Could use a little help on this one please.

Was wondering if I need any special hub wrenches for pulling the rotors on my 97' 4 x 4 ? Can someone please give me a quick walk-through on this job please?

Is this fairly straight forward ? I used to take care of most of this stuff myself. When a front bearing went bad 50K mi ago, I had to take it to a shop because I had never done bearings/brakes on a "newer" truck and I was out of town. Bearing module ? What's that?
The parts are fairly cheap and I can't afford to hire someone to do this for me this time.

Thinking about replacing rotors, calipers and pads....anything else ?

What would be a reasonable price for a caliper ?

Truck has 180K miles and has been the best vehicle I've ever owned !

Thanks for the help

 

The rotors will likely be corroded to the hub. You may need a big hammer and/or a heavy duty 3-jaw puller. Crank the three jaw puller down on the rotor as tight as you can possibly make it, and then whack the rotor with a 4-lb sledge hammer. That'll usually pop it loose pretty quick.

Use a little bit of anti-seize on the back side of the new rotor where it meets the flange to prevent it from happening again. Clean up the flange with a good stiff wire wheel and a drill or die grinder.

Make sure that the caliper slides freely on the slide pins when you reassemble it.

Other than that, it's pretty straightforward.

-Joe

 

On my 2000 I just took the calipers off and they pulled off by hand.

 

I had mine off about a year ago on my 01 and if I remember correctly once you take the tire off there should be 1 or 2 bolts on the backside of the caliper, take them out and your caliper should lift off. Once that is off the rotor should come right off. When replacing the caliper back on you will need a good size c-clamp to push the piston back into the caliper so that it slides back down onto the rotor. Real easy to do!

 

Thanks for the help guys ! much appreciated. Sounds easier than I ever imagined.

 

yeah remove calipars then pull out rotors easy quick job.

 

If your in the rustbelt you may need to heat the rotor up with a torch to get it off. Heat the edge of the hat up (the first step up off the rotor face) and hit it with a hammer. The inside of the hat is what usually rusts to the edge of the hub. I even had to cut some off with a torch due to the rust.