Front brake disc removal

[Kevenp]

Hi All,
Does any body have a quick solution to remove my from disc rotors off my GQ/Y60 patrol, so I can get tem machined?
Cant afford a mechanic

Thanks
Kevenp

[threedogs]

Why not machine them on the 4x4, look in the yellow pages for mobile rotor machining your area

[Dominator]

Why not machine them on the 4x4, look in the yellow pages for mobile rotor machining your area

I thought the mobile blokes still had to remove the rotors to machine them.

Assuming you have manual hubs:

Jack the front of the car up and put set the front in axle stands. Remove they front tyres. Unbolt and remove the brake calipers. Put the hubs in Free, undo the 6 Allen key bolts (they can be bloody tight) and remove the free wheeling hub, remove the circlip on the end of the axle shaft, remove the bush and spacer and flatten the lock tabs on the wheel bearing lock washer. Remove the locking nut, lock washer, wheel bearing nut and the washer behind it. The bearing nuts are 53mm, you can either buy a special socket off eBay or just use a hammer and screwdriver. You can now remove the hub and disc assembly, careful you don't drop the wheel bearing in the dirt. Mark the relationship between the hub and disc. Then unbolt the 6 bolts that hold the disc to the hub.

Re fit is just the reverse. Disk to hub bolts 50-63Nm. Be sure to check the grease in your wheel bearing and re pack with high temp lithium base grease if necessary. I find the easiest way to set the wheel bearings is to put the washer then bearing nut on and do up quite firm. Re fit the brake caliper. Fit the wheel, grab the wheel top and bottom an check for any lateral movement, you want to back the nut off until you get a little bit if movement than tighten back up a bit. Fit the lock washer then the lock nut and tighten it up real tight 160-190Nm. Fold the pins over to stop the nut undoing. Re install the spacer, bush, circlip and free wheeling hub bolts to 54-59Nm. Take the car for a drive then jack it back up and re check for excess wheel bearing play.

Hope this helps mate.

Here is an exploded view of the front hub assembly.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2013/04/74.jpg

[Maxhead]

They can do it on the vehicle but it would cost a lot more then removing yourself and taking them to get machined.

[NP99]

And this link might help too

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?2067-How-do-i-change-a-gu-cv&highlight=wheel+bearings

[Kevenp]

Thanks NP99, This is a great help and Im confident of a good result.
P.s I lived in the Samford Valley for 10 years or so. Great area!

Rgds

[Kevenp]

Thanks Nisshead

[Kevenp]

Thanks
Appreciate your feed back

[NP99]

Thanks NP99, This is a great help and Im confident of a good result.
P.s I lived in the Samford Valley for 10 years or so. Great area!

Rgds
Thanks mate, good luck with the hubs, if you we're still in the valley, I'd give you some help :)

[Shaun 4x4]

From my past experiences machining disks is the biggest rip off going. If its your only option as it is generally cheaper then new disk then ok, but they will not last long after machining and you will be up for new disks anyway.

If you can do it once, do it right.

[GQ TANK]

I only machine the disks if they have bad scoring

If they are badly damaged find out what replacement disks are wort (I think they are on ebay)

I tried removeing mine on my MK (same set up for the front as a gq - it took a lot on whacking. I ended up replacing them