Nail Bender Jerry decided that he had wasted enough time and money trying to keep the rear drums functioning on his 09/75-40 series, and dropped it off for a rear disc brake conversion.
I drained the rear diff gear lube and removed the rear cover so that I could get the axle shafts out to remove the backing plates without having to torch them off. I also wanted to inspect the Valu-lok (lockrite) in the rear and make sure that there was not any drama cooking in there, as it has been in service for a few years now behind a V8.
After not finding anything out of place there and no drama with the wheel bearings or wear surface on the axle shafts, I installed new axle seals, slid the axle shafts back into the housing and put everything in the rear differential housing back together, and filled with oil. I then bolted the caliper brackets onto the axle and slid the rotors onto the end of the axle shafts and retained them with a couple lug nuts for the time being.
I drained the rear diff gear lube and removed the rear cover so that I could get the axle shafts out to remove the backing plates without having to torch them off. I also wanted to inspect the Valu-lok (lockrite) in the rear and make sure that there was not any drama cooking in there, as it has been in service for a few years now behind a V8.
After not finding anything out of place there and no drama with the wheel bearings or wear surface on the axle shafts, I installed new axle seals, slid the axle shafts back into the housing and put everything in the rear differential housing back together, and filled with oil. I then bolted the caliper brackets onto the axle and slid the rotors onto the end of the axle shafts and retained them with a couple lug nuts for the time being.