Gotta hate old car brakes!
 

I finally pulled the drums off the 70 SS to see what was causing the rear brakes to lock up so well and sure enough, tons of brake dust and all held together nicely with brake fluid(this is on the passenger side that was locking up). So I got a new wheel cylinder, cleaned everything up and put it back together only to have it still lock up under hard braking. So I grab some new brake shoes and another wheel cylinder and sure enough, the driver's side is in even worse condition. I just got done cleaning that side up but I'm too tired to finish the reassembly. They appear to be the original Delco Moraine wheel cylinders that started leaking 15-20 years ago! Hopefully it will be back together and stopping much better tomorrow.

:lol: I love doing brakes




















NOT!

I hate doing exhaust work more then brakes ......

Brakes 101 - always do brakes in pairs. :lol:

Did you at least put an $8 combi-kit in too?

Bingo Scott
I NEVER EVER EVER in a million years will do brakes per side, especialy hydraulic parts such as calipers or wheel cylinders.
And yes, the 8 dollar hardware might seem trivial, but its 8 bucks and worth it.
Make sure you have the drums resurfaced too btw...

Welp, new wheel cylinders, new brake shoes and new spring kit on each side. I need to take a look at the front brakes next but it felt a lot better today and no grabbing or locking up. 8-)

Cool! Whose shoes did you go with? I hear Praise Dyno Brake has nice stuff.

:stupid:

Just middle of the road Napa brake shoes. I'm not too concered with keeping the 70 completely bone stock at the moment. One of the wheel cylinders appeared to be an original Delco Moraine piece, I wonder if there are date codes on them? :-?

Oh man. :shock: Such is life with a piece of automotive history, I guess.

drum brakes suck. thats why i have 4 wheel disc. takes longer to jack the car up than to do the brakes. :D atleast you fixed the problem tho.

drum brakes are awsome what r u talking about! i have a truck with 4 drum brakes and it stops greattttttttttt!

Did you get the drums machined or just scuffed them up?

I think he had them cross drilled and slotted.....:mrgreen:

Nope, I had them cross slotted and drilled! :rofl: No, the drums looked almost new so I just scuffed em up.