Brakes

Took my rear brakes apart today, i was all excited to replace my wheel cylinders, lines, springs, shoes EVERYTHING. But no, rock auto sent me the wrong wheel cylinders.  Anyway here are some pictures

It looked like the previous owner had done the brakes up, they were seized on both sides either form sitting or mechanical failure.

I'm replacing everything because i don't want to die by intersection in the near future.

This was actually really easy to take apart, after looking at the FSM and Haynes manual, the previous owner put the wrong brake springs in.

Check out that rounded off brake line, it sat in penetrating oil for 2 days, was heated up and still would not budge. I removed the entire thing and said "fuck it" i might aswell get new brake lines while im here.

This was another little surprise too, the bleeder nipple was sheered right off (i didnt do this)

good thing i plan on replacing the cylinders in their entirety because if i saw this after everything was put back together i'd lose it.

Aluminum drums Yo' With cooling fins

This one is the better of the too, still dirty with rust particles from the drum. I wet sanded the surface rust off.

Much better


















Took a wire brush to the wheel cylinder mounting point, and all of the shoe contact points. no sense in putting new grease ontop of old shitty corroded grease & rust.

I forgot to take a picture, but i did apply new grease on top of these to keep them from surface rusting

Put the drum back on to protect it from the elements till' my new wheel cylinders come in, i also sealed the previous owners poor weld job with bondo to keep moisture out.

Didn't sand it yet, so it looks like shit right now

Started messing with the engine wiring, this is the hardest part because neither the FSM, Haynes, or wiring diagram give a good clear image as to how this is put back together

The wire at the top coming from the condenser grounds in 1 manual, and loops back to itself in another.






Edit: Brakes are all done now, new cylinders & brake lines came in. I just need to bleed them now.