75' Drum Brake Woes and OEM Parts Availability
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It was precisely a "hold my beer and watch this" moment. A hill climb with a nice big fat tree root on the driver side. It even bent the lower shock mounting stud. In hindsight, pretty stupid. But hey, I made it up.
Right on, thank you!!!
EDIT: I'm looking at your order in our system. What year is your axle? You ordered a drum axle rebuild kit but a 54mm disc hub socket. Would you like that swapped to the 50mm drum socket?
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Mondays suck. I even had a 54 in my box already. Kudos to you and your team for spotting my mistake. Resolved with your rep. Thank you.
Awesome, glad to hear it is sorted.
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- #46
Update on this, I was able to get the knuckle rebuild and brake job done. Not without some challenges, I did have to order some OEM knuckle parts as the ones in the kit were not OEM quality,(the paper parts). That was a hell of a messy job. Anyways the later master cylinder works SO MUCH better than the CCOT junk and the OEM wheel cylinders work better too, I've got a nice firm pedal, much better braking, and peace of mind. Having the inline residual pressure valves is kind of unsightly but it is what it is I guess. Still better than paying $400 for a $75 part.
I can still get stuff relined here in Chattanooga. I got my 67 patrol brakes relined back in the 90's, and recently had them reline the emergency brake on it also. Feltons clutch if anyone needs it.