my 2000 dodge had to have the rotors turned, and i wanted to change my wheel bearings, being the truck had 156,000 miles on it. through looking every where i could, found the bearings were not , do it yourself, for me. i would have to purchase a bearing/hub assembly, costing $156 a piece. for 2 wheels now was going to cost me over $300. i decided not to do this, and only try to repak the bearings. was checking thru my parts for putting back on, and saw the spindle nut had ingraved, DO NOT REUSE. oh well, i went to auto store after auto store, but no one had them. i went to Dodge dealer, and for sure they had one, and can you believe they cost $13.80 apiece? i cannot believe i spent over $30 for 2 nuts. my question i am wanting an answer for is, what torque do i put on that nut when i put it back? if there are any other specs to torque, or anything to doing this repair job. appreciate your help, Jimmy

 

I'm assuming you have a 2 wheel drive since your talking about re-packing your hubs. I just did 1 of my front bearings and for my truck (4x4) its 175ftlbs. Just try and not snap the $250 Matco torque wrench like i did! (under warranty though, phew).

 

Hardly any info about truck as usual! I find it hard to believe he repacked a hub assembly on a 4x4.

 

Exactly Zman and I dont think you can re-pack the bearings on the 4x4's (like you said) thats why i was "assuming" that he has a 2 wheel. Its a whole bearing assembly that needs to go in.......but if you can re-pack them than someone chime in and call me an idiot!

 

sorry to be so confusing about my question, for if i had a spindle nut that did not use a cotter pen, and would depend on torqueing to secure, what more information could others use to answer a question related to a 2000 dodge. where can i find how much torque to put on the nut? i called dodge dealers, and i get more than 1 quot, so, it is confusing to me. again, i apologise for making it hard for anyone to answer.

 

also, sorry to be so ignorant about the bearing, but i was only guessing when i felt the bearings were sealed, and i could not repack them, but, i hated to have it apart, and do nothing, so, i put grease withen the bearing area, used my finger to work the grease. did that about 3 times......the grease went somewhere. do not know if i done any good or not, but i try.