1934 Ford Roadster Pickup - Suspended With Function & Style

After attaching the Wilwood hat to the front side of the hub with three Allen fasteners, Jose turned the assembly over and began to install the rotor. He threaded the safety-wire bolts into the holes in the back of the rotor, through the holes in the hat. To figure out how much safety wire is needed, use the circumference of the outside of the rotor as a guide. Jose fastidiously threaded the wire through each bolt hole and safety-wired the rotor and hat together.

Prior to fitting the internal front bearing in the backside of the hub, Jose loaded the bearing up with grease.

He put the internal wheel bearing, spacers, and seal in position, and tapped...

...the assembly into its new home.

Since both brake and hub assemblies were complete, Jose moved to the spindles. He inserted the spindle in the upright and put anti-seize on its threads.

Jose put the spindle through the opening of the disc-backing plate, bolted the upright to the plate, and installed the caliper bracket and the steering arm.

With the spindle assembly resting on its base, Kugel put the spindle through the hole in the disc hub. As the Wilwood rotors and calipers are directional, Jose made sure the vanes (or vents) between the rotor plates were pointing forward.

The greased outer bearing found its new home, thanks to Kugel's technician.

With the castle nut tightened, the disc-brake/hub assembly was ready to accept the six- piston Wilwood caliper. Jose installed the brake shoes in the calipers (not shown).