![]() |
![]() |
#1351 |
I know the pieces fit
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: MONTGOMERY, AL
Posts: 5,523
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
You've really turned the corner, that pic made me go back and check it against page one. Looks great.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1352 |
Post Whore
![]() Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 10,828
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
thank you so much I didn't even think of going that far back, LOL that's a good idea, a little comparison never hurt nobody
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1353 |
Post Whore
![]() Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 10,828
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
and here's another look at then and now
Note: the crinkle in the front bumper is from using a yellow tow strap to pull the truck home one night when it wouldn't start, nothing a 2x4 and a floor jack won't bend back out My registration may be coming up here soon, so who here thinks I should punt on the rusty old blue license plates and get shinny brand new white ones? |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1354 |
Post Whore
![]() Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 10,828
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
ok so the goal for this month is to actually fix some things before doing any more cosmetic stuff ie painting or fun stuff ie lowering the truck, so here is our short to do list:
1. fix rear brakes (see sister thread Tires Squel When I Brake - Why?) 2. replace or fix left headlight 3. fix left rear turn signal 4. check out the lifter / rocker arm ticking noise 5. refresh the power steering 6. fix hazard signals 7. get the AM radio working (yeah baby AM mono!) |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1355 |
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Ruston, LA
Posts: 44
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Looking good!
__________________
1983 GMC SWB - 350, TH-400 2002 Camaro SS - 408 9sec street car 2000 Trans Am - H/C/I 2014 Chevy Z71 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1356 |
Post Whore
![]() Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 10,828
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1357 |
Senior Member
![]() Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Tomball, Texas
Posts: 1,592
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
All seem like do-able goals for a month! Truck is coming right along and looking good.
__________________
Rick 78 GMC K15 SWB, 350/NV4500/NP205/4.10s Project Hazel 71 GMC C25 350/TH400 - Project Angie 59 Chevy SWB Stepside (next in line? Not sure now ![]() 2001 GMC Sierra K2500 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1358 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Santa Rosa, Ca.
Posts: 539
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Like night and day, Gregski. Keep up the awesome work.
![]()
__________________
1977 Chevrolet C/10 Silverado. Step-Side, Factory 454, TH400, 3.73 Posi 12 Bolt. 1975 Chevrolet El Camino. 350, TH400, 3.08 Posi 10 Bolt. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1359 |
Post Whore
![]() Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 10,828
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
so got the ball rolling with all new rear brake components, drums, shoes, and hardware from PepBoys, went there to have my old drums turned and it turned out there was not enough meat on them so had to get new ones
the ProStop hardware kit did not include all of the replacement springs, not end of the world, but a bit disappointing (three springs are not included for each side) |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1360 |
Post Whore
![]() Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 10,828
|
Re: Restoring Rusty - Rear Brakes
as always we clean the old parts before re using them, and there is a good reason for that, keep scrolling (LOL)
one side still dirty, the other already cleaned |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1361 |
Post Whore
![]() Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 10,828
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
by cleaning the old parts we can see markings on them, sometimes those markings are part numbers sometimes they are clues for which side of the vehicle the part goes on, Right or Left for example
in this case we see two parts below both from the Driver's side yet one is marked "R" whilst the other bears an "L" in this case the first part which I dubbed the Dog Bone (LOL) is on the wrong side, someone swapped these two parts and put them on the wrong side |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1362 |
Post Whore
![]() Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 10,828
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
cleaned and gooped the three contact points per shoe where the shoes rub against the backing plate ~ when these squeak your wife will let you know about it, jk so it don't hurt to prevent that from happening
I must say I am not a fan of drum brake assemblage it seems to me as though someone took a dozen of automotive engineers, gave them a brown bag of random bits, bicycle handlebars, a fork, a wrench, a couple different sized slinkys, some large diameter pipe, etc. etc. and said you are not allowed to leave this room until you build some DRUM BRAKES out of all these bits !!! so cleaned, lubed up, and reassembled Last edited by Gregski; 04-04-2015 at 02:55 AM. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1363 |
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: canton ga
Posts: 12,728
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
If I remember right those little springs they dont include are not real cheap but you gotta have em.Keep up the good work ,everything is looking great .
