derekg Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 Went to bleed the brakes today and the rear drivers side has a puddle. Pulled the wheel cylinder and the seal has a huge chunk out of it. Great. I rebuilt these just a year ago with almost no miles on the car. Crappy rubber I figure. At any rate, is there a good seal kit available? I only see stuff on eBay from unknown origin. Napa or Raybestos or whatever else would be great. Thanks, Derek Quote Link to comment
Rusty Dawg Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) I only use Napa parts and just recently rebuilt all 4 of my wheel cylinders on my truck. Only items that needed replacing were the rubber caps which I purchased at Napa. So far, so good. On a side note, you have a 4 speed on the column, correct? If so, how in the world do you find reverse? I am taking her out on her maiden voyage this week after working on her for a year. Edited March 15, 2021 by Rusty Dawg Quote Link to comment
Rusty Dawg Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 (edited) Well, I was able to figure out the reverse gear on her inaugural voyage. Unfortunately, I have water in my oil, so I will need to tear the engine down. Edited March 16, 2021 by Rusty Dawg Quote Link to comment
derekg Posted March 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2021 On 3/15/2021 at 11:38 AM, Rusty Dawg said: On a side note, you have a 4 speed on the column, correct? No, I'm 4 on the floor for now. Quote Link to comment
bananahamuck Posted March 18, 2021 Report Share Posted March 18, 2021 Switch out to 70-72 510 .. you will need to change your cars end to metric or use adapter , but much cheaper and easier in long run . about $6. On rockauto Quote Link to comment
derekg Posted March 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 On 3/18/2021 at 1:13 PM, bananahamuck said: Switch out to 70-72 510 .. you will need to change your cars end to metric or use adapter , but much cheaper and easier in long run . about $6. On rockauto Great idea. I found some on fleabay for $53, which is a drag, but already bought them and rebuilt the cylinders. Will do the swap at some point when I install Mike's front brake kit. Thanks for the idea though for when these inevitably fail. 1 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 15 hours ago, derekg said: Thanks for the idea though for when these inevitably fail. It just may be a long time until failure. My rear brakes [1967 411] are the original ones and show no signs of deterioration of rubber parts after 54 years. Preventive maintenance is the key. Drain and flush will pay off in a long life. Also keep the brakes in adjustment. That stud is a quarter inch square drive. Use quarter inch socket backwards and a quarter inch Allen wrench, no rounding off of the adjuster. Quote Link to comment
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