On Dec 7, 2006, at 21:30, Terrible Tom wrote:
> The whole job, in a shop, with the right tools and all the parts,
> should take a mechanic no more than 3 hours TOPS start to finish.
You've never pulled a unit hub that's been installed for years in a
salt state have you?
once everything is unbolted it can take 3 hours to get that damn hub
out of the knuckle if it's anything similar to the D30 unit hub
design used in the TJs (which I think it is pretty much identical to
the Dakota's - in which case each bearing is held on by 3 bolts, not 4)
I would not be surprised if book hours are 4-5 hours each plus
alignment.
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