Hey guys, I'm new as a member here and glad to find this place.

I'm redoing the front end of my '98 4x4.

I found out a short time ago that my 4x4 was no longer working. A quick inspection showed a cracked vac line. So since then I have just been holding out until I had time to tear into it.

Well lastnight my wife came home and said the brakes had started scrubbing. So I figured time to tear into it.

Well today I did just that. I started by shaking the tire real good before lifting it... been worried about the bearings considering the break in the lines. Well, there was play in both sides....

Think the bearings are just loose and need tightening?
Or do you think they are gone and need replacing?
(There is no noise)

Next I went to remove the brakes. Good lord!!! I broke everything 3/8" drive I had. I had to go buy a good 3/4" socked for my 1/2" drive... then turn the wheel and put a long pipe on it to break the bolts loose.

Well, I get the caliper off and find the source of the scrub. The left front OUTER pad is worn at about 1/8" angle and the backplate at the front of the pad is exposed.

But the interesting part is that was the OUTER pad... and the INNER pad was hardly worn at all.
Bad caliper or stuck caliper?
None of my other vehicles have ever done this.

So I stopped there on the brakes and went ahead on the 4x4 hubs to see how far I could get. Looks like I need a pair of some sort of snap ring pliers because I'm stuck at that point.

I've never been into these before. So what all has to come off to get everything out?

Do the lockers come on out after the snap ring or is there more to do? Like rotors have to come off, etc, etc... I don't want to be working in circles.

Bottom line is I want to fix my brakes back right (ABS and all), and I want to replace these auto hubs with the Warn manual hubs.... and tighten or replace the wheel bearings if needed.

So I could use to hear from someone who has done the whole 9 before for in depth detail. Meanwhile I will keep reading through the sticky thread on hub replacement.

Thanks.