I thought the mobile blokes still had to remove the rotors to machine them.Originally Posted by threedogs
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.
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