[Roadsters] rear brakes early 67 low windshield

Ronnie Day ronnie.day at gmail.com
Thu Aug 18 13:54:24 MDT 2016


Couple of points I forgot to mention. You'll probably need to back off the
mechanical adjusters all the way to get the drum off past the shoes,
especially if there's a lip worn on the inside edge of the drums. There may
be threaded holes in the drums that let you insert bolts and ease the drums
off of the raised section of the axles. All of the holes and fittings on
the roadster chassis are SAE, not metric.

You will probably need generous amount of penetrating spray (PB Blaster or
similar) and maybe some freezing spray to get stubborn fasteners loose.
Spray stuck fasteners and let soak overnight. Heat can also help, but be
VERY careful.

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 12:50 PM, dave n <dave at ranteer.com> wrote:

> ok.  I will try that.  thank you
>
> *From:* Ronnie Day <ronnie.day at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 18, 2016 12:12 PM
> *To:* dave n <dave at ranteer.com> ; Roadster List
> <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Roadsters] rear brakes early 67 low windshield
>
> All you need to do is remove the shoes, then unfasten the hard line on the
> back side of the wheel cylinder. The cylinders on my '70 is held in place
> by several slide-in clips that go into slots cast in the cylinder body. Pay
> close attention to the order these clips are in. There are exploded views
> of all of this on 311s.org.
>
> The hardest part of the process for me was a previous owner had totally
> messed up the flare nut holding the hard line in place. I ended up
> replacing the hardline, too, which wasn't cheap.
>
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:54 AM, dave n via Datsun-roadsters <
> datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> I have to replace the rear cylinders on my roadster.
>>
>> looks like you loosen the rears, then use a puller to pull off the hub?
>>
>> with that shield back there, how do you do this without damaging them?
>>
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