What is this.. nut thing?
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What is this.. nut thing?
Since I first bought my truck, my right front tire has been locking up on me after using the brakes a few times. So, knowing it was the brake caliper, I went and bought one.
I went and took off the tire, took off the caliper, but then noticed my rotor and hub was extremely wobbly. So, I went and got new... forgot the word... the thing with the ***** in it... and I went to go take the hub off.
I take out the retaining nut, washer, pin, etc. and go to take off the hub when I realized that the things with the ***** in it kind of... welded to the shaft and the hub...
So, I got a wheel puller to try and pull it off, and after two days of trying to get it off different ways, I have managed to break the rotor several times, but, it is still on there. So, I went and bought a new hub and rotor, and I was going to take the entire thing off...
I got the tie rod end off of that side, and got all the nuts and bolts and pins off, and I went to take the whole thing off when I ran into this... nut thing...
What is it!? And how do I get it off!
It's that one small nut... type thing.
I went and took off the tire, took off the caliper, but then noticed my rotor and hub was extremely wobbly. So, I went and got new... forgot the word... the thing with the ***** in it... and I went to go take the hub off.
I take out the retaining nut, washer, pin, etc. and go to take off the hub when I realized that the things with the ***** in it kind of... welded to the shaft and the hub...
So, I got a wheel puller to try and pull it off, and after two days of trying to get it off different ways, I have managed to break the rotor several times, but, it is still on there. So, I went and bought a new hub and rotor, and I was going to take the entire thing off...
I got the tie rod end off of that side, and got all the nuts and bolts and pins off, and I went to take the whole thing off when I ran into this... nut thing...
What is it!? And how do I get it off!
It's that one small nut... type thing.
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The thing you took the nut/washer/pin off of is the ball joint.Is that what you're trying to replace?If so,that will never come out by hand.They are pressed in with a special ball joint press.You will have to rent one from the parts store or find somebody who has one who'll let you borrow it.
Your pics are blurry so I can't ID it well,but that kinda looks like a camber adjuster or a washer of some sort.
Your pics are blurry so I can't ID it well,but that kinda looks like a camber adjuster or a washer of some sort.
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It's a nut type thing, and it goes up into the hole and you can see it at the other end...
I think it's like one of those things that you'd put into a hollow wall...
A wall anchor that expands as you put the nut in it...
I'm not sure, though.
(That's not my camera, and the pictures are blurry... I should have just gotten mine...)
I think it's like one of those things that you'd put into a hollow wall...
A wall anchor that expands as you put the nut in it...
I'm not sure, though.
(That's not my camera, and the pictures are blurry... I should have just gotten mine...)
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Those are your ball joints and you will NEED a press. Take out the bottom one first then the top one. Make a note to where the camber adjuster is when the top one comes out. And soak them with penatrating oil.
Install is reverse and may have to use a air-gun to get them tight enough... some alignment shops will try to charge you to cinch them up.
Good luck..its a ball buster job!!
Install is reverse and may have to use a air-gun to get them tight enough... some alignment shops will try to charge you to cinch them up.
Good luck..its a ball buster job!!
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Wait, wait, wait...
The nut, pin, etc. that I took out was inside the hub after I took the dust cover off.
There are bearings in there I couldn't get out.
I'm trying to take off the thing that holds the rotor/hub off.
It's being held on by this nut type thing on the top holder... (look at the first picture, it's a nut type thing)
The nut, pin, etc. that I took out was inside the hub after I took the dust cover off.
There are bearings in there I couldn't get out.
I'm trying to take off the thing that holds the rotor/hub off.
It's being held on by this nut type thing on the top holder... (look at the first picture, it's a nut type thing)
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If you're doing the bearings in the hub,you shouldn't have to mess with the knuckle and ball joints.
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But that's the whole problem. When my brakes locked up, they got so hot the bearings welded to the hub/shaft.
So, i'm going to replace the hub/rotor and the thing that holds the hub/rotor in place. But there is that nut there that keeps the thing that holds the hub in place that I cannot get off!
So, i'm going to replace the hub/rotor and the thing that holds the hub/rotor in place. But there is that nut there that keeps the thing that holds the hub in place that I cannot get off!
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The nut thing is a sleeve that they use to adjust the alignment. Mark it's position somehow.. Put a mark on it, and a mark on the big piece you are trying to take off. It's eccentric, and if it comes out of there, you want to know what position to put it back.
After you get it marked, don't worry about it. It will either fall out or stay in, you don't care. What you need to do then is get a big chisel and or a pickel fork, and start driving the piece you are trying to take off downward. The trick will be wedging it down, without tearing up the two black rubber boots in the picture.
You will have drive and keep wedging till you break it loose.
After you get it marked, don't worry about it. It will either fall out or stay in, you don't care. What you need to do then is get a big chisel and or a pickel fork, and start driving the piece you are trying to take off downward. The trick will be wedging it down, without tearing up the two black rubber boots in the picture.
You will have drive and keep wedging till you break it loose.
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But that's the whole problem. When my brakes locked up, they got so hot the bearings welded to the hub/shaft.
So, i'm going to replace the hub/rotor and the thing that holds the hub/rotor in place. But there is that nut there that keeps the thing that holds the hub in place that I cannot get off!
So, i'm going to replace the hub/rotor and the thing that holds the hub/rotor in place. But there is that nut there that keeps the thing that holds the hub in place that I cannot get off!