Hello does anyone know the size socket i will need to take the front hub assembly off of a 2001 ram 1500 2 wheel drive also what are the torque specs when i put it back together..i asked my dealer and he will not tell me he wants me to bring it in..thanks for any help on this..

 

Not sure if yours is the same as mine, but mine is a 1-11/16" socket and i believe the torque spec was 110 ft/lbs........i believe. Someone else chime in and correct me if Im wrong on the torque on that.

 

thank you for the input but if yours is a 4x4 it will be different than mine i do believe..

 

185 lb/ft. Don't know the size but they are not reusable. The dealer won't sell you one? That's messed up. You don't need to know the size if you're just getting a new one.

 

well the dealer will not tell what size the nut is or tell me what to torque it to they want me to bring the truck in so they can do it..do not have the funds for that right now..thanks for the info..

 

18 mm, 4 bolts on the back of the hub, and 75-80 ft/lb of torque.

I just got all that info from the Dodge dealer here. Your dealer SUCKS!

 

on my 01 4wd, the hub nut is 1 - 11/16. i bought a socket at the local parts store. it cost $25 and was 3/4" drive. autozone didn't have one. you're not supposed to re-use the nut, but i did reuse mine. torque is 185. i think the 2wd is the same size. pull your tire off and eyeball it.

on the 1500, there are 3 bolts on the back side of the hub. they are 14mm 12 point, not 18mm as said above ^. those are pretty tight too. i don't have a manual in front of me. see here.
http://www.rm-indy.com/wavefiles/2001ramsrvcmanual.zip

edit - by the way, your dealer sucks.

 

The axle nut is 175lbs and the 3 hub assembly bolts are 125. And you can re-use the axle nut.

 

yes i agree about my dealer..i do know for a fact that the nut is bigger than 18mm..i have been on the net for a while and can not find anything about the?s i asked so thank you guys for your help i do believe the nut is 1 11/16 i herd that from one other site as well..i also herd you can not reuse the nuts which i do not get i will look at them and make choice then some people say you can use them some say you can not so i will not know till i get them off..i will also come back on here and tell you guys how it went when i am done and give you the true socket size that you need cause i know some one out there needs this info like me ..thank you.. any other input on this would be great...peace..

 

Listen, The axle nut IS 1 11/16" and the other three BOLTS (not nuts) are 14mm 12 point. Get an impact socket for those three. No problem using those three again. And as long as you have a cotter pin on the axle nut, there is NO problem using it again.