Friday I decided to pull the wheels off the truck to check the brakes because the truck was pulling left really bad.So bad than if I had to press down with more than about 50% force it would almost change lanes.Turns the hub assembly in the drivers side was bad. When I would move the rotor there was about 1/4" of play (total of 1/2" top to bottom difference). I've got a 2001 so I get NAPA to order me one ($219, not bad considering the next cheapest I could find was $300 at the dealer). Pick it up Saturday and it's wrong. Right part for the 2001 but apparently mine has an axle (spindles) from a 99 and older. Get the correct one put it all together and spend 2 hours trying to find a 1-11/16" socket to tighten the hub axle nut.
Now the questions-

1) What is the correct torque for the axle nut (on a 1999, 2500 4x4)?
I have found 135#, 170# and 180#. This seems very high (not to mention a wide range)to me, but they are different than regular wheel bearings, so I don't know.

2) Is bleeding the rear wheel abs model the same as beeding a regular breake system, or do I need to do somehting different? (manual makes it sould like it's a normal bleed job)

Replacing the hub and brake pads took away about 99% of the pull. The pull only happens now if I am not holding on to the wheel. I'm sure an alignment and rotating the tires would take care of this.

 

I'd think that 135 is the correct number, but I'm not 100%. However, yes, ABS bleed the same as non-ABS applications.

 

Ok... I was wrong. Check this out http://www2.vsm.skf.com/Files/Brochu...PDF/457377.pdf Looks like you should be at 175#, not 135

 

That's a great page! Thanks.