Wheel Cylinder Replacement help
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Wheel Cylinder Replacement help
Does anyone know how to do this, its an 81 with four wheel drive the cylinder on the passengers side rear wheel is the one that's leaking and by leaking I mean pouring. How would I go about doing this?
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Take the wheel off, take the brakes all apart, take the brake line off, and unbolt the wheel cylinder. The hardest part is taking the brake line off. 90% of the time the line is rusted, and will twist instead of coming loose. You can get universal lines to replace the whole line if needed.
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Thanks. Im going to try it tomorrow but i might have to call my uncle because I dont do well with all the springs in brakes.
Take the wheel off, take the brakes all apart, take the brake line off, and unbolt the wheel cylinder. The hardest part is taking the brake line off. 90% of the time the line is rusted, and will twist instead of coming loose. You can get universal lines to replace the whole line if needed.
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Well We got it fixed today and it has brakes again which is nice
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