drum brake wheel cylinder question (1 Viewer)

[rsbcruiser]

Is this right? Picture shows the small diameter side of my front wheel cylinder off of a 10/74 FJ55. I had always assumed that brake fluid reached both sides of the wheel cylinder. Inspection has revealed that there are no access holes and therefore no brake fluid on the smaller side of this wheel cylinder. So, is it supposed to be like this? Is this a manufacturing mistake? Am I indeed, being a Doomar?

 

[amaurer]

Thats just how it should be, that piston is only meant to rotate in order to spin the adjuster.

Only the rear drums have double acting cylinders (only on some years tho).

 

[rsbcruiser]

Thats just how it should be, that piston is only meant to rotate in order to spin the adjuster.

Only the rear drums have double acting cylinders (only on some years tho).

Well, I'll be dipped in a sheepbath! Thanks amaurer. Any guy who has an engineering hammer as his logo is alright with me.

I have a thing for hammers see. I like them.

My 3lb drilling hammer:

 

[amaurer]

Well, I'll be dipped in a sheepbath! Thanks amaurer. Any guy who has an engineering hammer as his logo is alright with me.

I have a thing for hammers see. I like them.

My 3lb drilling hammer:

Haha, me too actually! My engineer's hammer is probably my favorite tool in the garage; 4lbs still gives you quite a bit of whack but its small enough to swing one handed and in tight places. Plus its the tool of choice for teaching stubborn parts a lesson, so theres a certain phsychological satisfaction associated with it in my memory...

[as far as I know engineer's hammer and drilling hammer are interchangable terms, is there a difference?]

 

[rsbcruiser]

Haha, me too actually! My engineer's hammer is probably my favorite tool in the garage; 4lbs still gives you quite a bit of whack but its small enough to swing one handed and in tight places. Plus its the tool of choice for teaching stubborn parts a lesson, so theres a certain phsychological satisfaction associated with it in my memory...

[as far as I know engineer's hammer and drilling hammer are interchangable terms, is there a difference?]

Heck I don't know . Bet they are. I know that the term drilling hammer is derived from the mining Industry. They used to drill dynamite holes with it and a chisel, but the chisel was called a drill. Not sure but the engineers hammer was used to smack train parts to test for integrity. So the only real difference might be the weight.