Re: brake pads and brake dust...

From: Kyle Vanditmars (kylevan@telus.net)
Date: Tue May 13 2003 - 17:25:56 EDT


""Josh Battles"" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com> wrote in message
news:b9r0b2$u4e$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
> What dude? it takes like 2 mins to pack a bearing by hand. It's all in
the
> technique. I dunno, I just never really minded doing stuff like that.
I've
> been doing that sort of thing since I was like 5 years old... "Josh,
repack
> the trailer bearings, we're taking the boat out this weekend!" It's no
big
> deal.

Ok, so it took me 45 minutes to do all four bearings, including talking to
my mom for 10 minutes in the middle. Not bad for my first go at it, I
guess.

Found an intersting thing. It appears that the previous owner (or whoever
did the brakes last,) ended up with pads for a 4x4 Dak, so they got rid of
the outboard pad retention spring and put the 4x4 pads on there. Now I'm
stuck with pads for a 4x2, and no springs to hold the pads in place.
Needless to say, I'm a little pissed because I can't finish the job now. I
just REALLY hope that I can get this spring from the dealer or something,
and it hopefully won't cost a bazillion dollars, as I would prefer to have
the correct pads on there.



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