Can I drive a short distance without front brakes?
07-31-2017, 01:32 PM
#21
Renaissance Honky
Wait, aren't the 2wd TOTALLY old-school, with a castle nut and a cotter pin to hold it all together? What's all this about 200ft/lb + on that ?
Bright side: you get new front wheel bearings and fresh grease along with your fresh brakes.
If you're gonna drive it to a shop with the calipers tied up, you'd better put your pads back in the calipers, and put some blocks of wood between the pads to keep the calipers from spitting the pistons out when you push the brake pedal. gotta have soemthign in there to keep 'em separated.... and you'll have no pressure in the brakes at all until those front calipers have something to press against.
What you're asking to do isn't recommended, so you're getting a lot of flack.
rules:
1. Don't do it.
2. Don't Do It!
3. If you're gonna do it anyways, pick your time, pick your route, and think REAL hard about what you're doing. The odds of having a Real Bad Day are pretty high with an operation like this.
Bright side: you get new front wheel bearings and fresh grease along with your fresh brakes.
If you're gonna drive it to a shop with the calipers tied up, you'd better put your pads back in the calipers, and put some blocks of wood between the pads to keep the calipers from spitting the pistons out when you push the brake pedal. gotta have soemthign in there to keep 'em separated.... and you'll have no pressure in the brakes at all until those front calipers have something to press against.
What you're asking to do isn't recommended, so you're getting a lot of flack.
rules:
1. Don't do it.
2. Don't Do It!
3. If you're gonna do it anyways, pick your time, pick your route, and think REAL hard about what you're doing. The odds of having a Real Bad Day are pretty high with an operation like this.
07-31-2017, 02:17 PM
#22
Senior Member
Wait, aren't the 2wd TOTALLY old-school, with a castle nut and a cotter pin to hold it all together? What's all this about 200ft/lb + on that ?
Bright side: you get new front wheel bearings and fresh grease along with your fresh brakes.
If you're gonna drive it to a shop with the calipers tied up, you'd better put your pads back in the calipers, and put some blocks of wood between the pads to keep the calipers from spitting the pistons out when you push the brake pedal. gotta have soemthign in there to keep 'em separated.... and you'll have no pressure in the brakes at all until those front calipers have something to press against.
What you're asking to do isn't recommended, so you're getting a lot of flack.
rules:
1. Don't do it.
2. Don't Do It!
3. If you're gonna do it anyways, pick your time, pick your route, and think REAL hard about what you're doing. The odds of having a Real Bad Day are pretty high with an operation like this.
Bright side: you get new front wheel bearings and fresh grease along with your fresh brakes.
If you're gonna drive it to a shop with the calipers tied up, you'd better put your pads back in the calipers, and put some blocks of wood between the pads to keep the calipers from spitting the pistons out when you push the brake pedal. gotta have soemthign in there to keep 'em separated.... and you'll have no pressure in the brakes at all until those front calipers have something to press against.
What you're asking to do isn't recommended, so you're getting a lot of flack.
rules:
1. Don't do it.
2. Don't Do It!
3. If you're gonna do it anyways, pick your time, pick your route, and think REAL hard about what you're doing. The odds of having a Real Bad Day are pretty high with an operation like this.
They have a permalube sealed bearing which presses into the rotor. The nut takes 295 lb/ft of torque. It's pressing on the inner race, not enough torque it starts a death wobble, too much torque you burn up the bearing.
07-31-2017, 04:11 PM
#23
Renaissance Honky
That sounds absolutely absurd.
07-31-2017, 04:34 PM
#24
Super Moderator
07-31-2017, 06:53 PM
#25
Senior Member
The spindle nut holds the whole assembly to the truck it has no effect on the bearing preload.
kind of like when you set a pinion bearing with a shim and not a crush sleeve the only difference is the wheel bearing is a sealed pre lubed non adjustable bearing.
kind of like when you set a pinion bearing with a shim and not a crush sleeve the only difference is the wheel bearing is a sealed pre lubed non adjustable bearing.
