Just curious, why do you need an impact to get the hub nut off on a 2wd? I see that you have an '01 so there may be some slight difference from my '98, but you should be able to pull the nut with a simple adjustable wrench after pulling the cotter pin through the castle/hub nut. If it is necessary, i just picked up an electric impact from Harbor Freight for $50.

 

the 00 and 01 2wd has a unitized hub/bearing, which is very much like the 4wd and is torqued pretty high. i think the 4wd 1500 is torqued to 175. i'm recalling from long lost memory that the 2wd is a little less, maybe 135 or 150. you can probably get the nut off with a long pull bar, if the pull bar is stout enough not to break.

i have a 1/2 inch dewalt electric impact wrench that i use for almost everything tough, although i didn't try it on the axle nut. i can't swear it'll remove that hub nut, but it sure is handy for general stuff. i bought it on ebay for about $65 and it looked like brand new.

i wouldn't buy anything electric from harbor freight.

the 2wd hub nut does say 'do not reuse'. you can buy from online or from dealer. i assume they are some kind of soft steel thats supposed to stretch and stay tight. the 4wd has either a cotter pin and/or a dimple that you bend in to lock it. i don't know about the 2wd. i know some people have reused them without a problem, but i wouldn't recommend it since its stamped on there - not to.

 

No need to start a new thread bud.

 

Hub nuts are self-locking. That is why they only get used once. You REALLY need to replace those as well, or, use some REALLY good thread locker on them.

 

Why does it say not to reuse the hub nut?

Has anyone reused theirs?

thanks

Jesse D.

 

I re-use them all the time and never had a problem. As long as you have the right size socket and don't round it off, it'll be fine. Dealers will say to replace it because they want to charge you $20 for it

 

Why wasn't this posted in your original thread? It's all related.

 

sorry about that i didn't realize that you couldn't reuse the hub nut

thank ya'll for your help

I got the impact wrench in the mail $30 campbell & hausfeld 250lbs/ft torque
$80 (2) hub/bearing assemblies
$10 35mm impact socket
$25 upper and lower ball-joints (that sounds cheap for those ball-joints ,but the company looked legit and they were the correct ones)

$145 total..not too shabby, as longs as these aren't poorly made products..let's hope not