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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 166 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 166 | I am having a very hard time getting this thing back on the truck. It has two blind holes that you have to position from inside a flange which is welded to the frame. Very little room to get any sort of a tool in there, everything I have tried has failed. I cant get a wrench on the head secure enough, then even when I do, I have no room to work the wrench to tighten the bolts to the cylinder. Any help would be really appreciated !
Troy | | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,061 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,061 | Hy Red63, my recollection is the bolts go in towards the frame through the holes in the master cylinder, they go into a strap/bar that is tapped with 7/16" N.F. thread. When the master cylinder is removed the strap/bar will be loose and can be removed. Is that what you are working with? | | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 166 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 166 | No sir, that is not how mine is set up. My master cylinder has two tapped holes on the side of the cylinder that are only about 1/2” deep. There is no access to these holes except thru the outside of the cylinder. The flange, which is welded to the frame has two matching holes, the bolts feed thru those holes into the matching holes on the cylinder. It appears to be only one way to install, and it’s incredibly difficult getting those bolts in the holes blindly, then holding them in place with a wrench if I’m lucky, then holding the cylinder up to the flange and try to get the threads to catch. I’m sure there is a tool that would work better than what I have. I can take a picture of the cylinder if you need me to.
I appreciate the help sir. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,061 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,061 | Hy Red63, Okay, thank you for describing what you are dealing with. If I remember that particular type of mounting correctly they had studs screwed into the master cylinder, it still is no picnic to put the nuts and lock washers on the studs inside the channel on the frame. If you put one nut on one stud to hold everything in place, then put the lock washer and nut on the other stud and tighten, now you can go back and remove the first nut and install the lock washer and nut and tighten, hope that helps. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 166 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 166 | I think you have helped me tremendously 3B ! You are right about the studs and how they attach the master cylinder to the flange. It has been so long since I worked on it that I forgot it was assembled with studs, And I was trying to use bolts coming from inside the flange to screw into the master. I will look for those studs that I removed off of the old cylinder and if I can’t find them I will make my own.
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