Hi all,
I have been mentioning in a few threads lately about attempting my first birf job this week and I actually started today.
In about 3 hours I got right to where you knock the spindle loose on both sides. I had to leave my buddy's garage and go home by then.
My observations as a 1 banana mechanic
- Caliper bolts were a motha f'r got the one side.. but passenger side was stuck bad.. got one off and still have to get the lower one broke free.
- Cone washers on drive flange were a PITA to get loose mainly because of how long the vehicle had gone since last service.. after enough pounding on the hub for 30 minutes they came out .. phew! One of of the bolt thread heads was broke off from the last time somebody tried getting them off or on.. at least the cone washer was still intact
- The locknut and adjusting nut when removing those came off SUPER easy maybe like they were torqued to 15ft lbs because I barely tried with the 54mm hub socket. I assume that was bad if I kept driving like that thank god I am doing the front end now haha.
I hope to get it all torn down tomorrow and the whole cleaning process done and put back together by the weekend. Definetely much cooler to see all this stuff on my own truck then reading about it over and over. Thanks to mud I am saving myself tons of money.
I have been mentioning in a few threads lately about attempting my first birf job this week and I actually started today.
In about 3 hours I got right to where you knock the spindle loose on both sides. I had to leave my buddy's garage and go home by then.
My observations as a 1 banana mechanic
- Caliper bolts were a motha f'r got the one side.. but passenger side was stuck bad.. got one off and still have to get the lower one broke free.
- Cone washers on drive flange were a PITA to get loose mainly because of how long the vehicle had gone since last service.. after enough pounding on the hub for 30 minutes they came out .. phew! One of of the bolt thread heads was broke off from the last time somebody tried getting them off or on.. at least the cone washer was still intact
- The locknut and adjusting nut when removing those came off SUPER easy maybe like they were torqued to 15ft lbs because I barely tried with the 54mm hub socket. I assume that was bad if I kept driving like that thank god I am doing the front end now haha.
I hope to get it all torn down tomorrow and the whole cleaning process done and put back together by the weekend. Definetely much cooler to see all this stuff on my own truck then reading about it over and over. Thanks to mud I am saving myself tons of money.