Re: Front brake help.

Posted by Andrew Armitage On 2011/10/5 0:03:56

I took the wheel cylinder off and found it to be gummed up. The rubber components looked alright and were soft and pliable like they should be. I cleaned them up, honed out the wheel cylinder and put it all back together.

I completely flushed the brake fluid as the stuff in there was completely contaminated.

The brakes are firm and the car stops remarkably well for being such a large and heavy vehicle with 4 wheel drum brakes.

The other brake cylinder was pretty clean. I just took it apart, cleaned it up, and honed it out (about two passes with the hone). Put it back together and on I went.

I did notice that the front stabilizer bar bushing was just just hanging there. So I fixed that while I was under there too.

The Kanter wheel cylinder came just as I finished everything up. I'll just put it on the shelf for a spare. Like I said, I'm not sure what those rear brakes look like yet.

Thanks for the help guys.

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