TK8356 Torque King® SRW Wheel Bearing and Seal Kit 1994-2002 Ram

TK8356 Torque King® Rear Wheel Bearing and Seal Kit for 1994-2002 Dodge Dana 60, Dana 70 and Dana 80 Single Rear Wheel Axles with Flangeless Seal QU40450. Kit features premium Timken® bearings and original equipment quality wheel seals because when it comes to rear wheel bearings and seals, only the best will do to safely support the heavy loads your truck hauls. Kit includes Timken® inner and outer wheel bearings/bearing cups, inner wheel seals (See Tech Note 1), steel axle shaft flange gaskets, and Threadlocker for the axle shaft flange bolts. This Kit fits 1994 to 2002 Dodge Ram 4x2 and 4x4 2500 and 3500 series trucks with Single Rear Wheel Dana 60, Dana 70, or 80 full float Rear Drive Axles. (Use QT1510 Wheel Seal Installer).

For a Kit with Installation Tools, see TK8308.

For Kits with a QU40449 flanged Seal (Use QT1503 Wheel Seal Installer) See TK8360 Torque King® Rear Wheel Bearing and Seal Kit OR TK8359 Master Kit with Tools.

Available Spindle Nut Options: (Do Not Reuse Your 1994-2002 Original Spindle Nuts, See Warning Below!)
Stock Spindle Nut Kits: QK4008/QK4009
Double Spindle Nut Kit: TK4011/TK4012

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Dan the Gear Man® Tech Notes:
Dana Axle Tag Numbers
Kit Components Include
Optional Tools
Before Installing
Safety
Applications

Tech Note 1: Dana Axle Tag Numbers
There is conflicting application information for rear Wheel Seal replacement between Dana and Dodge on 1994-2002 Dodge Ram Dana 60-70-80 Single Rear Wheel (SRW) rear axles because Dana used two different, but functionally interchangeable Wheel Seals in this era Dodge Ram SRW Full Float Rear Axles. As the two Seals are interchangeable, this is not a big issue, but you should know the facts. Dodge parts books list QU40450 Flangeless Seal as the replacement Seal for all 1994-1996 Dana 60, 70, 80 SRW axles and QU40449 Flanged Seal as the replacement seal for all 1997-2002 axles. Dana however, lists all 1994-2002 Dana 60 axles using QU40449 Flanged Seal. Dana catalogs QU40450 Flangeless Seal for all 1994-2002 Dana 70, 80 SRW axles EXCEPT the following 1996-1999 axles having Axle Tag Numbers which were built with QU40449 Flanged Seal:
Dana 70: 605879, 605880, 605901, 605981, 606012, 606013, 606055, 606063, 606094, 606095, 606148, 606149, 606164, 606165.
Dana 80: 606905, 605985, 606056, 606064, 606150, 606151

So Take your choice:
Order TK8360 Kit if you prefer QU40449 Flanged Seal (Use QT1503 Wheel Seal Installer)
Order TK8356 Kit if you prefer QU40450 Flangeless Seal (Use QT1510 Wheel Seal Installer

Tech Note 2: Kit Components Include
2 each Timken® Wheel Bearings/Cups: QU50411, QU50412, QU50413, QU50414
2 Inner Wheel Seals: QU40450
2 Dana 60, 70, 80 Axle Shaft Flange Gasket: QU40078
Plus S24200 Medium strength blue Threadlocker for the axle shaft flange bolts

Tech Note 3: Optional Tools
QT1801 Outer Wheel Bearing Cup Installer
QT1804 Inner Wheel Bearing Cup Installer
QT1510 Inner Wheel Seal Installer for QU40450 Seal
QT1100 1" x 8" Driver Handle OR QT1116 1-1/4" x 8" Driver Handle
QT1009 1/2" Drive Rounded Hex Spindle Nut Socket for Stock Spindle Nuts

Tech Note 4: Before Installing
Under operating conditions, the rear wheel bearings are bathed in oil from the differential, but they do need to be pre-lubricated to provide initial lubrication.

Safety Note:
Stock Elastic Stop Spindle Nuts and Lock Wedges used on 1994 to 2002 Dodge Dana 60, Dana 70, Dana 80 full floating rear axles are designed to be installed once and only once! For safety reasons, you must discard both the nut and wedge if they are removed from the spindle for any reason. Both parts lose a percentage of their resistance of coming off when they are removed. You may hear of cases where this type of factory nut has come off while the truck was being driven. Invariably, these failures involve nuts and wedges that have been reused or improperly installed. NEVER REUSE FACTORY ELASTIC STOP SPINDLE NUTS and LOCK WEDGES!!!!

Applications:
Dodge:
Ram 4x2, Ram 2500 4x4 and Ram 3500 4x4 with single rear wheel drive (SRW) Dana 60, Dana 70 or Dana 80 full float rear drive axles: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002