A friend borrowed my dodge, and destroyed the brakes.


1. First thing to do is get it up off teh ground to get a wheel off.
  
2. Here's a look at the nice groove in the brake disc.

3. A closer view.
  
4. JUmping forward to having one brake/hub assembly fully off.

5. Shot of the end of the axle.
  
6. The front brake caliper.

7. Hub and brake off the dodge.
  
8. THe hub seperated from teh brake disc. The wheel studs help hold it on.

9. Shiney new disc next the the old ruined one.
  
10. Backside of the same.

11. Getting ready to put the new disc back on the hub.
  
12. Inside of the hub, all cleaned up. Now is a good time to check your bearings and races.

13. Mostly put back together. Looks nice and new.
  
14. Another angle, showing where the hub and brake meet.

15. Working on collapsing the calipers.
  
16. It's good to hold a rag around the master cylinder incase it overflows.

17. Getting ready to put it all back together.
  
18. All reassembled with the new pads.

19. From the end.
  
20. The other side, prior to disassembly.

21. Once you get the end cap off, you need to take the axle end gears out.
  
22. This is the lock nut.

23. Then you can pull the assembly off.
  
24. Freshly removed.

25. Always repack your bearings.
  
26. Hub with repacked bearing snad new seal.

27. And the outer bearings.
  
28. Driving the lugs back in.

29. Refitting the disc.
  
30. And the gears.

31. The lock nut requires this special socket.
  
32. Top of the knuckle, bare.

33. My dad checking to make sure I did it right.
  
34. The old pads, and where the groove came from.
Not too hard.

Make sure friends know better than to keep driving when they hear a bad metal grinding sound.

   

 

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