Pocket money a Turn Cylinder
The hydraulic Element in your vehicle's drum brake operation is accepted as a turn cylinder. It provides coercion to the brake shoes, causing them to contact the drum and slow the vehicle. Over continuance, the rotate cylinders in your drum brake process wear and actualize to leak. Replacement of the leaking shove cylinder Testament restore the Correct avail of the brake operation. This repair project is beefy within the abilities of the native mechanic and can be completed in approximately 2 hours.
Instructions
6. Install the wheel, and lower the vehicle to the ground. Tighten the lugnuts one last time and test drive the vehicle to verify the repair. Determined injury could arrangement. Remove the spin with the lug wrench, and community the rotate and lugnut outside of the donkeywork nature. Remove the drum. Provided the drum is stuck to the axle, a rare blows with a hammer Testament discontinuity it loose.
2. Remove the two go back springs that attach the brake shoes to the axis pin at the top of the backing plate. Manipulate the brake spring part to effect this. Avoid the practice of diagonal cutters, pliers or screwdrivers to remove the springs, as these tools Testament damage the spring and cause nasty injuries to the hand.
3. Loosen the brake line with the line wrenches. Line wrenches are designed to spread the twisting force evenly around the nut and prevent damage to the brake line. Remove the wheel cylinder to backing plate bolts from the back side of the backing plate. Remove the brake line from the wheel cylinder and pull the cylinder out of the backing plate.
4. Insert the new wheel cylinder into the backing plate, and screw the brake line into the wheel cylinder. Do not tighten the fitting completely. Install and tighten the wheel cylinder to the backing plate bolts. Then tighten the brake line tightly with the line wrench. Reinstall the return springs and brake drum.
5. Bleed the brakes according to the manufacturer's bleeding sequence and procedure. This sequence and procedure varies by year, make and model, so consult your service manual for information specific to your vehicle.
1. Lift and collar the vehicle with the floor jack and jack stands. Avoid working on the vehicle with peerless the floor jack supporting it's weight.
