Wheel bearing

Hi all, new to the forum lots of good info and suggestions. I own one of this little vans and having problems with front wheel bearing its a 1994 hijet with s85lv-znrk stamped on id plate, it has drum brakes on the front and having problems locating bearing as all i find are for disk brakes can any one point me in the right direction pls.

Hi, and welcome to the site.

Just had a quick look at the Japarts website and they seem to agree you should have disc brakes! There were a few things that Daihatsu chopped and changed around that time. You might have to have a word with a dealer (suggest Womoco if you're in the UK)

Thanks for suggestion, i am in Gibraltar and dealer here not much help, guess i will have to take it apart and look for Nos on the actual bearings.

That could explain why you have a different spec. If you get numbers off the old bearings you should be able to obtain replacements from a bearing supplier, much cheaper than the dealer or a parts supplier.

PFM wrote:If you get numbers off the old bearings you should be able to obtain replacements from a bearing supplier, much cheaper than the dealer or a parts supplier.

That's what I'd do!

Parts databases are a bit hit and miss. Computer says Nooooo

Dug a little further. Mick's Garage lists front shoes for 1986-1989 Hijets (QH NO. BS 872) but no wheel bearings for that age range. It's not impossible that this set-up was continued in some markets later than in the UK, so if those shoes are the same as yours, you know what period your front hubs date from.

Is yours carb or EFI?

Thanks for the info, some details of van carb, points, no servo, 4 gears, 1000cc,
chassis no jda00s85v00067541. Very confusing as they seem to have used front end from earlier model.