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Rough Draft.
It's pretty simple.
Don't buy cheap rotor/pads, spend a little bit more than cheapest. Search around for member's feedback/review on variety of rotor/pads.
Any bearings will do, popular choice would be Timken.
Brake cleaner, basic tools, monkey wrench, you'll need Allan wrench or allan socket, size 3/8. Latex gloves, wheel bearing grease, shop towels/paper towels, cotter pin, c-clamp or disc spreader.
You'll will be able work faster if you haven't driven the truck for while so brake will be cooler.
Loosen lug nuts a bit.
Jack front Right or Left side up then either put jackstand on frame or lca.
Remove wheel.
Loosen caliper bolts.
Now you can mount caliper onto uca, get tall bucket, zip ties, wire hanger, anything to hold caliper securely.
Pads may/may not fall off, most of time they do but sometime they stay stuck, remove those.
Remove wheel bearing cap.
Remove cotter pin.
Remove wheel bearing nut.
Remove rotor.
Remove brake cap.
C-clamp/disc spreader on piston all the way in.
New rotor, try not to touch the surface as much even though you'll clean it up with brake cleaner.
Google/youtube videos for how to pack wheel bearing properly.
Grease up the bearings(do all at once but be sure keep them away from dirt, oil, other grease).
Install bearing then seal(look at old rotor so you can see which way it goes in properly) use small hammer and evenly tap it in til it flat with surface.
Grease spindle shaft.
Install rotor, install bearing, tighten wheel bearing.
Now when you tighten wheel bearing, you spin the rotor, you want it be able keep free spinning and once it slows down a lot, you loosen a bit, spin the rotor so it still free spin. Then that's where you stop, tighten a WEEE bit or slight hand tight, put cotter pin in.
Now if pin isn't close to hole, then you can loosen a bit to hole.
Reverse procedure.
Before you start driving, you'll need to pump brake several times to get piston pressing pads against rotor firmly otherwise if you started driving without pumping it will be loose and takes couple pumps before you can get full braking effect.
I'll have to find pics or make another ones.
It's pretty simple.
Don't buy cheap rotor/pads, spend a little bit more than cheapest. Search around for member's feedback/review on variety of rotor/pads.
Any bearings will do, popular choice would be Timken.
Brake cleaner, basic tools, monkey wrench, you'll need Allan wrench or allan socket, size 3/8. Latex gloves, wheel bearing grease, shop towels/paper towels, cotter pin, c-clamp or disc spreader.
You'll will be able work faster if you haven't driven the truck for while so brake will be cooler.
Loosen lug nuts a bit.
Jack front Right or Left side up then either put jackstand on frame or lca.
Remove wheel.
Loosen caliper bolts.
Now you can mount caliper onto uca, get tall bucket, zip ties, wire hanger, anything to hold caliper securely.
Pads may/may not fall off, most of time they do but sometime they stay stuck, remove those.
Remove wheel bearing cap.
Remove cotter pin.
Remove wheel bearing nut.
Remove rotor.
Remove brake cap.
C-clamp/disc spreader on piston all the way in.
New rotor, try not to touch the surface as much even though you'll clean it up with brake cleaner.
Google/youtube videos for how to pack wheel bearing properly.
Grease up the bearings(do all at once but be sure keep them away from dirt, oil, other grease).
Install bearing then seal(look at old rotor so you can see which way it goes in properly) use small hammer and evenly tap it in til it flat with surface.
Grease spindle shaft.
Install rotor, install bearing, tighten wheel bearing.
Now when you tighten wheel bearing, you spin the rotor, you want it be able keep free spinning and once it slows down a lot, you loosen a bit, spin the rotor so it still free spin. Then that's where you stop, tighten a WEEE bit or slight hand tight, put cotter pin in.
Now if pin isn't close to hole, then you can loosen a bit to hole.
Reverse procedure.
Before you start driving, you'll need to pump brake several times to get piston pressing pads against rotor firmly otherwise if you started driving without pumping it will be loose and takes couple pumps before you can get full braking effect.
I'll have to find pics or make another ones.
