What about bearings and new grease seals? Make sure to service the swivel ball and set the pre-load. Also do a 2 quart, DOT 4 brake flush and consider getting rid of your rubber brake hoses if you haven't done them yet.

 

Mike, i was meaning to ask about that. If i go to take my rotors off, and have never done it before, or anything further into the axels for that matter as far as servide....how far in should i go? Bearings, races, seals (inner and outer?) new grease packs, what else?

 

To get to the rotors, the hub has to be removed as the rotors bolts are on the backside of the hub. This means the bearings have to be removed for access.

So you need to be prepared to replace if needed or at least clean and repack.

If replacing, races need to be replaced. If repacking you can leave original races in.

Lots of info out there. Callebobobobo left the bearings off his Kit List.

You also need the adapter or a correct size socket to remove and reinstall the locknuts.

 

danny, what else makes sense while you ARE in there. Not what would be overkill, but what makes sense

 

Likie Mike said, be prepared to service the swivel ball. I bought the one-shot packs from Trevor at Rovah Farms, his were about half the price I have seen elsewhere.

Before you jump into it, pull your wheels off and do a good inspection to determine if rotors do need replaced or not. Also look at your swivels, are they leaking badly? If so you may need to rebuild them. If they are not badly scarred (on the *****) and the seals are not leaking , the one shot may suffice.

Read up on the swivel ball service as I am not familar enough with them. I did drain and refill mine twice. First time was with the oil second time I went to the one shot grease. LR dealer had serviced my front end when I first got mine.

If your rubber brake hoses at the wheel wells are bad or your brakes are not real responsive, you could switch to the braided lines especially since you want to raise it and run taller tires.

I went with the Rovers North kits when I did mine. Pretty good price for 4 rotors and pads. Also went with theikr calipers on the rear of mine due to corroded originals. They have held up fine. Rovers North has excellent parts breakdown drawings on their webpages that show all the little parts. Take a look at that even if you buy elsewhere, you can't beat their drawings for showing it all.

I also bought all new mounting bolts for calipers, rotors, hubs and all to get a good head start and avoid having to reuse the old ones since some were questionable.

And get the fitting kits so you get all new springs and clips and all the little goodies since the PA road salt does a number on all the hardware down there. NeverSeize, bearing grease. Blue Locktite. PB Blaster. You can get a gallon jug and a squirt bottle.

All my bolts were a bitch to break loose. And the socket for the bearing locknuts.

Make sure you get all the gaskets, there is a paper one for the outside where the hubs bolt on that is easy to tear, you might get a couple of extras. There is also a little black rubber boot over the outside. On mine, a couple of them were split. Thjey are real cheap. So to avoid secondary orders and extra shipping, you may want to check them or buy new ones.

I also got a jug of Mean Green, it's good for cleaning the brake dust from inside the wheels. Don't be surprised if the wheels seem to be stuck in place after you pull the lug nuts off. If the wheels have not been off for a while they can seize in place. I read that a little NeverSeize will prevent that in the future.

I probably overlooked something or another. Maybe Tom or SavannahBuzz can add more info.

 

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This is frustrating, is there a "Easy-Rover" button laying around? Sorry don't mean to rant or get pissed at her it's just gahhhhH! Stop with the issues for a little while please..

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sorry it was late at night and I was cranky, exams to study for :P

 

It's just maintenance. There's nothing WRONG with the truck at the moment, but you're just trying to catch up with whatever the PO's maintenance was. It is frustrating but it's only because we're all equally **** about the level of service and maintnenace that we'll keep these under. Once you get a baseline everything will be great. Deep breaths dude. If you take care of that truck it'll last you a lnog time, and take you a lot of cool places.

 

The first time you tear into the brakes, it can be pretty involved since it is different from a lot of other vehicles. If it has been poor maintained, it can be a real mess and somewhat costly to purchase all the parts. But much cheaper than going to one of the big chain brake experts out there.

Once you are comfortable with it, they are pretty straight forward and fairly simple system. Like I said, I went with the various kits from Rovers North for simplicity and was quite satisfied.

I like their webpages for showing it all and I would get it onscreen, then call and get one of their sales guys. Les is who I usually got, love his accent. They were all pleasant and extremely knowledgeable about the Discovery I systems and had all the correct parts on hand and at a good price in my opinion. Much rather deal with them than chase all around and I know the parts are correct, complete, fit right and great quality. Excellent service all around shipped right to my door. And free answers to all my questions.

You might save a few bucks here and there, but I was totally satisfied.

And I avoid AutoZone and similar places who's main source is off-shore and Quality is a real mystery. I do not want some young kid that just pushes buttons on a computer screen helping me find parts for my Rover.

 

Just wondering, on the swivel pins, is there a top and bottom on both sides?