It’s Sunday, January 7th and I’m taking the day off from shoeing to work on this project and this page.
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The problem presented as a irregular knock on the way home from our Christmas party. It can be felt in the rear end through the floor. I jacked the rear end up and turned the wheel in neutral and I could feel and see the binding.
Tools you will need
- Jack
- Another jack to load the suspension in order to get knuckle bolts off.
- Jack stands
- wheel chucks
- T 23 for ABS sensor
- 21mm shallow for knuckle bolts
- 24mm deep socket
- 36mm axle socket. I made the mistake of getting a shallow socket and it does not work.
- Breaker bar or big ass impact wrench.
Torque specs
- Knuckle bolts and axle nuts: 203 ft-lbs
- Lug nuts: 100 ft-lbs