Front wheel bearings ...

[eliems]

Looks like the front wheel bearings are the reason for my brake pedal variation, (the wheel leans on left turns pushing the pad in and then the pedal goes deeper).

Question ... I have a friend who has a lift and does "back yard mechanic" work for me at times on my other vehicles. Is this job straight forward as he thinks it will be or should I pay 4 times as much and have the Chysler Dealer do it? He is a good mechanic.

 

[xlrashn]

It is pretty straight forward. You will probably need some boards to drive up on to get the hoist arms under the Viper though.

 

[Tom Sessions]

What year car is it? Non ABS cars easier then ABS cars. The tone wheel can be hard to deal with sometimes.

 

[GTS Dean]

Be sure and use a torque wrench on the bearings and calipers.

 

[bushido]

Like the others said. It is very straight forward. I ordered 2 front bearings from Chuck Tator and changed them out myself. It took me around 1 hour to do both sides. With that being said, I heard that the rear ones are a b_tch..

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[Tom Sessions]

So once a year you should check you hub nuts on the front and rear. Torque them to 300lbs/ft. You wont find that spec in the service manuel. the first time you do it you will be surprised how much it takes to tighten them.

 

[AZTVR]

So once a year you should check you hub nuts on the front and rear. Torque them to 300lbs/ft. You wont find that spec in the service manuel. the first time you do it you will be surprised how much it takes to tighten them.

300 lbs/ft !!

 

[white out]

So once a year you should check you hub nuts on the front and rear. Torque them to 300lbs/ft. You wont find that spec in the service manuel. the first time you do it you will be surprised how much it takes to tighten them.

You would hate to work on an H1's suspension. . .

Nick

 

[GTS Dean]

Try working on 2" diameter fasteners. 1" drive Torque wrench + planetary drive torque multiplier = Easy.

 

[RobHook]

Wouldn't that throw off the torque reading?

 

[Tom F&L GoR]

Try working on 2" diameter fasteners. 1" drive Torque wrench + planetary drive torque multiplier = Easy.

I get it.

 

[dave6666]

Wouldn't that throw off the torque reading?

If you are torquing to 1000 ft lbs with a 10:1 multiplier the torque wrench setting is 100 ft lbs.

100 x 10 = 1000

 

[bluesrt]

Looks like the front wheel bearings are the reason for my brake pedal variation, (the wheel leans on left turns pushing the pad in and then the pedal goes deeper).

Question ... I have a friend who has a lift and does "back yard mechanic" work for me at times on my other vehicles. Is this job straight forward as he thinks it will be or should I pay 4 times as much and have the Chysler Dealer do it? He is a good mechanic.

put some new rotors on it to to get rid of the vibration