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Remove the 12 nuts an washers holding the brake assembly on. Then remove the ring. Then pull the brakes off and set aside. If the hoses are still connected at this point you'll have to setup another jack stand or something. But wait until you see the pics of my brake wheel cylinders later!

Pull the shoes off the bottom pins and relieve the pressure off of the return spring and remove the shoes and spring together.

This part took some redneck inginuity. After sitting there, without the right pliers, taping this ring around in circles with my screwdriver and hammer I put everything down the think. I had to put some pressure on that ring to keep it from spinning so I could tap one side and get the ring off...

I removed the nut and lock washer from behind the brake assembly plate on the top guide pins at this point. There is a spring behind the shoe on this one so don't try and pull it all the way out yet. BTW, i think my guide bolts are upgraded from stock per one of kenny's post's somewhere. Your's...

Remove inner wheel bearing, as I didn't yet, and set aside. This keeps falling brake material away from the bearing. Now is a good time to remove the boot guards. You'll have to remove the front 2 bolts holding the kingpin bushings in place to get them off. I then turned the adjusters so that...

Remove the drum. Be very careful not to pull it along the threads on the spindle as this can damage them. The drum is a pretty tight fit over the shoes and is heavier than it looks. You'll be sore the next morning from this part.

Either pull the drum off and inch and push back in per TM or gently pry outer bearing out with a screw driver. Then remove and set aside.

Using the jumbo 3" 8-sided socket. Remove the wheel bearing outer lock nut. both sides are right hand thread. Then remove the waster, the tabs are still bent over the inner adjuster nut. Then finally remove the inner bearing nut and set aside.

Using a punch of some sort, bend the tabs locking the lock nut straight. There are 2 nuts locked together so they will not move. The inner nut set's the load on the bearings and the outer nut is put down over 150 ft/lbs to lock both in place. The washer between to two locks both nuts together...

Remove the 8 bolts and lock washers on the cap that splines onto the axle and bolts to the wheel hub. Without this cap the front wheels will not drive. Notice the jack stand under one of the lugs to keep the wheel from rotating. Using air tools you would not need to do this. But I prefered to...

Then i drained the fluid out of the axle housing. Check out the color! EWW!

Chock rear tires and engage the parking brake. With the HF air jack you have to put some pieces of wood under the jack because it does not extend tall enough for my truck. jack it up and put the jack stands under the truck. Removed the tires with a bud socket from Houde and the cheapo 3/4"...

Well, here it goes. Lot's of pictures to post and lot's of info to remember while I type it up. After I brought my truck home I noticed the inner clamps on both front steering knuckle boots had come loose and the bottom of the boots was full of fluid. So my plan was to replace the inner axle...

Would it be okay to use Dot3 to hone the cylinder? I was just quoted $35.11 per quart from car quest for DOT5 and want to spare that as much as possible. -Kelly

Thanks for the advice. How much do the hones run and where did you get it? I already have over $500 in tools and parts to do this front end plus a new cab cover so I don't want to spend much more but I want to do it right. Thanks! -Kelly

I have everything taken apart and most of it cleaned up. Boy is it messy! I took a bunch of pictures during the teardown process and will post later. To remove the bottom clips on the shoes I wedged a wrench behind the shoe and pushed on it with my foot to put pressure against the clip so it...

Thanks for the replies guys. Ok, now how do you remove the bottom retainer clips??? I'm tired of banging them around in circles. And my ring pliers aren't working. -Kelly

Hey guy's, doing the boots and seals on my front axle. Truck is on my concrete pad between my 2 sheds. I didn't think of this earlier and when I was about to pull the brake shoes it dawned on me. As I stood up and felt the shed behind me I wandered if, when I get to the point of pulling the...

Sorry, I meant voltmeter. Being in aviation all day everyday all I see is amp meter's. I'll check the voltage across the batteries the next time I fire it up, I know it's charging though. I'm just wandering if there's a problem with the meter wiring or the gauge itself. I'd bet money it's the...

The connections are all there then, but still no charge. Which setting should I put on the multi meter to check the line? 20V or something like that? -Kelly