{"id":181,"date":"2019-01-27T03:58:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T03:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/?p=181"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:24:44","slug":"next-stop-brakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/01\/27\/next-stop-brakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Next stop: brakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The winter project is a brake rebuild. \u00a0New hardware and wheel cylinders at all corners, and new brake shoes.<\/p>\n<p>I started on the left front, as that looked to be the worst corner. \u00a0The brakes were very grabby in the front, and although the brake hardware was all there and in decent shape, it was covered in junk.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/7A21239A-51B9-4E98-A88B-B8DBAB75ED48-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/7A21239A-51B9-4E98-A88B-B8DBAB75ED48-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/7A21239A-51B9-4E98-A88B-B8DBAB75ED48-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/7A21239A-51B9-4E98-A88B-B8DBAB75ED48-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-72\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/B6341152-FD83-45DE-AF37-ECEDB2616D98-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/B6341152-FD83-45DE-AF37-ECEDB2616D98-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/B6341152-FD83-45DE-AF37-ECEDB2616D98-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/B6341152-FD83-45DE-AF37-ECEDB2616D98-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I got the car pulled into the garage bay so I could work on it over the winter.<\/p>\n<p>When I pulled it apart and started to clean, it was apparent that the hub seal had been leaking, and some of the grease had made its way onto the brake shoes. \u00a0That would explain the grabby brakes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BC568CC1-0A07-49D1-8820-8F0A9895B028-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BC568CC1-0A07-49D1-8820-8F0A9895B028-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BC568CC1-0A07-49D1-8820-8F0A9895B028-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BC568CC1-0A07-49D1-8820-8F0A9895B028.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After stripping it all down, cleaning and painting, I decided to pull the hub and replace the hub seal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/E42C884E-2550-459E-A6AC-D25655CF9249-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/E42C884E-2550-459E-A6AC-D25655CF9249-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/E42C884E-2550-459E-A6AC-D25655CF9249.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I cleaned all the old grease out and packed it with new bearing grease, and reassembled with a new hub seal. \u00a0Next was the new wheel cylinder.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/F73FC516-6D59-401E-B7FA-8BC594352F9D-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/F73FC516-6D59-401E-B7FA-8BC594352F9D-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/F73FC516-6D59-401E-B7FA-8BC594352F9D.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New hardware&#8230;and new brake shoes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/38FC7B65-64EF-4E23-A151-8A548E10DF12-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/38FC7B65-64EF-4E23-A151-8A548E10DF12-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/38FC7B65-64EF-4E23-A151-8A548E10DF12.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Painted and done!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/797A9D5D-3D5D-4790-BBAF-5139211C4A35-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/797A9D5D-3D5D-4790-BBAF-5139211C4A35-225x300.jpeg 225w, 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