hard brake lines
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hard brake lines
well my front brakes started sqeeling like crazy yesterday on the way home from muddin. brake pedal got realy spongey toward he end of the trail. i was able to make it home with loud front brakes that barely stopped my. anyways i took the drums off aan found out that i had no brake shoe left, just bare metal
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hard brake lines
TRying to stop that truck with 35 inch tires is what is killing your brake shoes and killing your stopping power.
You need some disk brakes OR go to smaller tires .
I would bleed the system and put in new brake fluid when you put new shoes in .
You need some disk brakes OR go to smaller tires .
I would bleed the system and put in new brake fluid when you put new shoes in .
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hard brake lines
sorry i hit the wrong button and wasnt able to finish writing so here is the rest.
the right front wheel cylinder was leaking so i replacd that too. well i got it all back together and the wheels back on and started pumping the brakes and the pedal didnt get and tighter feeling. crawled under the truck and had a leak at the wheel cylinder i replaced. not the cylinder but the brake line that hooks to the back of it. tried to tighten it down and broke the line.. i must have twisted it somehow.
does anyone know a place that has these NEW. other than getting used ones off of truck at the junk yard. hee in virginia it is hard to find a 73-79 ford truck let alone a 4x4 with front drum brakes.
ya i know them tires are hurting it but its just my trail rig. i plan on ding a disc brake swap as soon as i can afford to.
the right front wheel cylinder was leaking so i replacd that too. well i got it all back together and the wheels back on and started pumping the brakes and the pedal didnt get and tighter feeling. crawled under the truck and had a leak at the wheel cylinder i replaced. not the cylinder but the brake line that hooks to the back of it. tried to tighten it down and broke the line.. i must have twisted it somehow.
does anyone know a place that has these NEW. other than getting used ones off of truck at the junk yard. hee in virginia it is hard to find a 73-79 ford truck let alone a 4x4 with front drum brakes.
ya i know them tires are hurting it but its just my trail rig. i plan on ding a disc brake swap as soon as i can afford to.
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I did the entire brake system on my '75 F100 4x4 with drums .
I was able to find all the correct lines but I had to get 2 short lines that go from the flex line to the wheel cylinder and bend them to fit .
I was able to find all the correct lines but I had to get 2 short lines that go from the flex line to the wheel cylinder and bend them to fit .
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well i was able to get a short hard line from autozone for 2 bucks and bent it myself. brakes work fine now. i just need to get new front drums soon befor i wear out my new pads. they were pretty scraped up. ooh well they work for now. cant quite afford 50 dollar drums right now because i am moving to colorado in 2 weeks.
