Topic: front brake mod prep

[RN37DD]

OK this is what i got.. fj80 mc installed.. jf60 rotors not on yet. 90 something ifs truck calipers.  i need to finish this over the weekend because it's my work truck. what other parts / tools / stuff do i need.  to finish the job?  wheel bearing grease.. big hammer and punch.  big socket?  any idea's advice would be a big help. 

[WHITE_TRASH]

Not really anything else needed other than brake fluid.  Its a simple swap to do.


EDIT:  You might have to grind the caliper down a bit to clear the wheels.

[RN37DD [OP]]

OK I'll bring my grinder home. i was thinking i might have to grind or cut some of the baking plate too. i don't have a press at home so i was just going to use a 2 lb hammer and punch to remove & install the wheel studs.. think it well work?  the axle is an 83. plus do i need a thin wall socket for the 54mm nuts?

[WHITE_TRASH]

I use an old chrome lugnut threaded about halfway down the stud to remove them.  Then I use an impact to pull them back in with a old lugnut turned backwards with a washer under it.

I cut my backing plates down to nothing so I didnt have any fitment issues.  Ive heard that you will need to trim it though. Dont need a thinwall socket, a standard one will do nicely.

[*ROKTOY*]

X2 what he said

[RN37DD [OP]]

old lug nuts and an impact wrench sounds like the hot set up. i guess once i get it down that far i should be able to remove and cut the backing plate until theres only the brake line support left.

[WHITE_TRASH]

You can drill the spot welds that hold the brake line bracket and just bolt that on with the caliper bolts..

[RN37DD [OP]]

perfect I'll check it out.. i want to get it done this weekend and I'll takes some pic's and let you know how much damage I've done.

[RN37DD [OP]]

man i haven't even had these hubs off.. sure hope i don't screw anything up. 

[RN37DD [OP]]

brake line bracket spot welds drilled out pretty clean. hard parts going to be trimming the backing plate.

[RN37DD [OP]]

OK got it done in time to drive to work. brakes work much better already. going to do the final bleed tonight. both wheel bearing were loose.. finger tight , with slop. so I'll be into those later. didn't have the stuff to do a rolling torque. just snugged the inner nut about 30 ft lbs so the wheel had just a slight drag.. then tightened and locked the outer nut. no slop and the hub was still cool after driving to work.

[jrock]

So I'm confused, I thought with vented rotors you had to use wheel spacers? This looks way easyer than what I've read.
rn37dd, it look very clean. Nice job.

[RN37DD [OP]]

no my wheels bolted right on. but i do have a set of Toyota wheels that would need wheel spacers. but they would need spacers even with old brakes. these are 87 fj60 rotors. i freaked when i bought them and they heard you had to use fj40 rotors. but as it turns out the 81 and newer rotors fj40/ fj60 are the same. i may go to spacers when i do the 90's truck rear axle to keep them the same. thanks for all the help.