Help with parts, and two sockets sizes and torque value on nuts
 

I have a 1988 Jeep Wrangler and it appears that I have to change both from
hubs. I see that these hubs for this year jeep come from the factory
preassembled and with the seals in place. The are going to cost me $136.05
each. So there goes a bunch of money, but that is not my only problem. It
appears that I do not have a six point socket to remove the hub nuts nor to
I have a torx socket big enough to remove the three torx bolts that hold the
hub in place. So my very first questions are, what size is this socket for
the nut and what size is the torx. My next question is, what torque value do
I torque the hub nuts too. My book said 175 foot pounds. I find that hard to
believe. If anyone knows the answer to these questions please tell me so
that I can buy these tolls before I start the tear down.

Thanks

Re: Help with parts, and two sockets sizes and torque value on nuts
 

http://www.jeeping.net/HowTo/Dana30WheelBearing/ The hub is usually
a little hard to separate the the page eludes, I use a paint scraper to
separate the hub form the knuckle. some use a sacrificial bolt. 175
sounds good to me. You might give thought to a Real Jeep type floating
bearing and make it the last time you ever replace or break them:
http://www.4x4wire.com/jeep/tech/axle/yjwarnaxle/
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

nvrpc wrote:
>
> I have a 1988 Jeep Wrangler and it appears that I have to change both from
> hubs. I see that these hubs for this year jeep come from the factory
> preassembled and with the seals in place. The are going to cost me $136.05
> each. So there goes a bunch of money, but that is not my only problem. It
> appears that I do not have a six point socket to remove the hub nuts nor to
> I have a torx socket big enough to remove the three torx bolts that hold the
> hub in place. So my very first questions are, what size is this socket for
> the nut and what size is the torx. My next question is, what torque value do
> I torque the hub nuts too. My book said 175 foot pounds. I find that hard to
> believe. If anyone knows the answer to these questions please tell me so
> that I can buy these tolls before I start the tear down.
>
> Thanks

Re: Help with parts, and two sockets sizes and torque value on nuts
 

http://www.jeeping.net/HowTo/Dana30WheelBearing/ The hub is usually
a little hard to separate the the page eludes, I use a paint scraper to
separate the hub form the knuckle. some use a sacrificial bolt. 175
sounds good to me. You might give thought to a Real Jeep type floating
bearing and make it the last time you ever replace or break them:
http://www.4x4wire.com/jeep/tech/axle/yjwarnaxle/
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

nvrpc wrote:
>
> I have a 1988 Jeep Wrangler and it appears that I have to change both from
> hubs. I see that these hubs for this year jeep come from the factory
> preassembled and with the seals in place. The are going to cost me $136.05
> each. So there goes a bunch of money, but that is not my only problem. It
> appears that I do not have a six point socket to remove the hub nuts nor to
> I have a torx socket big enough to remove the three torx bolts that hold the
> hub in place. So my very first questions are, what size is this socket for
> the nut and what size is the torx. My next question is, what torque value do
> I torque the hub nuts too. My book said 175 foot pounds. I find that hard to
> believe. If anyone knows the answer to these questions please tell me so
> that I can buy these tolls before I start the tear down.
>
> Thanks

Re: Help with parts, and two sockets sizes and torque value on nuts
 

http://www.jeeping.net/HowTo/Dana30WheelBearing/ The hub is usually
a little hard to separate the the page eludes, I use a paint scraper to
separate the hub form the knuckle. some use a sacrificial bolt. 175
sounds good to me. You might give thought to a Real Jeep type floating
bearing and make it the last time you ever replace or break them:
http://www.4x4wire.com/jeep/tech/axle/yjwarnaxle/
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

nvrpc wrote:
>
> I have a 1988 Jeep Wrangler and it appears that I have to change both from
> hubs. I see that these hubs for this year jeep come from the factory
> preassembled and with the seals in place. The are going to cost me $136.05
> each. So there goes a bunch of money, but that is not my only problem. It
> appears that I do not have a six point socket to remove the hub nuts nor to
> I have a torx socket big enough to remove the three torx bolts that hold the
> hub in place. So my very first questions are, what size is this socket for
> the nut and what size is the torx. My next question is, what torque value do
> I torque the hub nuts too. My book said 175 foot pounds. I find that hard to
> believe. If anyone knows the answer to these questions please tell me so
> that I can buy these tolls before I start the tear down.
>
> Thanks

