Changing brake cylinder

[ffrenchie]

I just use my fingers to hold / push / turn the spring retainers, you lot need more Weetabix !!!!!!!!

Snipe nose pliers works for me, I can't eat Weetabix it's horrible.

[geoff]

I just use my fingers to hold / push / turn the spring retainers, you lot need more Weetabix !!!!!!!!

Snipe nose pliers works for me, I can't eat Weetabix it's horrible.

   I hate yucky Weetabix too ...... that original saying must have been created by a masocistic child abuser  

 If you have soft fingers wear gloves with the added benefit of staying clean.

[brodfather11]

The spring clips like these are tricky to change , either pointy nose pliers or ideally a proper tool that makes them easy.

[Nicepix]

It is easy to remove the slave cylinders without removing the brake shoes just adjust the shoes out replace cylinder then reset the adjusters on the shoes.

However if you find it difficult to replace brake shoes do you think you really want to tackle changing the wheel cylinders?

Sorted it as you suggested. Thanks for the confirmation.

I haven't always been useless mechanically. Back in my 20's and 30's when I was skint I've done cylinder head re-builds and all sorts of mechanical work. But age and passing time has blunted my abilities, and if truth were known, I have always struggled with rear brake shoes. Some people can lay them on the floor and assemble the pieces logically then transfer them to the right place on the car. I have never been able to do it. My brain isn't logical like that. Its like a Chinese puzzle to me.

[polar]

It is easy to remove the slave cylinders without removing the brake shoes just adjust the shoes out replace cylinder then reset the adjusters on the shoes.

However if you find it difficult to replace brake shoes do you think you really want to tackle changing the wheel cylinders?

Sorted it as you suggested. Thanks for the confirmation.

I haven't always been useless mechanically. Back in my 20's and 30's when I was skint I've done cylinder head re-builds and all sorts of mechanical work. But age and passing time has blunted my abilities, and if truth were known, I have always struggled with rear brake shoes. Some people can lay them on the floor and assemble the pieces logically then transfer them to the right place on the car. I have never been able to do it. My brain isn't logical like that. Its like a Chinese puzzle to me.  


Dont worry nobody can do everything but at least you have done the job you needed to do so all is well. 

When you do brake shoes alway do one side at a time and use the other as a reference saves getting yourself confused been doing it that way since i was 16 lol.

Glad i could help anyway.

[Jed Clampit]

It is easy to remove the slave cylinders without removing the brake shoes just adjust the shoes out replace cylinder then reset the adjusters on the shoes.

However if you find it difficult to replace brake shoes do you think you really want to tackle changing the wheel cylinders?

Sorted it as you suggested. Thanks for the confirmation.

I haven't always been useless mechanically. Back in my 20's and 30's when I was skint I've done cylinder head re-builds and all sorts of mechanical work. But age and passing time has blunted my abilities, and if truth were known, I have always struggled with rear brake shoes. Some people can lay them on the floor and assemble the pieces logically then transfer them to the right place on the car. I have never been able to do it. My brain isn't logical like that. Its like a Chinese puzzle to me.  

Bit late now but if you taken both drum's off and taken one apart used the other for a reference .

[Nicepix]

It is easy to remove the slave cylinders without removing the brake shoes just adjust the shoes out replace cylinder then reset the adjusters on the shoes.

However if you find it difficult to replace brake shoes do you think you really want to tackle changing the wheel cylinders?

Sorted it as you suggested. Thanks for the confirmation.

I haven't always been useless mechanically. Back in my 20's and 30's when I was skint I've done cylinder head re-builds and all sorts of mechanical work. But age and passing time has blunted my abilities, and if truth were known, I have always struggled with rear brake shoes. Some people can lay them on the floor and assemble the pieces logically then transfer them to the right place on the car. I have never been able to do it. My brain isn't logical like that. Its like a Chinese puzzle to me.  

Bit late now but if you taken both drum's off and taken one apart used the other for a reference .

I've only got one jack