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1364 | |
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: lethbridge, ab
Posts: 69
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Quote:
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1365 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Beautiful BC, Canada, eh?!
Posts: 2,228
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
WAIT!
Your shoes are not in the correct place. The small one(s) face front, the large one(s) face rear. This is because they are self-energizing brakes, and the smaller front shoe is merely to help apply the larger rear shoe using the rotation of the drum.
__________________
1961 Apache: "Grabber Orange" Shortboxed, pancake, step-notch, air-ride, boosted-LS 1977 Silverado: Shortboxed & dropped, potato-potato V8 Pontiac Firefly (Chevy Sprint): The ultimate engine swap: 5.7L in a 1.0L bag Lotus Super 7 Replica: Scratch-built street-legal rollerskate |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1366 | |
Moderator
![]() Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Wentworth, NH
Posts: 4,951
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Quote:
Get this kit. http://www.harborfreight.com/3-piece...kit-97804.html I found the pliers to be darn close to useless except for the spring tool on the end of one handle. The star wheel spoon was not that useful till I sharpened the end with a bench grinder... Not actually sharp but no longer 3/16" thick at the business end. They are nice to have for drum brakes.
__________________
1959 M35A2 LDT465-1D SOLD 1967 Dodge W200 B383, NP420/NP201 SOLD 1969 Dodge Polara 500 B383, A833 SOLD 1972 Ford F250 FE390, NP435/NP205 SOLD 1976 Chevy K20, 6.5L, NV4500/NP208 SOLD 1986 M1008 CUCV SOLD 2000 GMC C2500, TD6.5L, NV4500 2005 Chevy Silverado LS 2500HD 6.0L 4L80E/NP263 2009 Impala SS LS4 V8 RTFM... GM Parts Books, GM Schematics, GM service manuals, and GM training materials...
And please let us know if and how your repairs were successful. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1367 | |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Santa Rosa, Ca.
Posts: 539
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Quote:
__________________
1977 Chevrolet C/10 Silverado. Step-Side, Factory 454, TH400, 3.73 Posi 12 Bolt. 1975 Chevrolet El Camino. 350, TH400, 3.08 Posi 10 Bolt. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1368 |
Post Whore
![]() Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 10,828
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Dang it, I think I see it now, one side has the longer friction area shoes the other side has the shorter friction area shoes
Last edited by Gregski; 04-04-2015 at 12:26 PM. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1369 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Beautiful BC, Canada, eh?!
Posts: 2,228
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Measure their LENGTH; they are different front-and-back.
__________________
1961 Apache: "Grabber Orange" Shortboxed, pancake, step-notch, air-ride, boosted-LS 1977 Silverado: Shortboxed & dropped, potato-potato V8 Pontiac Firefly (Chevy Sprint): The ultimate engine swap: 5.7L in a 1.0L bag Lotus Super 7 Replica: Scratch-built street-legal rollerskate |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1370 |
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Kimberley, BC, Canada
Posts: 799
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Great progress, Greg. The guys are right about the shoes; the longer shoe goes to the rear.
__________________
Greg 64 GMC Suburban - 283, NV3500, 14 bolt 77 C10 swb - 292, SM465, 12 bolt |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1371 |
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: TN
Posts: 294
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Nice work as usual. In honor of you I dunks some parts in muriatic acid today.
BTW keep the blue, vintage, California tag. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1372 |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Bloomington Indiana
Posts: 1,041
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Agreed. Soak it overnight in Evaporust, which will turn all the ugly orange rust stuck on there to ugly black different-oxide-of-iron that just wipes off, without dissolving anything else. Then spray with clear to keep the rust from coming back.
__________________
Rich Weyand 1978 K10 RCSB DD. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1373 |
Post Whore
![]() Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 10,828
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1374 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Mukwonago, WI
Posts: 268
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
by the way if you need to start you truck still and the ignition rack is broke, use pliers to pull the rod that attaches to the rack. itll still start. i had to do that to drive mine for a while
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1375 |
Post Whore
![]() Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 10,828
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Thanks, didn't have to do that on this truck, but drove my '85 Blazer S10 like that for weeks after it was stolen then recovered, before I bought a replacement steering column.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Bookmarks |
|
|