Re: Help with parts, and two sockets sizes and torque value on nuts
 

http://www.jeeping.net/HowTo/Dana30WheelBearing/ The hub is usually
a little hard to separate the the page eludes, I use a paint scraper to
separate the hub form the knuckle. some use a sacrificial bolt. 175
sounds good to me. You might give thought to a Real Jeep type floating
bearing and make it the last time you ever replace or break them:
http://www.4x4wire.com/jeep/tech/axle/yjwarnaxle/
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

nvrpc wrote:
>
> I have a 1988 Jeep Wrangler and it appears that I have to change both from
> hubs. I see that these hubs for this year jeep come from the factory
> preassembled and with the seals in place. The are going to cost me $136.05
> each. So there goes a bunch of money, but that is not my only problem. It
> appears that I do not have a six point socket to remove the hub nuts nor to
> I have a torx socket big enough to remove the three torx bolts that hold the
> hub in place. So my very first questions are, what size is this socket for
> the nut and what size is the torx. My next question is, what torque value do
> I torque the hub nuts too. My book said 175 foot pounds. I find that hard to
> believe. If anyone knows the answer to these questions please tell me so
> that I can buy these tolls before I start the tear down.
>
> Thanks

Re: Help with parts, and two sockets sizes and torque value on nuts
 

L.W. (ßill) ------ III did pass the time by typing:
> http://www.jeeping.net/HowTo/Dana30WheelBearing/ The hub is usually
> a little hard to separate the the page eludes, I use a paint scraper to
> separate the hub form the knuckle. some use a sacrificial bolt. 175
> sounds good to me. You might give thought to a Real Jeep type floating
> bearing and make it the last time you ever replace or break them:

Actually I wonder if you could do break that nut loose with the jeep on
the ground since that whole assembly is going to be replaced anyway.

> nvrpc wrote:
>>
>> I have a 1988 Jeep Wrangler and it appears that I have to change both from
>> hubs. I see that these hubs for this year jeep come from the factory
>> preassembled and with the seals in place. The are going to cost me $136.05
>> each. So there goes a bunch of money, but that is not my only problem. It
>> appears that I do not have a six point socket to remove the hub nuts nor to
>> I have a torx socket big enough to remove the three torx bolts that hold the
>> hub in place. So my very first questions are, what size is this socket for
>> the nut and what size is the torx. My next question is, what torque value do
>> I torque the hub nuts too. My book said 175 foot pounds. I find that hard to
>> believe. If anyone knows the answer to these questions please tell me so
>> that I can buy these tolls before I start the tear down.

Re: Help with parts, and two sockets sizes and torque value on nuts
 

L.W. (ßill) ------ III did pass the time by typing:
> http://www.jeeping.net/HowTo/Dana30WheelBearing/ The hub is usually
> a little hard to separate the the page eludes, I use a paint scraper to
> separate the hub form the knuckle. some use a sacrificial bolt. 175
> sounds good to me. You might give thought to a Real Jeep type floating
> bearing and make it the last time you ever replace or break them:

Actually I wonder if you could do break that nut loose with the jeep on
the ground since that whole assembly is going to be replaced anyway.

> nvrpc wrote:
>>
>> I have a 1988 Jeep Wrangler and it appears that I have to change both from
>> hubs. I see that these hubs for this year jeep come from the factory
>> preassembled and with the seals in place. The are going to cost me $136.05
>> each. So there goes a bunch of money, but that is not my only problem. It
>> appears that I do not have a six point socket to remove the hub nuts nor to
>> I have a torx socket big enough to remove the three torx bolts that hold the
>> hub in place. So my very first questions are, what size is this socket for
>> the nut and what size is the torx. My next question is, what torque value do
>> I torque the hub nuts too. My book said 175 foot pounds. I find that hard to
>> believe. If anyone knows the answer to these questions please tell me so
>> that I can buy these tolls before I start the tear down.

