Rustbuster78 Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 This weekend I tackled The brakes and wheel bearings in my 78 HL510. I've been putting this off even though I knew it was needing to be done, but life gets in the way and now I finally had time and some really nice weather to do it. Check out the old pads, I could've went another 20,000 miles with those. https://imgur.com/yp9suRd https://imgur.com/HYFgJIX https://imgur.com/F7VnRaE I ran into a few issues along the way. The drivers side rotor was seized to the hub an I had to use my porta-power to get them apart. Then the passenger side guide pins were seized in and ended up snapping off when I was trying to knock them out, one i was able too get out with some heat and a vice grip, the other I had to drill out. Now it's finally all done and back together and the brakes are bled and work great. Then as I pulled the car out of the garage the fuel hose that connects the fuel pump to the hard line decided to crack off and dump fuel everywhere, which is my fault for not replacing that old piece of hose. https://imgur.com/F7VnRaEhttps://imgur.com/HYFgJIX. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 I wouldn't go the 2 miles to NAPA on these. That style of caliper with the yoke was used on the B-210, S10, 810 and the 620. Too many sliding parts that don't. 2 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 Sounds like it's time to get under there and replace all of your hoses. It would suck to burn your house down with the car in the garage. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rustbuster78 Posted May 13 Author Report Share Posted May 13 1 hour ago, Stoffregen Motorsports said: Sounds like it's time to get under there and replace all of your hoses. It would suck to burn your house down with the car in the garage. Luckily all the fuel lines under the hood were replaced already, There was just that one piece that I hadn't replaced yet as I was in a hurry to get the fuel pump in before work one day. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rustbuster78 Posted May 13 Author Report Share Posted May 13 2 hours ago, datzenmike said: I wouldn't go the 2 miles to NAPA on these. That style of caliper with the yoke was used on the B-210, S10, 810 and the 620. Too many sliding parts that don't. Are you saying there is something wrong with this style of calipers, or are you just saying you wouldn't drive with the pads being worn to nothing? The new pads and slide pins are in already and the brakes are working well. I also replaced the rear brake hose as it was cracking. Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 lots of antiseize compound!!!!!! prevents rust also Quote Link to comment
Rustbuster78 Posted May 14 Author Report Share Posted May 14 7 hours ago, banzai510(hainz) said: lots of antiseize compound!!!!!! prevents rust also I definitely made sure to use a liberal amount! Next time I do this job I hope for it to be a bit easier! Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 21 hours ago, Rustbuster78 said: Are you saying there is something wrong with this style of calipers, or are you just saying you wouldn't drive with the pads being worn to nothing? The new pads and slide pins are in already and the brakes are working well. I also replaced the rear brake hose as it was cracking. No I just had a lot of problems with them from neglect. Mostly the B-210 back in the '70s living on a dirt road and salty winters. I definitely wouldn't run the pads that low. Next time you check them they might have ground into the rotor and scored them up. Pads are cheap, pads and rotors and time to change them are not. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rustbuster78 Posted May 18 Author Report Share Posted May 18 On 5/14/2024 at 8:48 AM, datzenmike said: No I just had a lot of problems with them from neglect. Mostly the B-210 back in the '70s living on a dirt road and salty winters. I definitely wouldn't run the pads that low. Next time you check them they might have ground into the rotor and scored them up. Pads are cheap, pads and rotors and time to change them are not. Ah okay, well hopefully if I keep on top of the maintenance now they won't give me any issues. I needed to replace the front wheel bearings anyways, so I just did the whole shebang. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 What method did you use to set the bearing pre load? Quote Link to comment
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