Agreed! I found a few that way when I did my friends truck, however his is much older and has been down the road a few more times.
I suppose I should have said "socket is preferred" as it wont chew up the nuts. Good call on that one
jpekarek. Although I must admit, Ive found its nice to just have the right tool when you need it, provided its financially feasible. Also. the socket allows for a better method to apply the proper torque to the nut via a torque wrench. Cant remember the torque spec, but I DO remember that the original TM explanation is less than clear on the proper procedure for setting the inner and out nuts. As a matter of fact, I followed the original method in the TM and ended up rounding the small tab on the outer seal off
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...back to the vendor for another one.....then did some homework here with a fellow member only to find that a revised bulletin in one of the TM`s suggested a much better, and more common sense approach. Did all 4 rear axle points that way and have had trouble free operation for the past 2 weeks.
Just my
Either way will get it done! Again, best of luck!