510 wagon rear axle bearing removal - mklotz70

[mklotz70]

Did this with Silky Johnson yesterday.  Vid is nice and short, but you get the idea :)

 

[RedBanner]

Mike have you ever seen the red green show? Your voice sounds just like uncle reds in your videos. Ads a cool dynamic to all your videos for me.

[mklotz70]

I've never heard of it......but I just watched the link in the pm you sent.  Too funny!  Mine's not as raspy, but I can hear the similarity.  I have to listen to myself for hours when I'm editing videos :(

[Laecaon]

That reminds me of 4 months ago...

 

 

And I want 200sx caliper brackets!

[Silky_Johnson]

That reminds me of 4 months ago...

 

 

And I want 200sx caliper brackets!

 

No you don't.  Just wait until you see what Mike had to do to get the stupid things to work.  The Dime Quarterly write up makes it sound like a bolt on swap, and it isn't even close to that.  You'd be better off just trying to convince Mike to make a run of his own caliper brackets.

[Laecaon]

I know its harder than the DQ article. I have an auto rear axle, so the bolt pattern is already different.

[Silky_Johnson]

Yeah... I have the "manual" rear axle, and we still had to open up the bolt circle, which as we also discovered isn't really just opening up the circle.  The bearing poke is what really messes it all up though.

[Laecaon]

well hmm.

 

I would want 280zx rear calipers anyways, to balance out the 280zx fronts. Just makes sense to me...

[mklotz70]

280zx rear calipers would be the first I'd consider, if only for the fact that the vast majority of the front upgrades are 280zx. 

 

Yep....you dont' want 200sx brackets....they really are sub-parr.....like something I'd expect to find on a tractor, not a nissan.

 

I'm too busy at the moment, but it's a possible project in the future.  There can be some really clearance issues on cars with lowering blocks.

[Laecaon]

Hmm. JesusNo2 had made brackets before to run ZX rear calipers (82-83), and with his design he said 2" blocks were practically required.

[mklotz70]

Been a long time since I looked at it.  I guess it depends on the position of the caliper.  Straight out the back would need blocks for the caliper to clear the springs.  If the caliper is in the 1 o'clock position, blocks will bring it too close to the chassis.   At least this is how I remember it, but I was never too concerned with discs on the rear of either of my wagons.....so I didn't research it a great deal.

[Silky_Johnson]

200sx brackets put the calipers straight back, so you need at least 2'' lowering blocks.  The nice thing about the 200sx calipers is that in the rearward position (9:00 on the passenger side), the e-brake lever is right in line with the stock goon e-brake rods.  I'm going to get back on the road again without the e-brake hooked up, because I can't stand this '89 Ranger.  Once I'm ready to tackle the e-brake situation, it should be really easy.

[mklotz70]

.....so then one possible option might be a bracket with 2 sets of holes, clocked differently for blocks or no blocks.

[TENDRIL]

^^ this!!  im waiting for someone to do another run as i am tired of drums!!

[Laecaon]

Im tired of non self adjusting drums.

[Silky_Johnson]

Yeah, I'm not against drums in general - I just hate the 510 drums.  I got tired of the adjusters being rounded off... That and my passenger wheel cylinder decided to take a dump.

[captaingamez]

i have to say, the thing i was thinking for over half the video was "damn, this guy needs a press"

[Silky_Johnson]

I suppose it should be noted that this is the poor man's method.  Of course a press would be ideal, but most of us DIYer's aren't going to go buy a press for replacing bearings one time.

[mklotz70]

I do have a press....even used it the same morning. :)   I've done it both ways and chose to do it this way because the last time I used the press to replace the axle bearings on a wgn, the press bent the heck out of the backing plate and never budged the bearing.  I knew this way would work without messing anything up.

[captaingamez]

I do have a press....even used it the same morning. :)   I've done it both ways and chose to do it this way because the last time I used the press to replace the axle bearings on a wgn, the press bent the heck out of the backing plate and never budged the bearing.  I knew this way would work without messing anything up.

 

I also thought about this after posting, but that assembly could be a pain to get into a press too, nothing wrong with using a air cutter, I just happen to have a press and a crappy air compressor, the air cutter idea takes me about 4x longer than it does you. man, I need a bigger air compressor.

[mklotz70]

I posted a vid on youtube a week or so ago on how to put the bearings on without a press.  Pressing them off is way more grief than pressing them back on.  Going back on is pretty easy.

 

My wife got me a 7hp, 60gal compressor years ago from Home Depot.  :)