Ok back on topic, I installed the two hubs today. Some potentially interesting notes:
Actually uninstalling the old hubs and installing the new hubs was very easy and very quick. The most time consuming part by far for me was removing all of the plastic clips from the old ABS sensors and installing the new ones. That was a legit pain in the ass.
The old bearings on the passenger side were SO bad. I was expecting them to be dry, maybe a little rough. These were hard to turn by hand! They were really bad. The drivers side had a little bit of roughness once in a while but were probably fine. But I replaced them both with the "heavy duty" ones off rockauto.
I borrowed a torque wrench from autozone. I dialed it up to 103 ft-lb to put the big 35mm bolts back on. It clicked very easily. Granted the tool has a very huge arm but it was surprisingly easy to hit the 103 mark and get it to click. Does that sound right?
I did have one problem. I snapped one of the smaller caliper bolts while reassembling. I guess I wasn't supposed to toque those ones down super tight? It snapped fairly easily. Are those bolts a standard size? Can I get them anywhere? How tight are you supposed to tighten those?
I'm hoping that enough of the bolt is sticking out once I take the caliper back off, that I can use vice grips to unscrew it. Hopefully this is an easy fix. I have ZERO luck using snapped bolt removal tools.
What is the torque number for these bolts? I definitely way over-tightened them. The good thing is I only over-tightened them on one side because on the other side, I left the whole assembly together and took it all off at once (the caliper and the pad mount bracket).
Aside from the brake issue, the test drive home felt great. Nice and smooth and quiet. Driving with 3 caliper bolts is not ideal I know but I didn't have much choice. It was late at night so I just took it real easy on the braking.
Actually uninstalling the old hubs and installing the new hubs was very easy and very quick. The most time consuming part by far for me was removing all of the plastic clips from the old ABS sensors and installing the new ones. That was a legit pain in the ass.
The old bearings on the passenger side were SO bad. I was expecting them to be dry, maybe a little rough. These were hard to turn by hand! They were really bad. The drivers side had a little bit of roughness once in a while but were probably fine. But I replaced them both with the "heavy duty" ones off rockauto.
I borrowed a torque wrench from autozone. I dialed it up to 103 ft-lb to put the big 35mm bolts back on. It clicked very easily. Granted the tool has a very huge arm but it was surprisingly easy to hit the 103 mark and get it to click. Does that sound right?
I did have one problem. I snapped one of the smaller caliper bolts while reassembling. I guess I wasn't supposed to toque those ones down super tight? It snapped fairly easily. Are those bolts a standard size? Can I get them anywhere? How tight are you supposed to tighten those?
I'm hoping that enough of the bolt is sticking out once I take the caliper back off, that I can use vice grips to unscrew it. Hopefully this is an easy fix. I have ZERO luck using snapped bolt removal tools.
What is the torque number for these bolts? I definitely way over-tightened them. The good thing is I only over-tightened them on one side because on the other side, I left the whole assembly together and took it all off at once (the caliper and the pad mount bracket).
Aside from the brake issue, the test drive home felt great. Nice and smooth and quiet. Driving with 3 caliper bolts is not ideal I know but I didn't have much choice. It was late at night so I just took it real easy on the braking.
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