Okay, i am new to the whole dodge wheel bearing thing. Things were easy on my mustang heck an $8 bearing and 10min and your good to go. Anyway, i am try to do the hub assembly on my 97 Dakota 2 wheel drive but i cannot get this Hub Nut off! I have gone trough 2 1/2" Ratchets trying to break this nut loose with a 6 foot breaker bar! Is there some special trick or something that i am missing?

 

Any ideas?

 

use a breaker bar...not a rachet

 

i once used a bottle jack to bust one loose, i dont recomend it but i had very limited resources wehre i was

 

haha one other thing that has worked for me is using a mini sledge on the breaker bar, best bet however is a big impact wrench

 

pick up some n force, or open and shut, or pb blaster...these will help breaki up the rust n force is the best...

 

That did it. Thanks for the Rust N Force idea, that and a 1/2 breaker bar and an 8 ft pole! Now that i have it off, where do i get a replacement nut since i cant re-use this this one?

 

at the auto parts store should be about 2-4 dollars BE SURE TO TORQUE EVERYTHING CORRECTLY

 

What are the torque specs? Sorry for all the questions...first Dodge!

 

if i remember rite 80 lbs...i don't have the book here you can ruin the new bearing by overtighteng it