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Step 1: After securing and jacking the
vehicle up remove both front tires/wheels from the vehicle.
Step
2: You will remove the bearing
dust cap, remove the cotter pin and retainer.
remove
the
axle nut,
washer and
outer bearing, remove the hub
and drum assembly and set it
to the side.
Step 3: Clamp off the brake hose and
unscrew it
from the wheel cylinder, remove the 4 nuts and
bolts holding the backing
plate to the axle, 2nd
pic. Remove the backing
plate from
the axle.
Step 4: Clean the mounting
surface on the axle of all debris and rust.
Step
5: Next we need to separate the drum and hub assembly,
this can be done by simply
putting
a wheel nut on the stud, screw it down flush with the
end of the stud and give it
a good hit with a hammer (pic)
when done you will have a hub
off the drum.
Step 6: Now we need to remove the
wheel studs from the hub. There are many methods you
can use here, we
used a press. After the studs are out you need to
clean the wheel
surface of the hub of all rust and debris. Before
After
At this point it would be
good to remove the old wheel seal and clean out all
of the old grease.
Now
to install the rotor and new wheel studs. We again used
a press for this.
Set
the rotor with the hat side down and then set the hub
in with the wheel face down,
line up the wheel stud holes and drop in the studs,
they will press into the hub and
rotor with just a bit of the shank exposed on the wheel
side. Pic1
Pic 2
Step
7: Next we install the caliper bracket, it mounts with
1 bolt and 2 nut/bolt assemblies.
The
bracket installs to the back side of the spindle, line
it up and loosely install the nuts/bolts,
using some red
locktite (supplied with kit) on the single bolt
(before applying
the loctite ensure the bolt is clean of all grease/oil
etc..)screw it in and
the tighten all the nuts and bolts. Pic1
Pic2
Step
8: At this point you can repack your wheel bearings
install new seals and reinstall them with
the hub/rotor assembly. Pic
Please ensure the rotor braking surface and brake
pad
face are both clean, no grease or finger prints.
Step
9: Before installing the caliper there are a couple
of items that need attended to.
First
we need to lube the 4
o-rings that the caliper slides on, lube them with
the brake
lube included in the kit.
The
outer brake pad has 4
points that should fit snug on the caliper, if they
do not then
you can bend the 2 smaller one until a snug fit is acheived.
By doing this you cut down
on any noise causing vibrations.
Step10: Install
the caliper using the 2
supplied caliper slides/bolts, run them in by
hand and then
tighten with
a allen wrench/socket.
Step11: Get the new brake
hose, banjo bolt and 2
hose washers. Put one washer on the banjo
bolt, insert the banjo bolt through the hose, install
the 2nd washer on the banjo
bolt and the screw
it into the caliper and tighten. Remove your original
hose from
the vehicle and install the metal line into the new
hose and tighten.
Step12: Bleed the calipers of all
air, at this point top off the master cylinder and test
the
brake
pedal, press firmly and check all hose connections for
leaks. If it all looks and
feels good then reinstall your wheels and lower the
vehicle.
If using this kit with a stock master
cylinder you will have to install an adjustable proportioning
valve to achieve proper front to rear brake pressures.
We
recommend the ones from Wilwood.
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