2005 Ram 2500 Free Spin Install & Other Goodies

[legopnuematic]

Cleaned the tapers out and installed knuckles on ball joints per EMF's directions.

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Couple of dings on the spindles. I'll be honest not thrilled about that at the price point these are at, maybe that is just me being a machinist, I can be pretty critical of stuff like that. But filed the mating surfaces to ensure they will be flat.

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Axle shafts slid in, dust shield and spindle installed with anti seize.

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New NTK wheel speed sensors, the old ones worked, but the wires had some melted spots in them so decided to go new. Spindles torqued and should be ready to receive the hubs once those are prepped.

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[legopnuematic]

Studs pressed in

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In the machining trade, this is called the Tennessee floor finish. You know, they could cut their cycle time a lot by using a 3" face mill. Anything is better than a 1/2" endmill...

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But all on now. Now just put rotors/calipers back on and reconnect steering, install front cover ane fill with fluid.

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[nvrenuf]

Everything looks great. I didn’t realize the rotors were still loose in these kits, I just assumed (I know…) they were retained by the studs like older axles.

 

[legopnuematic]

Everything looks great. I didn’t realize the rotors were still loose in these kits, I just assumed (I know…) they were retained by the studs like older axles.

Yes, afaik, all of the kits for the 2000+ trucks retain the outboard/slip on rotor feature.

I know the 94-99 Dana 60 kits keep the rotors inboarded. Fun fact is the 94-99 Rams use the same calipers as a lot of GMT400 trucks and other GMs of the era.