Spindle Nut Sockets ?? HELP

[feellnfroggy]

I told you, the auto hub is not on there tight at all. Put a flathead screwdriver on the edge of the flat spot at a mild and and smack it toward the counter clockwise. It wont hurt the nut and after a few smacks it will be finger loose. Save yourself the time and headache of located the socket.

 

[4x4TILL_I_DIE]

ok i'll try that first I was just going to be doing this in a borrowed garage and I only had a day so I was trying to get all these special tools together so I could to it quick and easy thanks for the help.

 

[CountryBoy704]

if you go to buy the sockets the one on the auto hubs are technically a bearing locknut, and you shouldnt need to get one as it shouldnt be real tight, i didnt know there was a pin under the threads (good magnets works most of the time to pull it out) so i ended up buying a 1 1/4 socket and grinding it out because i couldnt find a larger one, by the way the locknut is 6 sided not 8 so a standard socket like that comes in a tool set probably wont work, you could also get a huge box end wrench and grind the handle to fit between the wheel studs

 

[93rangerXLT4x4]

im just about to go out to the shop and attempt this, good know before i start i can use a pair of channel locks to get the nut off. since i dont have a socket either can i just tap it on with a flat head screwdriver and a hammer, to tighten the manual hub nuts??

 

[AllanD]

The MANUAL hub nuts NEEDS the special socket to tighten them

The auto hub socket? I've neve owned one as you ony use it to get the nut rotated enough to take the tension off the locking "key" to remove the nut (and you do that ONCE! and the involved parts go in the trash.

And to the post above No, D44's use the same exact nut with the same exact threads

the oddball one is the D44 with that goofy ratcheting "self locking" nut that ford used in the early to mid 90's

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[feellnfroggy]

like Alland suggested only tap with flathead for removing the auto hubnut. You must have some kinda of torque reading tool for the locknuts. IE the locknut socket and your gut feeling or torque wrench.....12lb-16lbs on the inner nut , then torque the hell outta the outer nut. Just make sure when you torque the outer nut that both nuts arent spinning. One of my locknuts is out of shape from a random hammer and I cant torque the outer without the inner spinning.

 

[scotts90ranger]

that's inch pounds on the inner nut.

your keyed/pinned washer between the nuts is probably broken, which is the only way the inner would spin without the outer.

 

[rkneeshaw]

I found the socket for the manual hub on summit for 7.95 ...

Where the heck did you find that? Best I can find is the Mile Marker 4 prong socket for $22 plus shipping....

 

[racsan]

through summit, but the kicker is that it will probly cost $12 in shipping. i got mine at autozone for around $20.

 

[Todd]

the oddball one is the D44 with that goofy ratcheting "self locking" nut that ford used in the early to mid 90's

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Sterling 10.25, 10.50 and newer dana 80's use the ratchet, im a fan of it really.

 

[rkneeshaw]

through summit, but the kicker is that it will probly cost $12 in shipping. i got mine at autozone for around $20.

Right, but the only socket I can find on summit is $22 plus shipping.

No worries, I stopped in at NAPA and they had one for $15.