67 GMC Front Drum Brakes ARRGH!

[Legolas894]

OK-Just trying to get my truck safetied so I needed new Front shoes, wheel cylinders and back drums, wheel cylinders and shoes. Spent a lot of money ($700) but got the six bolt drums (OEM even), bearing seals-the works. So, I go to put the wheel cylinders on the front (do the easy one first right?) only all my books say undo two bolts that hold the cylinder on. Mine has one big nut that holds the cylinder on. It's 1 1/8 too so off I go to get an impact socket since my set only goes up to 1". Got that. Then I had to get the brake line off the cylinder. Here's the stupid part, I try to loosen the brake hose off the cylinder and it's on real tight. So, me being really smart, I start to undo the hose from the brake line and "snap" the nut breaks the brake line!!!!!Then I realize that all I had to do was take off the wheel cylinder with that shiny new 1 1/8 that I just bought, leave the hose on and then just spin the cylinder. Needless to say, the second front wheel came apart real easy. So, 6 hours for the left front and 1 hour for the right front!

I'm tackling the rear drums tomorrow. Any crazy things I need to know about there? I'm worring about the brake lines to the wheel cylinders there too.