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    Need advice on Rear Brake Job (drums) and Master Cylinder Replacement.

    Doing the rear brakes on my mom's 93 Bonneville. Never done Drums before, only disc so far. I have been told to take a picture before I start and put it on the way I took them off. Basically in reverse order. I will be replacing both rear wheel cylinders as well. All the vids and post I read seems like everyone has their own way of doing it.

    Should I do the master cylinder first or last?
    The car does have abs. Does that change the anything as far as procedures?
    When bleeding the brakes is there a particular order I need to do them in?

    I plan on priming the new master cylinder before installing it.

    If I don't touch the front brakes, do I need to bleed them still?

    Back in the mid 90's when I was a mechanics assistant, I would pump the brakes x3 and hold, while he opened each bleeder. Is that a good method? How many times should I repeat the pumping and bleeding for each bleeder?

    I'm sorry, my mom is very poor and can't afford to pay anyone to do this and I can't let her drive around anymore with the car in this condition.

    As always, thanks in advance for any and all help.
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    There is nothing to it man, drums are pretty easy to do if you have even a little mechanical knowledge. As far as bleeding them, I have always started with the farthest away from the MC. I'll be able to give you a hand if you live near joshua..

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    • #3
      buy the hardware kit(springs,pins,clips,etc) it's usually pretty cheap. It's a lot easier if you have the right tools to remove/install the springs.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by sdun View Post
        buy the hardware kit(springs,pins,clips,etc) it's usually pretty cheap. It's a lot easier if you have the right tools to remove/install the springs.

        THIS, THIS, THIS!! what ever you do, do not try to remove/install the springs the old school way (with a pair of needle nose pliers)...one fucking slip and you can literally jam those pliers up your nose. I was just lucky and grateful it wasn't a gouge on my face or an eye.

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        • #5
          man i can't can't this w shape hook thingy back on that holds the shoes from the bottom up.


          what i'm talking about is at the 1:30 mark of this video below.
          [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT-RMwxBC0E[/ame]

          anyone with experience in this kind of drums and shoes? thanks

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          • #6
            Did you buy a whole new spring set?
            If so.make sure you use the springs in the correct positions. Make sure they are yhr same length as the old set.

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