I was having problems with my front calipers sticking and was wondering what was going on. I have heard CJ calipers are notorious for dragging so I found out that a relatively inexpensive setup is to swap over to GM style calipers. I ordered the parts for the conversion and did not think about the possibility of my hubs not being set up right.
I took Transman's advice to get a clean piece of cardboard and lay everything out the way you take it off. After pulling the locking hub I found a mangled washer, stripped spindle nut, another washer, a back out spindle nub and another washer...So basically the only thing holding on the tire was the disc brakes (no wonder they were dragging).
I then ordered a spindle nut kit and finally got everything back together last night. Take a look at the extra mangled washer and the right way to bend the large flat washer over the outer spindle nut (I used a tire iron from Harbor Freight).
I took Transman's advice to get a clean piece of cardboard and lay everything out the way you take it off. After pulling the locking hub I found a mangled washer, stripped spindle nut, another washer, a back out spindle nub and another washer...So basically the only thing holding on the tire was the disc brakes (no wonder they were dragging).
I then ordered a spindle nut kit and finally got everything back together last night. Take a look at the extra mangled washer and the right way to bend the large flat washer over the outer spindle nut (I used a tire iron from Harbor Freight).
