trucker_dave
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- Ram Year
- 1993
- Engine
- V8 5.2L
howdy guys n' gals, I have a bit of questions I need help with.....
First off, I've got a 1993 Dodge Power Ram W250 5.2L V8. this truck is powerful little thing.. Ive enjoyed driving it. Though now Im in a bit of a bind....
I have just redone all the brakes (front calipers, pads, rotors, Rear shoes, drums, wheel cyl. brake lines, ebrake cables hub seals etc...) I have also managed to find and download the FSM for the truck and found the torque specs that I believe are for the axle nuts but I'd like to double check to make sure I have the right ones......
for the front, I have 2 nuts which take a special socket ( looks like 4 tabs), I read that the inner locking nut torques to 50ft lbs to seat the bearings, loosen, then torque back to 30-40ft lbs and then back off 135-150 degreess..... should i be rotating the hub while im torquing this down?
for the rear, I just have one big nut, and from what i gather that gets torqued down somewhere around 140-150ft lbs? im not sure if something is binding up in there but when i get to 20+ ft lbs, I can't rotate the hub at all unless i put a large wrench on the studs.... is this normal? or should I look into it? I really dont want to burn up the bearings down the road, so I wanna make sure everything is smooth.....
thanks for your time..
Dave
First off, I've got a 1993 Dodge Power Ram W250 5.2L V8. this truck is powerful little thing.. Ive enjoyed driving it. Though now Im in a bit of a bind....
I have just redone all the brakes (front calipers, pads, rotors, Rear shoes, drums, wheel cyl. brake lines, ebrake cables hub seals etc...) I have also managed to find and download the FSM for the truck and found the torque specs that I believe are for the axle nuts but I'd like to double check to make sure I have the right ones......
for the front, I have 2 nuts which take a special socket ( looks like 4 tabs), I read that the inner locking nut torques to 50ft lbs to seat the bearings, loosen, then torque back to 30-40ft lbs and then back off 135-150 degreess..... should i be rotating the hub while im torquing this down?
for the rear, I just have one big nut, and from what i gather that gets torqued down somewhere around 140-150ft lbs? im not sure if something is binding up in there but when i get to 20+ ft lbs, I can't rotate the hub at all unless i put a large wrench on the studs.... is this normal? or should I look into it? I really dont want to burn up the bearings down the road, so I wanna make sure everything is smooth.....
thanks for your time..
Dave