I'm about to do the brakes on the front of the T. The rotors are a little warped, a lot worn, and the squealing is driving me mad. Of the four 4WD vehicles I've owned, none have ever needed front brakes while I was around to change them. I've changed discs, calipers, pads, lines, etc. on cars but those didn't have a front axle with ADD hubs on the end of them so some of this is new to me.

Looking through the FSM, it looks like I'll need:
1. a new flange gasket
2. new lock washer
3. new oil seal inboard of the inside wheel bearing
4. new rotors and pads
5. MP grease
6. some solvent to clean the old grease out of the bearings.
7. a 54 mm deep well socket (SST 09607-60020)
8. new inside and outside bearing outer races. Do I really need these or are the old ones likely to be reusable?
9. one 12 pack of cool refreshers. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

I know a bunch of you guys have done this before so please let me know if my list is missing anything I'm likely to need or includes things that aren't necessary to replace. If there are things that folks want pictures of while I've got it apart, let me know this also.

Any other "while I'm in there" things that I ought to consider doing?


97 T100 4WD SR5 - 231K