ok, i finally got to drive my truck all the way home to NY. I LOVE NY.

i got hee and the truck ran great, now i went to fix my rear bvunmper, and change the front tires, got that all done and drivng home.

in the process of drivig home, that new front wheel hub some of you may remeber me getting replaced, went out again..... I AM PISSED

now i am going to do it myself this time. i found a hub on ebay for about 80bucks, but it does not specify right or left. DOES THIS MATTER?

 

i am pretty sure they are the same at least on the 2wd. but someone else will have to verify that for ya.

 

well mines a 4wd, so i think they are btu i just want to make sure before i spend that money

 

All the parts places I checked show one P/N ... they don't even ask "L or R."

 

ok and now m only other question is, when i replasce both of these, do i grease them or do they come sealed?

the one the blew out on my truck has no signs of grease anywhere in them from the last install.

 

Dunno ... don't know what you're ordering. A tub of moly grease is cheap enough and good to have on hand for other purposes, too.

 

You cant grease them, they are sealed units. Make sure you properly torque the spindle nut to 175 ft. lbs. or it will go out again fairly quickly.

 

also do yourself a favor and check your ball joints before you get the wheel hub. I personally replaced both of my hubs on my 2500 and found that the ball joints were bad. Also from experance get a brand new one with the rotor assembled on them and change both at the same time.

 

The rotor on 1500 4x4's are not "mounted" on the hub ... they just slip on over the lugs. Best ... Design ... EVER !!

 

yea, i will check the ball joints while im in there. and i will probably be checking jsut baout everything i can on there too... just make sure. along with the alignment.


but i know its the hub, i just had them replaced, by dodge, and they were over torqued, tehy were at at least 225ft lbs, abnd when i just put my two new front tires on with the 15" wheels, i pulled the caliper and rotor off and it was when you turned the hub, it made some grinding noises. so i knew it was going, but i had just drove home from NC to NY so i figured it would have been fine...


but thanks for the info and i will be posting some pics of the truck with the new wheels and bumper (front being built myself) on there...