1975 Camaro Front Brakes
I am trying to work on the brakes of my Camaro but I haven't torn them apart yet I have new calipers and pads but I wanna have everything I need to do it but I don't know how many bearings it has does it has 2 bearings per wheel? Any information or videos of a tear down would be helpful.....
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You should replace all the soft hoses attached to the caliper. These are subject to age and they can be hard to tell if they are ok. If you are not sure they are less then 7 years old replace them. One thing that always seems to get missed is the soft hose from the body to the rear axel.
You will also need a grease seal for the back of the rotor.
Each rotor has a inner and an outer bearing. You don't need to replace them if they are still good. You should clean and repack them. It is good to clean and inspect them but if they are wear/mark free just reuse them. Search Youtube for a "repacking wheel bearing" video.
Replacing hub bearings is pretty common today but back in the day most of the time when a wheel bearing failed it was because of a lack of repacking per maintenance standard, spindles were under water or a hard impact like a curb. Even with heavy wear you could clean and repack the bearing and get another 10,000 miles out of them. With some of these older parts new does not equal better. The original bearings that came with that car would have been solid 52100 steel heat treated all the way through. Most production line these days use 1020 steel with a case hardened shell. In a lab condition the case harden bearing will last longer but an impact can cause a chip of the outer shell. In the real world there are pot holes and the bearings take a pounding. This pounding would have much less of an effect on the older through hardened bears. If you have to replace them make sure you by a name brand bearing like Timken, NTN or SKF. Even then you can not be sure how the bearing is made unless it is listed on the box but al least you are getting a minimum standard that is inline with the OEM.
You will also need a grease seal for the back of the rotor.
Each rotor has a inner and an outer bearing. You don't need to replace them if they are still good. You should clean and repack them. It is good to clean and inspect them but if they are wear/mark free just reuse them. Search Youtube for a "repacking wheel bearing" video.
Replacing hub bearings is pretty common today but back in the day most of the time when a wheel bearing failed it was because of a lack of repacking per maintenance standard, spindles were under water or a hard impact like a curb. Even with heavy wear you could clean and repack the bearing and get another 10,000 miles out of them. With some of these older parts new does not equal better. The original bearings that came with that car would have been solid 52100 steel heat treated all the way through. Most production line these days use 1020 steel with a case hardened shell. In a lab condition the case harden bearing will last longer but an impact can cause a chip of the outer shell. In the real world there are pot holes and the bearings take a pounding. This pounding would have much less of an effect on the older through hardened bears. If you have to replace them make sure you by a name brand bearing like Timken, NTN or SKF. Even then you can not be sure how the bearing is made unless it is listed on the box but al least you are getting a minimum standard that is inline with the OEM.
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