Okay, today is the day i finally replace my brakes after two months of putting it off (sad, i know) I bought Raybestos rotors and BruteStop brakes yesterday but i was looking through both my chilton manual and the message board and found a bunch of people talking about repacking the bearing. How important is this and what would i need to go buy to do it? Can someone fill me in with a little info on that. Also, if anyone has any suggestions on what to do or not to do with doing my brakes, be my guest to let me know.

 

repacking bearing as far as i know you just get the proper greese (usually redish) and basically put some on your hand and work the bearing around and it basically works in the newer stuff and the older stuff comes out. i believe thats what happens i saw my grandfather do it once.

its not a bad idea to do, but when i hd my brakes off (i was installing springs and struts) i just set the rotors/bearings aside and didnt re greese them. been working fine for a few months so far.


try to not let the calipers hang buy the hoses, umm dont over tighten the main nuts on the spindles, follow torque specs or everything, do not want to break bolts when doing brakes.

 

You need to clean the bearings thoroughly and repack them before installing them. And, be sure you use high temp disk grease to pack them with.

There is a small double cone shaped tool called a bearing packer you can get at most parts store for $5-$10. You use a grease gun with it and you can pack the bearings in seconds using it. Much better than trying to do it by hand.

You also need to replace the grease seal after you drop the back bearing in.

Don't forget to get some brake cleaner. The rotors will probably have some type of oil on them to prevent them from rusting. You need to get this off them before putting the rotor on and getting that oil on your new expensive pads.