2002 Sport Trac 4x2 Front Brake Job

[allenzachary]

Hi. Newbie at the Forum. I've worked on plenty of cars before, but never an Explorer.

I made the naive mistake of offering to do a front brake job on by sister-in-law's 2002 Sport Trac 4x2. I have owned a series of front wheel drive sedans and know that front brake on those are really easy. Little did I know what I was in for on her truck.

So I've gotten it all apart and remove the disc and hub. I want to replace the disc as it is worn out. It seems that the huh and disc are a single piece, although the service manual shows the disc without the hub at the beginning of the article. Yet, the exploded view, which shows every little piece, only shows the disc an hub assembly as a single unit.

The new disc I have does not include a hub. I've looked and even tried to find a disc and hub assembly as a single unit, but there are none.

So...how do i get the hub to separate from the old disc?

Any help is always appreciated.

az

 

[allenzachary]

Follow up: All is well.

Turns out the rotors and hub are integrated on the 4x2's. Researched and found a set at my local Autozone. Solved the problem immediately.

 

[Clusterpup]

Yeah, on the 4x4 they are not, the disc comes off by itself. On the 4x4s the bearings are integrated to the hub which makes bearing replacement expensive cause the ABS sensor is in there as well!

 

[John_Rock]

Ahhh, you learn something new every day.