special about this part "Seal (Outer) 710266" that they cost $65/each, and is there a chance that i can reuse the old ones?

Not even sure what that is. Could not find a photo of it. Just pasted it along with the other numbers it showed when I looked up the Timken bearings. I did not get any Timken seals, only bearings.

When I saw it I thought it would be the -60010 part which is just a piece of paper.