I remove my brake lines yesterday,WHAT A MESS, bolt cutters made the chore easy since the fitting was rusted so badly, the lines could be broken into two pieces using two fingers,now got buy all new line and the hoses for 4 wheels & install the goodies

 

Do it before it leaves you stranded eh? Good for you redneck. While your at it and if you've got the funds, you may as well as replace the rear brake cylinders and calipers with reman units and maybe even the master cylinder to have a completely new brake cylinder. It really is worth the peice of mind.

Fred

 

flintstone how did you know that I would mess the master cylinder up ? the threads where the brake line is attach strip out on me, the back wheels is going to be a problem and I had not started on them yet except breaking the bleeding screw off

 

Been there, done that. Your trucks 15 years old, and nothing lasts forever. I live in the salt belt and it does wonders for steel parts. Me and my pals always drove what we could afford, old vehicles. A lot of old timers that I've known would change out old parts when they got into something like ripping old brake or fuel lines out. Considering the savings on labour charges at the local garage, the new/reman parts like master cylinder, fuel pump, break cylinders seem like a good investment. Never regretted it. There's no feeling like spending a saturday revamping something like the brakes and finding out a week later that something was wrong with the master cylinder that's 15yrs old anyway(it's got rubber seals in it that simply degrade with time). Then you gatta re-bleed the system.

I hate trying to save old parts like the rear brake cylinders when they're cheap off the shelf. New mounting bolts SHOULD come with the new cylinders. Twist off/cut off the old ones, clean up the backing plate real good with wire brush and sand paper, prime and paint with a coat of rustoleum and install the new guts.

Don't forget to bench bleed the master cylinder to get the air out of the front of the piston. It sits on a bad angle when installed.

Fred

 

I printed your post for reference ,good advice, many thanks , got to pull back wheels and inspect the brake shoes, decide what to to do then