rear disk brakes

[wrangler]

where do i place the brakes, in position on the rotor. front of axle tube? rear? at what o'clock?

 

[RockMonkey]

where do i place the brakes, in position on the rotor. front of axle tube? rear? at what o'clock?

Whatever position places the brake bleeding valves at the top.

 

[jeep-N-montero]

It would help to know which axle and brake setup you are using.

 

[RockMonkey]

Seriously, it's going to depend on your calipers. They need to be mounted with the bleeders at the top, and there will be only one position that makes that happen. Mount them in that postion.

 

[Venture13]

I like the 2 or 3 oclock position. Flip calipers around to other side and it changes to 10 or 11 oclock position.

 

[Bart]

If you're ever going to do any suspension mods behind the axle, put them at the 10 position (front side) with the bleeders on top (as has already been said).

 

[thenag]

In theory you can bleed the caliper un-mounted with the bleeder up, then mount the caliper with the bleeder in what ever position works. But that just seems like a total pain and tough on your rubber lines, you do have rubber lines at the caliper right?

People do this with the Caddy calipers on the 14bolt to accommodate the parking brake better.

I did mine with the bleeder up and my ebrake cable routes under the axle. post #62 in my build thread has a poor pic of it.

nathan
--99xj
build thread
http://www.rme4x4.com/showthread.php?83436-Nathan-and-Tanja-s-99-XJ-Build-up/page5

 

[wrangler]

thanks everyone