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Rear disc brake conversion on a 10.25 Full Floating axle.

i got the kit from Ruffstuff for a good p...

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chock front tires and jack up and remove tire

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remove the drum. this can be tricky.

if it wobbles but cant come off then you need to loosen the s...

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found this broken spring and was the reason i had a bad noise in the drums. i figured why put money ...

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number one: make sure you have enough room to slide the axle shaft out. i made that mystake on the p...

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to remove the hub you need to have a 4-point spindle nut tool. this is the cheapest one i could find...

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take off the spindle nut and then you can pull the entire hub off.

the spindle seal will be abit st...

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take off the 4 bolts holding the brake backing plate off. disconnect the brake line. the backing pla...

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i bolted on the new caliper mounting plate to mock everything up

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i went ahead and painted the brackets

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i mocked up the hub and tightened the spindle nut to be snug

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mounted the new rotor on and used a couple lug nuts to hold it tight

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this is how much of a shim i used betweent he axle mounting and the caliper bracket. i could probabl...

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in the instructions it claims that some axles may need the caliper bracket shimmed away from the rot...

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issue i found is that i cant get the upper caliper pin in or out easily because of the leaf spring.
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this is the brakes completely mocked up

note that as the pads wear, the caliper will slide inward. ...

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i mounted the bracket lower. it will be harder to bleed the brakes but i can take the caliper off an...

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i went ahead and replaced the wheel bearings and seals. then i did final install.

tighten the spind...

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do the same to the other side

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i made a new pair of brake lines. driver side is going to be very short. the passenger side i formed...

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passenger side brake line

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i added a Wilwood 260-8419 brake proportioning valve. along the frame on the brake line. this is use...