Hub Assembly? What Else?

[AdamNelson]

Well the dodge gods have given me two blown out hub assemblys in one week. One on monday and one on Friday. All I have to say is thank you dodge god who ever you are!!#@$%!

My question is while I'm pulling these off. What else should I be thinking about replacing while I'm in there?

 

[JeffBecker]

If you don't have some good greasable u-joints in there you should get them now. And check your ball joints.

 

[MickeyMiller]

What Jeff said and of course look at your brake pads... how many miles on the truck?

 

[AdamNelson]

116xxx miles on it and running strong except for whats stated above.

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[MickeyMiller]

Adam,

I changed my front pads right at about 116K because the front end was apart to install the '08 steering linkage. Original pads still had a lot of miles left but since it was apart, and I had new OEM pads, I had them put in. BTW, I has a set of the Lukes track bar bushings so I dropped the track bar today intending to change them out. Original bushings looked great so I just put it back in, 122K!

 

[AdamNelson]

Finished it this weekend. Turned out to be a real easy job. I bought a 5 ton 3 jaw puller from Harbor Frieght. Pulled those hub assemblys right off. Replaced the U-joints with precision greasables. (PCN-464) Local auto shop sold me the hub assemblys for 229. 99. National Bearing. Read the write ups and make your job easier by getting all the tools for the job. ie 1-11/16 socket for hub nut