Socket Sizes?

[RHINO69]

My PW is going to be my first vehicle that will require SAE tools. Coming over from a long history of Toyotas, all I currently have is Metric tools. Hoping someone here can advise which socket sizes are needed for suspension work. Going to be installing Thuren springs and trackbar soon, so I just want to know which sizes are going to be needed.

TIA!

 

[jadmt]

there are no sae it is all metric.

 

[RHINO69]

there are no sae it is all metric.

wtf, really? lol

 

[jadmt]

wtf, really? lol

yup American trucks have been metric for a long time. they are either going to be 8.8 or 10.9 grade bolts....now some metric and sae cross over like 19mm and 3/4 can be interchanged.

 

[Brutal_HO]

Get a set of these for your wheels, trailer wheels, etc. and other large sizes.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EHK86WS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

A battery impact and/or a long torque wrench/breaker bar.

 

[ClawSS]

Is it even worth looking for the Teflon sockets for lugnut protection considering the 130 ft/lb torque? I have a feeling they wouldn't really last against too many ugga-duggas.

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

Almost 30 years ago all vehicles switched to metric

 

[Brutal_HO]

Almost 30 years ago all vehicles switched to metric

And your RAM has a snazzy conversion table on the underside of the center console lid!

 

[TinGoatTravelers]

there are no sae it is all metric.

I don’t know why but that scene from Fletch popped in to my head….”it’s all ball bearings now!”

 

[Brutal_HO]

Is it even worth looking for the Teflon sockets for lugnut protection considering the 130 ft/lb torque? I have a feeling they wouldn't really last against too many ugga-duggas.

Perhaps, I've never found the need but then I haven't used them to do a tire change on the truck either. They worked great when I had a trailer tire run flat. I also keep an old 4-way speed wrench in the toolbox though I don't think that one fits the truck lugs..

 

[ClawSS]

@Brutal_HO , as you know it's just a cosmetic thing on black lugnuts. You hammer on black lugnuts with a "normal" socket and it can break the coating leading to rust or just an ugly appearance that a lugnut like me may not like.
I also have never used a set and only piggybacked on this thread (sorry @kennyarsen) to see if there were experiences to be noted.

 

[Brutal_HO]

@Brutal_HO , as you know it's just a cosmetic thing on black lugnuts. You hammer on black lugnuts with a "normal" socket and it can break the coating leading to rust or just an ugly appearance that a lugnut like me may not like.
I also have never used a set and only piggybacked on this thread (sorry @kennyarsen) to see if there were experiences to be noted.

I haven't seen any of those sockets that have an inner lining other than the cap end of the lug, It's still steel on steel on the 6-point.

 

[ClawSS]

They are out there....maybe not in stock sizes, but can be had.

PLASTIC LINED 3/4" LUG NUT SOCKET

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

And your RAM has a snazzy conversion table on the underside of the center console lid!

Really? I will have to look later i have the jump seat so maybe i don't have it? I already know the conversions but it would be cool if i do have it

 

[jadmt]

Really? I will have to look later i have the jump seat so maybe i don't have it? I already know the conversions but it would be cool if i do have it

I just went and looked on my 2020 and I don't have it...

 

[Brutal_HO]

I just went and looked on my 2020 and I don't have it...

You have at least one, possibly up to 3 Easter Eggs total on your HD RAM depending on model and how it's optioned.

The Story Behind Ram’s Center Console Easter Egg:

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[H3LZSN1P3R]

You have at least one, possibly up to 3 Easter Eggs total on your HD RAM depending on model and how it's optioned.

The Story Behind Ram’s Center Console Easter Egg:

The Story Behind Ram’s Center Console Easter Egg: Why Do Those Measurements Exist? When the 2019 Ram 1500 launched back in early 2018, it became the benchmark for durability, technology, efficiency, and comfort with components never before offered in a pickup. But like many of the former Fiat...

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I have 0 of those lol i guess thats what i get for having a tradesman as my work truck!

 

[jadmt]

I just went and looked on my 2020 and I don't have it...

my 2018 Rubicon Recon had all kind of easter eggs. I have not found many on my lowly level 1 power wagon..

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

my 2018 Rubicon Recon had all kind of easter eggs. I have not found many on my lowly level 1 power wagon..

My 14 JK had a bunch aswell

 

[Brutal_HO]

Huh,

I thought all trims had at least the diagram under the center console lid.