Now we put our modified hub back on the same way you would the original hub, TIGHT! Don't forget to put your cotter pin in.

And here’s our new little beauty all ready for the caliper and rotor.

Here is our new rotor, bolted securely with our new lug studs.

Here is the caliper bolted to the bracket. Please notice the washers between the caliper and the bracket. It took two half-inch washers to line my caliper up on the rotor. Yours may take more, or less.

Then put our nifty new extended brake line on the caliper. That frugal (cheap) soul Jimny used stock front brake lines on his. I considered them were too short and used the extended ones. We’ll see who is right.

Now we need to remove the old rubber brake line from the frame end. Get out your trusty and much beloved 10mm brake line wrench. Take the hard line loose and then take the rubber line off of the frame bracket.

Now connect the new extended brake line (unless you’re a cheapskate like Jimny) through the frame bracket to the hard line. If you have the clip from a SJ413 you can secure the frame end. Otherwise, a good wrap with bailing wire will do the trick. ;-))

And now, with a little bit of bleeding the brakes, we’re all ready to put the wheels back on and take this little rascal down the road with perfect confidence in our new front disk brakes. Except for Jimny, who probably ought to be worrying about his really short rubber lines.

And now this chapter’s done and you can all look forward to the rear brakes.

And they are a lot more work than the front ones.

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