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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 429825" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p><strong>Front Brakes!</strong></p><p></p><p>Well I received a good bit of stuff today. Steering knuckles came in, as well as my Dana 30 metal breather, some brake line clips, and some rear hoses and rotors/pads. Today I focused on the front.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully a Jeep's front end is quite easy and quick to disassemble. I had the right front torn down and rebuilt in probably 45 minutes. Teardown was easy, rebuild is as simple as install the knuckle, torque the lower to 80, upper to 75, install cotter pins, hang the brake shield on the unit bearing bolts, install unit bearing/axle shaft, bolt it down & torque the 3 bolts to 75, install the rotors, bolt the caliper and torque caliper bolts to 12 ft lbs, then install the wheels.</p><p></p><p>A couple pics of the setup:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117702[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117703[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>In the past I had actually reworked the brake lines for the WJ swap. The WJ swap places the brake line hole way at the bottom of the large WJ caliper, as well as an unnatural angle, which means you need a super long hose to make it work. With the upper ball joint sticking up, the shock in the way, etc, it's hard to get a good routing for brake lines. So what I did in the past was use Rubicon Express's hardline coupler extensions, which I routed down and around behind the shock and mounted to a 90-degree tab bracket. I then used a long hose and made a C shape from the bracket, down around the shock and curved down to the caliper.</p><p></p><p>Since I went back to stock calipers today, I wanted a good brake hose solution. I chose to use the stock-but-longer hoses sold by Raybestos. They are located <a href="https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/jeep,1994,wrangler,4.0l+l6,1185195,brake+&+wheel+hub,brake+hose,1792" target="_blank">here</a>, items BH384248 & BJ384249. They are literally exactly like stock (hybrid metal line at the caliper combined with a flex rubber hose), except the rubber portion is 4" longer for lift. Perfect. So I deleted the RE coupler extensions and now I'm mounted back exactly like stock, but longer for the 3" of lift I have.</p><p></p><p>Clears the shock and ball joints perfectly turned in either direction...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117704[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117705[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Got a good line routing and plenty of tire clearance as well. I am fully pleased.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117706[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117707[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117708[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>I stupidly ordered two right hand brake shields so I'm now waiting to complete the left side until I receive the new shield (and I also need to return the extra right side). I went ahead and installed the new knuckle on the left side and got the cotter pins in and such, so the install will be really quick once I receive the shield. I also got the brake hose changed so it will hook straight up to the caliper once I dig in and do the work all at once.</p><p></p><p>I also received my metal axle breather, so we are going to try that one out probably tomorrow. I plan to clean up the breather hole with some WD40 and a Q-tip. It's pretty messy still, it was hard to clean when I cleaned the rest of the axle.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117710[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After I get the breather and the rest of the front brakes installed, and the u-bolts/skid plates installed, I will officially be done with the front axle. Oh, and I still need to install the diff cover. I will do that after I get the breather installed.</p><p></p><p>The rear rotors and pads came in today, but I'm not going to mess with them until the axle has been painted and put back in place. The rear axle is going to take some time to complete, because I need to figure out a brake line solution. I think I'm going to have Blaine at Black Magic bend/flare me some stainless lines with gravel guard. It will be easy because he can just bend them to stock specs and ship, then I can install. I received the hoses that mate those to the calipers, so it should be painless. We're getting closer and closer to driving, each painfully slow day at a time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 429825, member: 18789"] [B]Front Brakes![/B] Well I received a good bit of stuff today. Steering knuckles came in, as well as my Dana 30 metal breather, some brake line clips, and some rear hoses and rotors/pads. Today I focused on the front. Thankfully a Jeep's front end is quite easy and quick to disassemble. I had the right front torn down and rebuilt in probably 45 minutes. Teardown was easy, rebuild is as simple as install the knuckle, torque the lower to 80, upper to 75, install cotter pins, hang the brake shield on the unit bearing bolts, install unit bearing/axle shaft, bolt it down & torque the 3 bolts to 75, install the rotors, bolt the caliper and torque caliper bolts to 12 ft lbs, then install the wheels. A couple pics of the setup: [ATTACH type="full" width="313px" alt="IMG 1.JPEG"]117702[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="312px" alt="IMG 2.JPEG"]117703[/ATTACH] In the past I had actually reworked the brake lines for the WJ swap. The WJ swap places the brake line hole way at the bottom of the large WJ caliper, as well as an unnatural angle, which means you need a super long hose to make it work. With the upper ball joint sticking up, the shock in the way, etc, it's hard to get a good routing for brake lines. So what I did in the past was use Rubicon Express's hardline coupler extensions, which I routed down and around behind the shock and mounted to a 90-degree tab bracket. I then used a long hose and made a C shape from the bracket, down around the shock and curved down to the caliper. Since I went back to stock calipers today, I wanted a good brake hose solution. I chose to use the stock-but-longer hoses sold by Raybestos. They are located [URL='https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/jeep,1994,wrangler,4.0l+l6,1185195,brake+&+wheel+hub,brake+hose,1792']here[/URL], items BH384248 & BJ384249. They are literally exactly like stock (hybrid metal line at the caliper combined with a flex rubber hose), except the rubber portion is 4" longer for lift. Perfect. So I deleted the RE coupler extensions and now I'm mounted back exactly like stock, but longer for the 3" of lift I have. Clears the shock and ball joints perfectly turned in either direction... [ATTACH type="full" width="379px" alt="IMG 3.JPEG"]117704[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="374px" alt="IMG 4.JPEG"]117705[/ATTACH] Got a good line routing and plenty of tire clearance as well. I am fully pleased. [ATTACH type="full" width="360px" alt="IMG 5.JPEG"]117706[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="361px" alt="IMG 6.JPEG"]117707[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="360px" alt="IMG 7.JPEG"]117708[/ATTACH] I stupidly ordered two right hand brake shields so I'm now waiting to complete the left side until I receive the new shield (and I also need to return the extra right side). I went ahead and installed the new knuckle on the left side and got the cotter pins in and such, so the install will be really quick once I receive the shield. I also got the brake hose changed so it will hook straight up to the caliper once I dig in and do the work all at once. I also received my metal axle breather, so we are going to try that one out probably tomorrow. I plan to clean up the breather hole with some WD40 and a Q-tip. It's pretty messy still, it was hard to clean when I cleaned the rest of the axle. [ATTACH type="full" width="358px" alt="IMG 8.JPEG"]117710[/ATTACH] After I get the breather and the rest of the front brakes installed, and the u-bolts/skid plates installed, I will officially be done with the front axle. Oh, and I still need to install the diff cover. I will do that after I get the breather installed. The rear rotors and pads came in today, but I'm not going to mess with them until the axle has been painted and put back in place. The rear axle is going to take some time to complete, because I need to figure out a brake line solution. I think I'm going to have Blaine at Black Magic bend/flare me some stainless lines with gravel guard. It will be easy because he can just bend them to stock specs and ship, then I can install. I received the hoses that mate those to the calipers, so it should be painless. We're getting closer and closer to driving, each painfully slow day at a time. [/QUOTE]
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