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DANA 44 AXLE SWAP |
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Project 8
Axle Swap on a Dana 44
Installed by Will Morgan
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We are now ready to put the new springs, cables and other replacement brake parts in. It’s always a good idea to do one side at a time so you have a reference to look at in case things get a little confusing. Since we have better pictures from the opposite side we will have better shots of how the parts look once in place.
Essentially we just took off the old brakes parts and cleaned things up, put some grease on the contact points and we are ready to put it back together.
Once everything was in place we wiped the components clean, set the adjusting screw and the shoes and replaced the drum. You want the shoes adjusted out so the drum will slip over the shoes with the least amount of space there for the shoes to have to move but without any drag or resistance from the drums. Other adjusting can be done from the back of the drum through the small oval, rubber plug in the back of the drum on the bottom. Make sure the brake line is tight.
Now the brakes need to be bled from the furthest away from the master cylinder to the closest making sure there is enough brake fluid in the master cylinder as they are bled, topped off when they are all done and the cap put into place and then you are ready to hit the trails.
