Last time I had the rear brake drums apart, I noticed there was fluid seeping in. I haven't lost any brake fluid - like, not even a drop. So I surmised it was transaxle oil flowing down the axle, past the boot, eventually finding its way into the brake drum. So, I headed out,...
A couple of months ago, I purchased new brake drums all around. More than one of the existing drums are out of round and the front right tends to grab the pad at really unexpected times, trying to pull the car off the road. After jacking up the rear driver side wheel, I pulled...
I'm about to replace the parking brake cable on the driver side, but I started off the day by reinstalling the missing knobs in the dash. I have purchased two new wiper/washer knob sets and neither have fit correctly. The existing one has a tendency to spin on the threads when...
I previously fixed the passenger side rear brake and got it adjusted. Now it's time for me to check the driver side. One could wonder why the parking brake wasn't working... I found when clipping the end of the cable back in place, there was a lot of slop and I could imagine i...
I decided this would be a good time to replace that broken parking brake cable, since the interior is already torn apart. I got the rear end up in the air and removed the wheel. Flaked off some more undercoating and gave it a quick shot of paint. I couldn't get the brake drum...
I was able to get the brake torn back apart and replaced the wheel cylinder again. That's the remnants of the bleeder screw in the bottom. I bled the brakes all around and then adjusted them. It now has a great pedal, about 2/3 of a pedal, which is as good as it has ever been....
Foreshadowing in the title, there... Now that the rear brake had been gushing fluid for nearly a month, inside of that brake drum was a mess. I didn't snap a picture before hosing it down with brake cleaner. It was awful in there. A thick black, sludgy, fuzzy (?) mess. This pi...
Back at it again! This time, with a 36" cheater pipe. Also, I anchored the car a little better to keep it from roll starting on me. A few more rounds of heating and torquing, then the inevitable happened. It was apparently too much to ask of Mr. Goodwrench. R.I.P. I never did...
Back to that driver's side rear wheel, I made a couple more attempts at getting the axle nut loose. For a start, I bought a Bernzomatic MAP gas hand torch kit (Amazon link)... I heated the axle nut until it was smoking, then jumped up and down on it with my old faithful 17" lo...
After a successful second master cylinder replacement, I went back out a couple of weeks later to adjust the brake shoes and found that both rear wheel cylinders were blown. Brake fluid all over the place in the rear. I ordered new wheel cylinders for the front (Amazon link) a...