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?


"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:H3Dgc.41555$ec1.22538@okepread01...
> 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.
>
>
>

 

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?


"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:H3Dgc.41555$ec1.22538@okepread01...
> 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.
>
>
>

 

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?


"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:H3Dgc.41555$ec1.22538@okepread01...
> 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.
>
>
>