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611 hits | 60.46 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Couldn't get a straight answer off some of teh Lincoln forums on whether my 90' had greasable wheel ...

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556 hits | 60.28 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Forgot to take removal of the pads/caliper pics, so...note the 5/8" slider bolts that come out to al...

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603 hits | 62.08 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Once you've pulled off the dust cover, removed the cotter pin and undone the bearing nut, the rotor ...

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525 hits | 69.23 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
The passenger's inner seal had failed on mine and had obviously been free of the rotor for a long wh...

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564 hits | 53.81 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Out lifts larger inner wheel bearing. It's an American made Timken in good shape, so I'm just going ...

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562 hits | 38.92 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Into the solvent and shake it around to clean all the old grease out of the bearing race. Then blow ...

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592 hits | 58.52 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Meanwhile you can be wiping out the old grease from inside the hub.

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540 hits | 62.11 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Do the same on the smaller outer bearing's hub race too.

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547 hits | 51.57 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Wipe clean the spindle as well.

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May as well lube up the two spindle contact areas while you're at it too. I spend the extra dollar a...

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568 hits | 63.73 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Load the bearing packer and apply the grease gun to really load those bearings with synthetic grease...

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559 hits | 58.97 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Load the bearing contact areas, in the rotor hub, with grease too and then install the bearings.

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567 hits | 56.56 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
If you can't get the new inner seal to seat like this, place a large rubber mallet over it and pound...

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589 hits | 63.55 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
As rusty as my rotor looked (it's a salt-belt thing) it had no serrations or heat scoring and plenty...

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588 hits | 64.81 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
I like the way these Lincoln calipers just tuck in on top of the lower A arm so nicely. I use a weld...

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624 hits | 74.95 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
A little brake grease on the back of the pads, spread over the contact points will stop any squealin...

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593 hits | 57.15 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Pop the spring loaded inner pad into place.

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583 hits | 60.28 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
These Lincoln Town Car brakes are possibly the nicest, easiest pad change I've ever done on a car !

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548 hits | 58.11 KB | Posted: 7/23/08
New calipers, rotors and Carbon Fiber pads. They made a difference to mileage, meaning the calipers ...

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600 hits | 92.49 KB | Posted: 8/13/08
Carbon fiber pads are quieter than original and work very well to date