Went for a drive on my only day off in a while and had a rear wheel cylinder go out. I will not have the time to get into it for a while. It's a 50 styleline and I have two extra ***emblies for the front brakes. I was hoping the front and rear cylinders swap out. Can anyone confirm this, or tell me otherwise. Thanks in advance.
OK, thanks ya,ll. I am reaching for straws here cause I am broke as hell. One cylinder had a fresh kit. Aren't the bores the same making them interchangeable?
Take it apart and hone it... put it back together should be that simple... not a lot can go wrong but they will get sludged up from setting. I just did this on my 59 olds last week. you can get the hone at the parts house.
Exactly ^^^ I usually buy new cups, wash with water - dry -hone with brake fluid - clean and re***emble
yeah cups are cheap and they (parts stores) have most sizes in stock, the ones for the studey were 7 cents each.
I just bought and replaced both rear cylinders on my truck ('73 Malibu axle) for $10.71 including California sales tax for the two of them, yea, less than $5 each. How broke can you be? You can do the hone trick, but the hone and replacement stones and the cup kit are going to cost too if you don't have a hone. We used to just roll a piece of 220 wet or dry wetted with brake fluid sandpaper around our finger and sand them (using circular motion, not in and out) to clean them up then polish with finer paper. You can do that on the car without taking the hard line loose. Then put the new rubber cups in if you were successful in sanding all the pits out. Don't inhale the brake cleaner or the brake dust...Asbestos in the old shoes.
DrJ is right on! for those of us who understand broke. a simple hone was emery cloth and a finger! just remember you are polishing not trying to sand "down". ***uming they're pits and not potholes should be good to go.
I just went through this with my old lady's caddy. For less than the price of a wheel cylinder, i got a three stone lisle hone and rebuild kits for the cylinders from RockAuto.com. ...and wouldn't you know it, a wheel cylinder went out on the Model T less than a week later, and I had the tool to fix it!!
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