do you have stock wheels or other?
and do you have any wheel spacers ?

on autozone's web site they have 2 bearings listed. timken's for about 177 and duralast for 137. i think you get what you pay for - but - the cheap ones should last at least 1-2 years, not 5 minutes.

if they weren't such a pita to change, i'd say just keep replacing them under warranty until you get a good one. but since they are a pita, i'd put in a timken, skf, or national.

heyyou is correct, torque is 185ish on 4wd, less on 2wd.

 

I torqued it to 200 this time. Last time was 150. The range I found online was 140-150.

The back seals went out on the last one...grease was everywhere.

 

I had the exact same issue with the Duralast bearing this week, it last about a day and when I pulled it off I had about 2 inches of play up and down with it and the back of it blew out. I replaced it with the next one up and have yet to drive it to see if it happens again.

 

Oh and stock wheels 285/75/16 bfgoodrich all terrains

No spacers

Everything on truck is stock.

3 inch body lift, 99 ram front end suspension, 94 ram steering

 

If this one blows I'm getting new 2.5 ton axles and turning it into a bog truck. It's irritating the hell outta me.

 

95 manual says 175 ft/lbs on the axle nut.

 

Will the extra hurt it. Not that it matters with the warranty. I mean it only takes an hour to change em.

 

Looking at how they are designed, nope. Shouldn't be a problem.

 

Awesome. I had to torque it more cause one of the bolt ridges was covering the hole.