Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by kevinpackard On 2021/9/9 10:25:21

Thankfully my car was converted to a dual master cylinder before I got it. So I'm not as concerned about everything completely failing at once.

I went back and looked at pictures of when I did the brakes, and now I'm thinking it's not the wheel cylinder. I'll pull the drum when I get a chance just to double check, but based on the way things are set up inside the drum, I wouldn't expect to see the brake fluid dripping down the back of the backing plate the way it is. I'd expect to see it running down the inside of the backing plate, around the grease seals, and down the bottom of the backing plate, where it would be visibly wet between the backing plate and drum.

So my guess is that I must not have tightened the hose nut tight enough. I've had a couple times where I had to jam on the brakes and maybe that increased pressure was enough to find a slight gap?

-Kevin