Interesting the kit only replaces the bearing but not the race. Congratulations on doing the job yourself!
Interesting the kit only replaces the bearing but not the race. Congratulations on doing the job yourself!
Nice.
Did the brake hardware kit come from napa also? I might have to try that one next time. The adjuster cable on mine broke on both sides.
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Buy yourself one of these tools. You will never complain about those "meat hooks" again!
You insert one leg into the center of the circular spring, then use the other leg to twist the spring onto the hook. Easy peasy.
http://www.matcotools.com/catalog/product/RST10/BRAKE-SHOE-RETAINING-SPRING-TOOL/
Just been reading all of these posts to see where I've gone wrong with my wheel seal & bearing replacement. Hope I can sort it this time. Did the right hand side, all good but the left, 2 attempts & still leaking !
Yes, the socket is a must.
Goes right into place. It comes with a metal cup looking thing, you lay it on top and hammer it in. A mallet or dead blow would be good.
If I Remember right, the drivers side lock nut is LH thread. Passenger side is normal.
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Good idea with the vise grip needle nose pliers! I’ve always had success using them on the spring instead. Clamp them on the end of the hold down spring and you have leverage to push the spring in enough to get it hooked behind the meat hook. It also gives you some ability to move the spring and brake shoe up and down to get it into place. I use my free hand to reach around behind the backing plate and press in on the meat hook which makes it stand straight out!I'll look into that, it would have saved me hours. I ended up using a pry bar to push the spring down while I used a pair of vice grip needle nose to hook the meat hook in. It sounds easy but it took me a while to figure that out, and then once I started using that method the pry bar liked to slide off the end of the spring just when I got enough force on it Oh well. I will know for the future.