Bigtman07
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- Cummins 5.9
So this weekend I had a lovely expensive project planned. Turns out the project ended up including more parts than anticipated but that's how things go. So here is a little story to share along with some friendly advice.
So to start off. Last weekend i had to replace the driver side ball joints on my truck. No biggie. Picked them up with a $150 bill. Got back to the shop and started to tear into the drivers side. Took the wheel off, caliper and pads off, pulled the rotor and started to pull off the hub. This hub had never been off the truck. Took the crappy designed 12pt rusted in solid bolts loose with the impact. Then to find the hub rusted to the knuckle. No big deal put the bolts back in hit it with the air hammer and out she came. Little did we know that we just sheared off the threads in the hub and the bolt. Replaced the ball joints piece of cake. Go to put the hub back in and find the jacked up threads. Awesome... then while we had it all apart found the U Joint was rusted almost solid. Awesome. So now i need new hub bolts new hub and a U Joint. Ok look up prices. $130 for the hub, $20 for the joint and $25 for the bolt. Then to add in I need a new ABS sensor to go in the new hub. $131 for that sensor. Good god man!!!!!!!!
Ended up finding a combo kit online with 2 hubs 2 new sensors shipped for hundred bucks. Snatched that up and a U Joint. Not a bad deal. So replacing the parts today cant get a new bolt from the dealer. None in stock. And i dont wanna pay $25 a bolt. Hardware store had the exact bolt and thread i need for $6. Thats my style. I will give it a week and we will see but I do suggest upgrading the stupid 12pt to a standard grade 8. Anyway got it all back in. New hubs in, new senzor in, new joint in. Then go to check the pumpkin cause we thought we found dirt in the fluid a while back. Changed that. Oh and for future reference the dana 44 on a 1500 wants 75 140w synthetic. So be warned its not cheap. Turned out clean. But while in there wanted to check the gear ratio. Turns out to be a 3.69????? WTF????? Build sheet says 3.92 but nothing on the housing or pinion says that. Can anyone help in that department???
Anyway.... Long enough book for yall. But it all made a HUGE difference. Truck drives smother, handles better in 4wd, and goes in and out of 4wd smooth.
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So to start off. Last weekend i had to replace the driver side ball joints on my truck. No biggie. Picked them up with a $150 bill. Got back to the shop and started to tear into the drivers side. Took the wheel off, caliper and pads off, pulled the rotor and started to pull off the hub. This hub had never been off the truck. Took the crappy designed 12pt rusted in solid bolts loose with the impact. Then to find the hub rusted to the knuckle. No big deal put the bolts back in hit it with the air hammer and out she came. Little did we know that we just sheared off the threads in the hub and the bolt. Replaced the ball joints piece of cake. Go to put the hub back in and find the jacked up threads. Awesome... then while we had it all apart found the U Joint was rusted almost solid. Awesome. So now i need new hub bolts new hub and a U Joint. Ok look up prices. $130 for the hub, $20 for the joint and $25 for the bolt. Then to add in I need a new ABS sensor to go in the new hub. $131 for that sensor. Good god man!!!!!!!!
Ended up finding a combo kit online with 2 hubs 2 new sensors shipped for hundred bucks. Snatched that up and a U Joint. Not a bad deal. So replacing the parts today cant get a new bolt from the dealer. None in stock. And i dont wanna pay $25 a bolt. Hardware store had the exact bolt and thread i need for $6. Thats my style. I will give it a week and we will see but I do suggest upgrading the stupid 12pt to a standard grade 8. Anyway got it all back in. New hubs in, new senzor in, new joint in. Then go to check the pumpkin cause we thought we found dirt in the fluid a while back. Changed that. Oh and for future reference the dana 44 on a 1500 wants 75 140w synthetic. So be warned its not cheap. Turned out clean. But while in there wanted to check the gear ratio. Turns out to be a 3.69????? WTF????? Build sheet says 3.92 but nothing on the housing or pinion says that. Can anyone help in that department???
Anyway.... Long enough book for yall. But it all made a HUGE difference. Truck drives smother, handles better in 4wd, and goes in and out of 4wd smooth.
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