Re: '88 Grand Wagon brake job

I just finished the drum brakes on the rear of my CJ7, had my daughter to 
help, you really need the other persons hand to hold things in place, but 
other then that it's pretty staight forward, remove and replace. Took us 
about an hour for first side, 20 minutes for second, shoes, springs and 
cylinders, but of course I don't have any brake lines on yet to hold
things 
up, will start my new lines tomorrow, I went with premade stainless, so 
should go pretty good.

"Mark Corbelli" <m_corbelli@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:u1eFj.213$N_5.1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I went to NAPA today and bought all my parts. The Jeep is chocked and up
on 
>jack stands and the first wheel is off. I took the new drum and tried to 
>slip it on just to see if it fit, and it won't go on. I compared it to
the 
>old one and it looks the same, but it won't clear the old shoes. I hope 
>it's because the old drum was probably machined and the old shoes were 
>adjusted to fit the larger bore of the old drum. I sprayed brake cleaner 
>over everything real good and I hit the nuts that hold on the cylinder
with 
>wd 40. I will begin the project soon. There was no evidence of brake
fluid 
>on the old parts. I'm wondering if I really need to bother with changing 
>out the brake cylinder? I hope I can get help from the group when needed.
>