Since my rear brakes were done at 8157, and I'm at 14,782 with a trip to the desert coming up, I decided to replace them today. No pictures, I was busy. That's 6625 miles on this set for those keeping score - very little mud or water, a little sand and really, really long, steep downhills; there's no way to hold your speed down with engine braking on some of that sh*t. I'll carry this set as an emergency spare, there's 'a little' left; my previous set was dangerously close to metal on metal.
And since I tie the Talon down thru the spokes, I clocked the hubs so the valve stems are in the same location, left and right. I thought I had done that before but clocking the wheel studs doesn't clock the valve stems, the STI HD9 wheels aren't drilled that way. So I paid more attention, used the angle gauge in my iPad and got it right this time. I can do this because the Talon's rear diff is 'locked', once I get the hubs clocked, they'll stay clocked, unlike a Pioneer with turf mode.
Aaaaaand - that hub was getting close to rusting to the bearing ... again. It's been about 2 years since I had it off last time and that's too long, pull your hubs, grease the hubs (where they go into the bearing) and splines.
For the curious, why the valve stems need to be in the same location -
What happens if you don't grease the hub to bearing surfaces regularly (yearly might be good, 6 months would be better. 2 years is too long).
I think I was running the K02's when I broke the first two, both are BFG tires. Thanks for the tip about Ace. 👍
