71 FJ40 with stock brakes.
I just put shoes all the way around on my FJ and I noticed one of the wheel cylinders is leaking up front. I would call it a moderate leak. It hasn't been leaking enough to show on the wheel, tire, ground or in the drum. It did however saturate the old liners. I would like to get this fixed before I drive it and ruin another pair of shoes.
Would it be worth the extra money to go ahead and just buy a wheel cylinder or will one of the seal/boot kits do it?
I have always been told that rebuilding a cylinder oneself was about 50/50 on whether it would leak or not.
I plan on keeping the drum brakes possibly forever, although discs are looking better all the time.
I just put shoes all the way around on my FJ and I noticed one of the wheel cylinders is leaking up front. I would call it a moderate leak. It hasn't been leaking enough to show on the wheel, tire, ground or in the drum. It did however saturate the old liners. I would like to get this fixed before I drive it and ruin another pair of shoes.
Would it be worth the extra money to go ahead and just buy a wheel cylinder or will one of the seal/boot kits do it?
I have always been told that rebuilding a cylinder oneself was about 50/50 on whether it would leak or not.
I plan on keeping the drum brakes possibly forever, although discs are looking better all the time.