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Drum Brakes on a '66
Attempting to replace the front wheel cylinders on my '66 C-20. The two cylinders that are on the front wheels are different.
Also, on the right front, there is an extra bracket above the cylinder. Does anyone know what this is and why it is only on one wheel? http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q...0/P6120044.jpg http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q...0/P6130046.jpg Thanks, Jay Last edited by jrocket567; 06-13-2009 at 10:03 PM. |
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Re: Drum Brakes on a '66
thought I would post the pics here for ya
![]() ![]() what bracket are you asking about?
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Re: Drum Brakes on a '66
![]() does that help? thanks, Jay |
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Re: Drum Brakes on a '66
what does the other side look like?
from the pics they look the same.....
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Re: Drum Brakes on a '66
The picture with the shoes still on is the left side; the bracket in question is on the right side.
Since the cylinder did not fit on the left side, I put the hub and wheel back on, and pulled the right side apart to see what was going on, and found that bracket. On the pic with the shoes, if you look at the top edges of the cylinder, you do not see the edges of the bracket that is in the picture in question. I'll go pull the wheel off tomorrow and try to get a better comparison picture jay |
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Re: Drum Brakes on a '66
that "bracket" is there to keep the pistons in the wheel cylinder if it didn't have the shoes and the drum on, or if the shoes wore too far down and wouldn't hold the pistons in....I believe the wheel cylinders specific to the L/F and R/F, so could you have gotten 2 left cylinders?
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Re: Drum Brakes on a '66
in it's 40+ years of existence, one of the backing plates could have been changed. Just take the wheel cylnder off and go match one up. I don't know why you are changing them as they don't appear to be leaking. Pull back the rubber and see if fluid comes out, if so then replace, otherwise they are still good. For now anyway.
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Re: Drum Brakes on a '66
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The right front had fluid seeping out of the front side. Thanks jay |
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