05 yukon front hub assembly
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Scottydoggs
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MassHoe04
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Nothing crazy needed. Once you have these items, you will have many uses for them in the future.
I believe you will need a 36 mm impact socket and impact wrench (or regular socket with a breaker bar wrench) for removal of the axle nut.
Torque wrench that will allow you to set for the 177 ft. lbs. needed to tighten the axle nuts (do not use impact wrench).
Combination of impact sockets up to 36 mm (or larger), impact wrench (if you have one), breaker bar socket wrench and torque wrench will be your best friends on this project.
A drift pin or screwdriver inserted into one of the slots on the rotor, near the caliper bracket, will keep things from turning while you remove/tighten the axle nut.
You can always use impact sockets on a standard socket wrench, but you can't use a standard socket on an impact wrench. They could grenade; and potentially, cause serious injury.
Good luck!
I believe you will need a 36 mm impact socket and impact wrench (or regular socket with a breaker bar wrench) for removal of the axle nut.
Torque wrench that will allow you to set for the 177 ft. lbs. needed to tighten the axle nuts (do not use impact wrench).
Combination of impact sockets up to 36 mm (or larger), impact wrench (if you have one), breaker bar socket wrench and torque wrench will be your best friends on this project.
A drift pin or screwdriver inserted into one of the slots on the rotor, near the caliper bracket, will keep things from turning while you remove/tighten the axle nut.
You can always use impact sockets on a standard socket wrench, but you can't use a standard socket on an impact wrench. They could grenade; and potentially, cause serious injury.
Good luck!
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Tonyrodz
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Welcome to the forum.
Have you done this type of work before? @Scottydoggs supplied a video and @Tonyrodz had a tuff time recently. Kind of funny actually. Sorry @Tonyrodz.
@MassHoe04 gave you the tool list.
Good luck.
Have you done this type of work before? @Scottydoggs supplied a video and @Tonyrodz had a tuff time recently. Kind of funny actually. Sorry @Tonyrodz.
@MassHoe04 gave you the tool list.
Good luck.
Tonyrodz
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HEY...HEY....
Scottydoggs
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have i ever. its not to bad most of the time. BFH has gotten all of my old hubs off, all but two rears on a regal gs i owned. those two were rusted on there good, had to pound a chisel in there to pop em out. buy a name brand hub too, timken, moog, skf. in the box will be a tag with the tq spec of the axle nut.
MassHoe04
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Hit the bolts with a torch, get them good and hot then soak with a good penetrating oil, give a few "love taps" on the bolt heads and hub with the BFH (a favorite is my 3 pounder) to help shock the rust bonds free and get the penetrant to work in a little deeper.
My dad always swore by his trusty squeeze bottle of Liquid Wrench. It could be just luck, but I do seem to have better luck with that over PB Blaster and some other products. Not saying those are necessarily bad, I just seem to do a little better with Liquid Wrench. Worked great on my downstream O2 sensor recently. I didn't need to use a torch and only tapped the sensor with a regular framing hammer.
My dad always swore by his trusty squeeze bottle of Liquid Wrench. It could be just luck, but I do seem to have better luck with that over PB Blaster and some other products. Not saying those are necessarily bad, I just seem to do a little better with Liquid Wrench. Worked great on my downstream O2 sensor recently. I didn't need to use a torch and only tapped the sensor with a regular framing hammer.
Best penetrating fluid is AeroKroil, hands down.
MassHoe04
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I have heard mention of that product quite a bit. All raving positive comments. I will have to get some.
