Bearing failure caused my wheel to fall off while I was driving.. Help needed.
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Bearing failure caused my wheel to fall off while I was driving.. Help needed.
So, I was driving my 2001 ram1500, 2wd. When suddenly the front driver side bearing let loose, and the wheel came off my truck. Fortunatley I had just pulled into a parking lot, so it happened at about 5mph. However, I'm trying to fix it, since I'm stuck at my house without a second car. I had it towed to my place and ordered the parts for delivery. It looks like the brake caliper is fine ( I tested the brake and the caliper still depressed, plus no leaking brake fluid.), but the caliper bracket broke off. So, I ordered a new front hub bearing assembly, and a brake caliper bracket. Is there more I need to be worried about? do I have to redo the alignment? etc?
However, here's the big issue I discovered. I got a 1 11/16 axel nut socket, but it's way too big to remove the axel nut, it just spins freely. I measured with my tape measuere and the bolt actually looks like it's 1 1/2 inches... I got the truck used, could someone have replaced the axel before with a non standard one? Am I missing something huge here? My skills are generously called "shade tree", and I'm hoping I'm not in over my head.
Also, If I need to just get a new axel nut socket, how do I remove it when there's no rotor or anything attached anymore to prevent spin?
However, here's the big issue I discovered. I got a 1 11/16 axel nut socket, but it's way too big to remove the axel nut, it just spins freely. I measured with my tape measuere and the bolt actually looks like it's 1 1/2 inches... I got the truck used, could someone have replaced the axel before with a non standard one? Am I missing something huge here? My skills are generously called "shade tree", and I'm hoping I'm not in over my head.
Also, If I need to just get a new axel nut socket, how do I remove it when there's no rotor or anything attached anymore to prevent spin?
Last edited by Turrens; 07-08-2017 at 01:23 AM.
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He has a unit-bearing on there. Not the nice re-packable bearings everyone loves, so, the spindle nut is torqued to around 180 ft. lbs..... Gonna need the right size socket for that.
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Ok, update. It's a 35mm socket I need, plus a new locking axel nut, these are non reusable on the 2wd. Also, they sent me the 4wd only front hub assembly, so I need to get the 2wd one in.. I guess I'm stuck for another week or so at the house. Since I'm waiting anyone have any ideas if I'll need to do anything else to get this back on the road? Probably an alignment job at some point.
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I live in the boonies. My local parts store can't get a replacement part until thursday, and amazon will deliver to me by tuesday..