Wheel Cylinder?
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Wheel Cylinder?
Started to get a little puddle of brake fluid by my rear tire..and my ABS light goes on. I just fill the master cylinder back up and its good for a few days. But today it got to low and now wont stop very well so I stopped driving it. How hard are these to replace?.....any advice guys?
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Hi 123svt,
The year of your Ranger plays a big part here rustwise.
Clean w/ Brake Clean (use safety glasses), disassemble brakes & hardware, disconnect brake line to that wheel cylinder & stop fluid & extract 2 mounting bolts...(of course tire & rim come off 1st).
The year of your Ranger plays a big part here rustwise.
Clean w/ Brake Clean (use safety glasses), disassemble brakes & hardware, disconnect brake line to that wheel cylinder & stop fluid & extract 2 mounting bolts...(of course tire & rim come off 1st).
Last edited by crazypaw; Apr 2, 2008 at 03:36 PM. Reason: more info
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Easy to replace. Make sure you use a line wrench on the hard line into the wheel cyl if its rusty. If you strip the head you may have to replace the line. Suction bleed the system from the wheel to clear the system of air. Do not get air into the ABS unit, it will trigger a fault code.
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well everythingg went ok BUT the parking brake was stuck on and wont lossen up so we cant get the drum back on?!!??!?!?!?!? As we speak were working on it....any ideas...ill cut the parking brake if i have too
