Thanks for the reply and the help. I'm going to replace both sides. And was just wondering how long it would take to do the job. And what all was involved in it. The service manual makes it seem like a couple hours worth of work. I just finished restoring the old truck about a month ago and thought I was finished. But I didn't think of the rear seals and bearings. I found this morning that it wasn't the axle seal leaking but the new brake cylinder leaking fluid. I replaced all the brake components, master cylinder, lines, etc. It was late last night when me and the wife was bleeding the brakes so when I seen fluid around the tire rim and back of brake drum I thought it was rear end dope. We gave up bleeding the brakes for the night. But this morning I checked it out and after wiping some of it up with a rag I noticed that it didn't smell like rear end dope. I pulled the drum and found some fluid on the brake shoes and drum. That's when I noticed the brake cylinder was locked open. Thanks again for the reply and help. This forum is the best on the net for info and help on the old trucks. I hope it is here for years to come.
Last edited by tracern1; 07/28/2011 5:10 PM.
