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#30419 05/21/2004 1:53 AM | Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 390 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 390 | My daily driver[51 1/2 ton]
no longer stops.I thought i purchaced rebuild kits for front and rear but only got one front and one rear.The 53 3/4 ton chassis i have has had every thing rebuilt.Can i swap the insides?
1942 1\2 Ton 1951 1\2 Ton 55 willys cj-5 1954 and 59 Cushman Scooter 1960 Biscayne Sedan 1965 G/10 panel van 1966 C/30 Grizzly Motorhome You know you're a 'Bolter when your daily driver is older than you are... My progress pics | | |
#30420 05/21/2004 5:14 AM | Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 115 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 115 | Kits should be the same for the fronts, but the rears are different--1-1/8" in the 3/4 ton and 1" in the 1/2 ton.
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#30421 05/22/2004 12:38 PM | Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 390 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 390 | So then i can use the 3/4 ton front cyllenders or parts on the 1/2 ton front only?Are the front and rear on the 1/2 ton different sises?I noticed that the brake shoes and the 2 rebuild kits i got from napa yesterday were differnt front to rear.
1942 1\2 Ton 1951 1\2 Ton 55 willys cj-5 1954 and 59 Cushman Scooter 1960 Biscayne Sedan 1965 G/10 panel van 1966 C/30 Grizzly Motorhome You know you're a 'Bolter when your daily driver is older than you are... My progress pics | | |
#30422 05/22/2004 5:01 PM | Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 115 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 115 | The complete cylinders and the shoes are different. The only matchup is the rebuild kits for the front wheel cylinders...NAPA kit #36 for both the '51 1/2 ton and the '53 3/4 ton.
The 3/4 ton has the same size cylinders front and rear, 1-1/8". The 1/2 ton has 1-1/8" in the front and 1" in the rear.
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#30423 05/22/2004 7:11 PM | Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 390 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 390 | Hey Joe, thanks alot. Thats the info i needed.Ihad purchaced a vintage cylender kit for my 51 and 42 with new pucks at a swapmeet.I only ended up with one front and one rear for each.I just picked up new shoes and one puckless kit from napa for the front and rear of the 51.Both rear drums were soaked of fluid. Heading out to the shop now to get started.
1942 1\2 Ton 1951 1\2 Ton 55 willys cj-5 1954 and 59 Cushman Scooter 1960 Biscayne Sedan 1965 G/10 panel van 1966 C/30 Grizzly Motorhome You know you're a 'Bolter when your daily driver is older than you are... My progress pics | | |
#30424 05/22/2004 11:16 PM | Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 390 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 390 | What seals the cylender from leacking,the metal puck or the ruber one?Also wondering how to lube the adjuster,oil or grease?
1942 1\2 Ton 1951 1\2 Ton 55 willys cj-5 1954 and 59 Cushman Scooter 1960 Biscayne Sedan 1965 G/10 panel van 1966 C/30 Grizzly Motorhome You know you're a 'Bolter when your daily driver is older than you are... My progress pics | | |
#30425 05/23/2004 3:23 PM | Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 115 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 115 | The rubber cup seals the fluid. The piston transfers the mechanical force developed by the brake fluid to the brake shoe.
For any metal-to-metal lubricating outside the cylinder, I use high-temp (disc brake) wheel bearing grease, which I always have around anyway. Use as little as possible...brake assemblies are a bad place to have extra grease floating around.
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