Front End Rebuild Update

Found the time to finish tearing down and putting the front end together with the help of a fellow rodder Tom for hopefully close to the last time. Unfortunately the replacement spindle and rotor I received to replace the broken one wasn't quite the same as the old one. We wanted to use the old caliper so we didn't have have to replace it and add one more step to the process. For some reason on the new caliper they used a smaller bolt that goes through the spindle itself. So we had to drill it out to accept the older bolt we had. We also tore the older spindle apart and found that they had greased this one. Though the castle nut was smaller and  looked really flimsy so we used the sturdier nut from the older spindle. Lastly the new rotors hub would not allow the stock rim to fit. After measuring we found the newer rotor was a full inch larger in diameter. After talking to the company that supplied us the kit they didnt have any of the smaller rotors in stock and we where left with two choices. One we could take the new rotor in and have it machined to fit. After careful measuring I determined that 1/9 of the rotor needed to be removed. This would take off over half of the thickness of the rotor. This didnt seem like a wise or safe move. So I turned to the second option to find the correct rotor. I turned to my local parts dealer. After talking to Summit Racing we found what we believed to be the right rotor. We had to order it but it was only $35. About the same cost as the machining would have been seems like a win win situation. Plus the company is going to reimburse for the cost of the rotor. Below are some photos we took during the process.

Here is Tom greasing one of the race bearings.

Here are how the bearing will look on the spindle. The outer one doesnt get placed until after the rotor is put on.

Here the spindle is in place and just like with the rear bearing the front one is  packed with grease.