Re: Help with parts, and two sockets sizes and torque value on nuts
 

L.W. (ßill) ------ III did pass the time by typing:
> http://www.jeeping.net/HowTo/Dana30WheelBearing/ The hub is usually
> a little hard to separate the the page eludes, I use a paint scraper to
> separate the hub form the knuckle. some use a sacrificial bolt. 175
> sounds good to me. You might give thought to a Real Jeep type floating
> bearing and make it the last time you ever replace or break them:

Actually I wonder if you could do break that nut loose with the jeep on
the ground since that whole assembly is going to be replaced anyway.

> nvrpc wrote:
>>
>> I have a 1988 Jeep Wrangler and it appears that I have to change both from
>> hubs. I see that these hubs for this year jeep come from the factory
>> preassembled and with the seals in place. The are going to cost me $136.05
>> each. So there goes a bunch of money, but that is not my only problem. It
>> appears that I do not have a six point socket to remove the hub nuts nor to
>> I have a torx socket big enough to remove the three torx bolts that hold the
>> hub in place. So my very first questions are, what size is this socket for
>> the nut and what size is the torx. My next question is, what torque value do
>> I torque the hub nuts too. My book said 175 foot pounds. I find that hard to
>> believe. If anyone knows the answer to these questions please tell me so
>> that I can buy these tolls before I start the tear down.

Re: Help with parts, and two sockets sizes and torque value on nuts
 

L.W. (ßill) ------ III did pass the time by typing:
> http://www.jeeping.net/HowTo/Dana30WheelBearing/ The hub is usually
> a little hard to separate the the page eludes, I use a paint scraper to
> separate the hub form the knuckle. some use a sacrificial bolt. 175
> sounds good to me. You might give thought to a Real Jeep type floating
> bearing and make it the last time you ever replace or break them:

Actually I wonder if you could do break that nut loose with the jeep on
the ground since that whole assembly is going to be replaced anyway.

> nvrpc wrote:
>>
>> I have a 1988 Jeep Wrangler and it appears that I have to change both from
>> hubs. I see that these hubs for this year jeep come from the factory
>> preassembled and with the seals in place. The are going to cost me $136.05
>> each. So there goes a bunch of money, but that is not my only problem. It
>> appears that I do not have a six point socket to remove the hub nuts nor to
>> I have a torx socket big enough to remove the three torx bolts that hold the
>> hub in place. So my very first questions are, what size is this socket for
>> the nut and what size is the torx. My next question is, what torque value do
>> I torque the hub nuts too. My book said 175 foot pounds. I find that hard to
>> believe. If anyone knows the answer to these questions please tell me so
>> that I can buy these tolls before I start the tear down.

Re: Help with parts, and two sockets sizes and torque value on nuts
 

These so called 13mm 12 point bolts on my jeep are in fact torx bolts. Are
they 18mm torx or did you use a 12 pt socket to get these torx off instead
of buying the torx socket?


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> L.W. (ßill) ------ III did pass the time by typing:
> > http://www.jeeping.net/HowTo/Dana30WheelBearing/ The hub is usually
> > a little hard to separate the the page eludes, I use a paint scraper to
> > separate the hub form the knuckle. some use a sacrificial bolt. 175
> > sounds good to me. You might give thought to a Real Jeep type floating
> > bearing and make it the last time you ever replace or break them:
>
> Actually I wonder if you could do break that nut loose with the jeep on
> the ground since that whole assembly is going to be replaced anyway.
>
> > nvrpc wrote:
> >>
> >> I have a 1988 Jeep Wrangler and it appears that I have to change both
from
> >> hubs. I see that these hubs for this year jeep come from the factory
> >> preassembled and with the seals in place. The are going to cost me
$136.05
> >> each. So there goes a bunch of money, but that is not my only problem.
It
> >> appears that I do not have a six point socket to remove the hub nuts
nor to
> >> I have a torx socket big enough to remove the three torx bolts that
hold the
> >> hub in place. So my very first questions are, what size is this socket
for
> >> the nut and what size is the torx. My next question is, what torque
value do
> >> I torque the hub nuts too. My book said 175 foot pounds. I find that
hard to
> >> believe. If anyone knows the answer to these questions please tell me
so
> >> that I can buy these tolls before I start the tear down.
>
>
>