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chevy4x4girl · 06-20-2005, 01:08 PM

Ok so I finished installing my lift this weekend. Now I just need to finish the small details. One brake line is pushing up against the leaf spring and I need to replace it. Trouble is I dont know how to remove it from the drum back. I has a weird round thing it goes into not a nut or bolt. What tool do I use to remove this? A line wrench? Heres a pic of it http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/prince...5b.jpg&.src=ph

Second I need to bleed the brakes and it says in the manual that I need to hold open the hold the combination vavle open by pushing in the metering pin. What is the metering pin? Heres a pic of my combination vavle as well:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/prince...c2.jpg&.src=ph

Thanks in advance

unixadm · 06-20-2005, 01:24 PM

That's the E-brake cable right? If so, you probably have to remove the drum and get in there with some pliers to pinch the retaining arms down so that you can pull it out after you detach it from the E-brake lever arm. It's kind of hard to tell from the pic, but usually a real brake line will go directly into the wheel cylinder that is bolted to the drum backing plate.

The metering pin should be behind the rubber cap on the front of the combination valve.

chevy4x4girl · 06-20-2005, 04:47 PM

The metering pin doesnt seem to be moving up or down. Is it supposed to?

unixadm · 06-20-2005, 05:01 PM

If it's like some of them that I'm used to, you would simply depress the pin into the combination valve.

06-20-2005, 01:08 PM	#1
chevy4x4girl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 47	I need help again lol Ok so I finished installing my lift this weekend. Now I just need to finish the small details. One brake line is pushing up against the leaf spring and I need to replace it. Trouble is I dont know how to remove it from the drum back. I has a weird round thing it goes into not a nut or bolt. What tool do I use to remove this? A line wrench? Heres a pic of it http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/prince...5b.jpg&.src=ph Second I need to bleed the brakes and it says in the manual that I need to hold open the hold the combination vavle open by pushing in the metering pin. What is the metering pin? Heres a pic of my combination vavle as well: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/prince...c2.jpg&.src=ph Thanks in advance __________________ '84 GMC K10 diesel '02 Chevy Camaro SS collectors ed. '91 Chevy Cavalier Z24 http://members.cardomain.com/chevy4x4grl

06-20-2005, 04:47 PM	#3
chevy4x4girl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 47	The metering pin doesnt seem to be moving up or down. Is it supposed to? __________________ '84 GMC K10 diesel '02 Chevy Camaro SS collectors ed. '91 Chevy Cavalier Z24 http://members.cardomain.com/chevy4x4grl

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06-20-2005, 01:24 PM	#2
unixadm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 61	That's the E-brake cable right? If so, you probably have to remove the drum and get in there with some pliers to pinch the retaining arms down so that you can pull it out after you detach it from the E-brake lever arm. It's kind of hard to tell from the pic, but usually a real brake line will go directly into the wheel cylinder that is bolted to the drum backing plate. The metering pin should be behind the rubber cap on the front of the combination valve.

06-20-2005, 05:01 PM	#4
unixadm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 61	If it's like some of them that I'm used to, you would simply depress the pin into the combination valve.



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