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Rear Brake Cylinder Leaking 120-130

posted by  jmenacker on  Sat Apr 30 11:09 CST 2005
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Eric:

I just did the rear cylinders on my '66 a few weeks ago. I really appreciated having a brake spring tool. I also bought a junky six dollar one-man hydraulic bleeding kit -- it worked for me.

If you assemble the shoes from bottom to top, you wont need a special tool to keep the cylinder compressed. Once you get the locating pins installed, everything will pretty much stay put. I also installed a new spring kit from IPD since everything was apart anyway.

Be sure to clean your brake adjusters so they turn nice and easy. It may take a whole lot of PB Blaster to free them up. You can use a 1/4" drive socket turned around backwards to fit on the adjuster stem. The socket can be turned with a suitable hex key. The adjuster stem can easily be ruined with vice grips or pliers.

Philly was my birthplace. Eat a hot pretzle for me.

Joe M






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New Rear Brake Cylinder Leaking [120-130]
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