More parts means wore work. Rear brakes are up!
Other than cleaning years of grime, there’s not too much to it. I started by doing that cleaning. While I would love to make everything perfect, I’m going to get Alice going and work on pretty a bit later.
I installed the cleaned up and lubed adjusters and the slave cylinder. The little clip flummoxed me until I found an old circlip pliers, and was able to spread the clip just enough to fit. One cylinder didn’t have a groove for the circlip! So I cut one, no problem.
Time for brake shoes and new springs and retainers.
Boy, fitting those springs is a pain. I finally did it all on the workbench, including the parking brake “spreader”, and it went much more easily.
Top it off with a new brake drum and retaining screws, and that’s it.
The other side went faster, aside from having to grind down a lip inside the drum that just barely touched one of the springs.
I also replaced the brake hose. I don’t think it had ever been done… the lines themselves look okay.
Front brakes are next, as soon as I have parts. Then I can bleed the system and voila! Alice will go and stop.
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