OK here the deal My wife has been complaining to me the past week that here wheel has been making a sqeaking sound when she braked. ok no problem I headed down to the auto zone got a set of pads and figured a easy fix.... Wrong nothing wrong with the brakes what i found was the sqeaking sound was comming from the outside hardwear spring rubbing on the hub.. After taking it all apart I found that the mounting pin on the bottom was striped on the (i think its called) steering knuckle. here is my problem what to do? i cant put back together with out the pin in place but i cant get pin to bite.. tapping hole bigger is out of question on on corner of hole there is only a 1/8in to work with dont thnk it would work. so here i sit 10:30 thursday night looking for help..any ideas would be great.

 

im assuming your truck is between model years 98-03, and if it is the stock bolt you have 3 options,
1) larger caliper bolt
2) helicoil the exisiting bolt
3) new steering knuckle

also this belongs in one of the sub sections, 1st generation if i guessed right on the year
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/dodge-d...s-section.html

 

my suggestion is to helicoil it... its the cheepest way to do it... its what i did to my truck and its worked perfectly and it takes maybe an hour... its easy too

 

i agree, as long as it hasnt been repaired before, if it has your SOL and need a new knuckle

 

just make sure when you do it you take your time... be patient... it took a couple times before i got the coil part in straight and the bolts would fit... so take your time, be patient and dont rush it... i just did this about 2 months ago on my drivers side knuckle.