tercle wrote:I got the drum off.
Big hammer and blocks of wood.
The cylinder was leaking really badly, so I got the hard line off the cylinder (after soaking it with penetrating oil) and capped it with a short length of vacuum hose and golf tee.
Topped off the master cylinder.
My list for tomorrow:
1) brake cylinder
2) brake shoes
3) brake fluid
4) brake cleaner
thanks
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I was towing a boat last year downhill on the highway and had to make a hard brake application and I popped a wheel cylinder (pushed the rubber cup out). Not fun. Heavy on the e-brake and downshifting and pumping the brakes to try and halt before the red light at the bottom of the hill. My self-adjusters weren't even siezed, and I use my e-brake all the time, so there was probably a bad tooth on the star wheel, plus the brake linings were fairly worn. I would advise to clean and inspect that star wheel and and threads plus the lever that turns it.
As the story goes, I limped to the auto parts store at the next town using e-brake and downshifting and lots of following distance and proceeded to root through their brass fitting cabinet. This is what I came up with to temporarily plug the line (keep with your spares):
Weatherhead # 131x3 3/16" Inverted Flare Plug
Weatherhead # 1443 M10x1.0 Inverted Flare Male X 3/16" Inverted Flare Female Adapter
Weatherhead # 7934A M10x1.0 Inverted Flare Union
Plus the flare nut wrench (10mm) and vise-grips dlb mentioned.
Because I could not find a metric plug, we do this simple math:
combine: standard plug + metric adapter = metric plug,
then combine: metric plug + union = metric cap.
I would take a pic, but mine are in use right at the moment....
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