Took the 14" drum off, found this. Any idea how to dissamble both the master cylinder and the muffin pan looking master cylinder adjusters to clean and reinstall? Both adjusters spin from the bolt/spring on the other side of the backing plate.
Hy Kyle M, welcome, we have a saying in the vehicle maintenance field "If it aint broke don't fix it". To start with lets get our terminology correct, what we are looking at in your picture is a rear Huck brake assembly, the item in the top center of the photograph is a wheel cylinder, not a master cylinder. The master cylinder is connected to the brake pedal and controls the performance of the individual wheel cylinders. If your wheel cylinders will adjust using the "bolt/spring" on the inboard side of the backing plate and there is no indication of brake fluid leakage, then I would check and reattach the brake return spring clean any dust/dirt out of the area and reinstall the brake drum. You are very lucky if your adjusters still function and things are not seized up. I would also suggest you purchase a maintenance manual which covers your year of truck. Good luck with your truck.
Thanks for the note. Been working on replacing the rusted brake lines and had my head in the wrong place with master/wheel cylinder. The wheel cylinder here is seized, so most likely will replace but I will try to open it to get the dust covers loose.
So I got a title with the truck that says 1948. Got the 48-51 manual, and were in the garage looking in it and wondering why I can't find this configuration. Took a step back and asked - is this the right manual? What year truck is this? Well, it's a 1947. Only major difference is the parking brake is a lever, not pedal.
Great advice - the shop manual for the 47 is in the mail!
Huck yes, but most of the manual focuses on the 1/2 with footnotes to the 1 ton and others.
It actually covers all truck sizes and brake types. You do have to sort it out a bit.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
