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Looking for that thing i just had in my hand...
So with 37's armor and a winch I felt that I could use a little more stopping power and definitely more brake cooling so when the time finally came to rebuild the brakes on the 1999 Montero I went for an upgrade. Now this will apply to all Gen 2 Montero's 1992-2000 and is just as easily done on a Gen 1, the Sport and Mighty Max will be the same as well but one could swap junkyard knuckle assemblies as a whole. I bought junkyard parts to make sure I'd have everything needed just in case. I'll point out the differences so nobody buys any stuff they don't need.
Parts needed; Montero Sport W/16" wheel 315mm front rotors, caliper bracket and backing plate (dust shield) or the Montero dust shield could be trimmed to fit and obviously a minimum 16" wheel for caliper clearance.
To start here are the differences in rotors, not only is the one on the left larger it has longer cooling fins. You can see the ABS tone rings are different here but they can be swapped easily USE THE STYLE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY EQUIPPED ON YOUR MONTERO. The hubs are identical between the Montero and Montero Sport, there is another tech thread I found after the fact that claims they are different but the oddball hub is the Sport 2wd which is what a parts store will sell you if you're working on a Sport.
Here are the backing plates, tin shears or a die grinder would trim the smaller one easily to fit the bigger rotor. I would suggest not to use a reciprocating saw on these. I had the bigger backing plate so I just used it.
The ABS sensor hole lines right up.
Here are the differences in the knuckles between the Montero and the Sport, you can see the Sport has lower steering arms. This causes problems with alignment on a Montero and it puts the tie rod ends at a bad angle.
Other than the larger diameter Rotor the other main ingredients are these caliper brackets, If you are ordering all new everything online you could easily get these by purchasing new calipers with brackets for a Montero Sport w/ 16" wheel. They could possibly be had separately but I couldn't find a part listing that specified the size.
For my new parts I chose StopTech slotted rotors and Powerstop Z23 carbon fiber/cermaic pads, but you can use your favorite flavor of brake parts. Here is a part number to the basic Powerstop Rotor & Brake Pad Kit KOE3091 <I did not use this kit, I assembled my own.
Here is the difference between my stock rotors and the new ones, the new rotors have the big vanes just like the OEM 315mm rotors.
All buttoned up and back together!
****Notes****
Wheel bearing preload: torque the lock nut down to 119 ft-lbs, then back off to 0 ft-lbs, then re-torque to 18 ft-lbs. The lock ring should line up, if not roll it back to the nearest hole alignment.
Parts needed; Montero Sport W/16" wheel 315mm front rotors, caliper bracket and backing plate (dust shield) or the Montero dust shield could be trimmed to fit and obviously a minimum 16" wheel for caliper clearance.
To start here are the differences in rotors, not only is the one on the left larger it has longer cooling fins. You can see the ABS tone rings are different here but they can be swapped easily USE THE STYLE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY EQUIPPED ON YOUR MONTERO. The hubs are identical between the Montero and Montero Sport, there is another tech thread I found after the fact that claims they are different but the oddball hub is the Sport 2wd which is what a parts store will sell you if you're working on a Sport.
Here are the backing plates, tin shears or a die grinder would trim the smaller one easily to fit the bigger rotor. I would suggest not to use a reciprocating saw on these. I had the bigger backing plate so I just used it.
The ABS sensor hole lines right up.
Here are the differences in the knuckles between the Montero and the Sport, you can see the Sport has lower steering arms. This causes problems with alignment on a Montero and it puts the tie rod ends at a bad angle.
Other than the larger diameter Rotor the other main ingredients are these caliper brackets, If you are ordering all new everything online you could easily get these by purchasing new calipers with brackets for a Montero Sport w/ 16" wheel. They could possibly be had separately but I couldn't find a part listing that specified the size.
For my new parts I chose StopTech slotted rotors and Powerstop Z23 carbon fiber/cermaic pads, but you can use your favorite flavor of brake parts. Here is a part number to the basic Powerstop Rotor & Brake Pad Kit KOE3091 <I did not use this kit, I assembled my own.
Here is the difference between my stock rotors and the new ones, the new rotors have the big vanes just like the OEM 315mm rotors.
All buttoned up and back together!
****Notes****
Wheel bearing preload: torque the lock nut down to 119 ft-lbs, then back off to 0 ft-lbs, then re-torque to 18 ft-lbs. The lock ring should line up, if not roll it back to the nearest hole alignment.
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