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- Mar 20, 2005
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- Morganton NC
I have heard of these unit bearing problems before. Is it possible to change them over to the old style?
I have heard of these unit bearing problems before. Is it possible to change them over to the old style?
I have heard of these unit bearing problems before. Is it possible to change them over to the old style?
For the price, it would be a much better idea to swap in an old kingpin 60...
Old KP 60s are narrower and have much smaller brakes. You'd have to adapt the ABS, too.
If it's a question of buying a pair of unit bearing hubs or converting the spindles-out, those conversion kits aren't a bad deal.
Was talking about a ford kp 60 rather than a dodge. It's the same width and has almost the same brakes/dual piston calipers... I've already disabled my ABS anyway.
Why throw $2100 into a balljoint 60?
This may be a rookie question but what exactly is a unit bearing? I've never had or worked on one of these trucks.the ball joints suck b/c they ar 3/4 ton ball joints. do yourself a favor and take the unit bearing out while its still nice and new. Take a flap disk to the inside of the spindle or the unit bearing and then liberally coat them with anti sieze. I have had multiple unit bearing dodges where the unit bearing gets siezed to the spindle and when i say siezed i mean make you want to commit suicide siezed.
We put an overdrive unit on a 06 last month for a customer that builds trench diggers. they typically do there own work. he asked if i would throw some balljoints on it while i had it on the lift. I said yes but if the bearings were siezed he was paying by the hour and I would do my best to save the unit bearings.
They were siezed, i called him and told him.... and after his mechanic got on the phone and explained to me how i was doing it wrong....... 2 of their mechanics came out the next morning. they brought a 20 lb sledge and I giggeled for 7 hours while they destoyed both rotors and a wheel bearing sensor.
ANTI SIEZE is your friend. the unit bearings have to come off to do ball joints and they are expensive.
Back when things were built right and well engineered, the knuckle had a spindle that bolted onto it. The hub had bearing races (cups) pressed into it, and tapered roller bearings went on the inside and outside face of the hub, held on by a large nut on the spindle that was either torqued to spec or had a specified endplay. The bearings lasted forever, were cheap, and were easy to change if you had a big socket or could get a chisel on it.This may be a rookie question but what exactly is a unit bearing? I've never had or worked on one of these trucks.