Michael Maskalans wrote:
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> On Dec 7, 2006, at 21:30, Terrible Tom wrote:
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>> 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?
Christine came from Hartford CT and was a plow truck for the 12 years
prior to my buying her - and they use salt in Wisc too :-)
>
> 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.
Christines hubs are 4 bolts - about 98% sure the Gen II's are as well.
Not sure about Gen III's
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