Brakes vent!

[MikeROD16]

AAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i hate brakes!!
i hate people who THINK they know mechanics!!!
i hate people who try telling me what to do on my own car!!!!!!

dammit!!!

not only did my brake line snap, but i gotta replace everything with the brakes, i freakin hate em. now i gotta buy brake pads, i gotta buy self adjusting lines, i gotta buy the cylinders, and i gotta buy everythinggggg. w/e drove the car around the driveway today. and got the key out of the ignition. finally. it needs to be in reverse. its a safety mechanism. its weird. cant take it out of reverse unless it is with the ignition on

 

[stykthyn]

yes brakes need to vent as well. I find dryer line works very well.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Do they have rear disk conversions for classic stangs?

 

[stykthyn]

not to be a dick, but you did buy a 37 year old car that appears to have recieved very little attention. wouldnt you want to replace all of these items as a matter of course?

 

[Darkwriter77]

I HATE doing drum brake shoes, too. Those springs are a headache, and I always wind up pinching my fingers or getting hit in the face by one while trying to put 'em back on. And farting around with bending and flaring the hard lines and bleeding the whole system is a royal PITA, as well.

But in either of those cases, it's something you only need to do once in a very, very great while because they don't wear out nearly as often as, say, the fronts (is it front disc or four-wheel drum?). Look at it this way: if you keep the thing for 10 years and only drive it 5k a year at the most, you probably won't ever have to do those things again for at least a decade (if ever again).

 

[MikeROD16]

lol all 4 drum. PITA for real. i mean, i knew i was gonna have to do it, but the brake line breaking, and my neighbor swearing he's a mechanic cuz he works at a chevy dealer, and then my dad just yanking everything out pissed me off alot. i wanted to take it off so i know how everything goes and works. but no, he has to barge in. w/e screw it.

 

[Mustang5L5]

my dad just yanking everything out pissed me off alot. i wanted to take it off so i know how everything goes and works. but no, he has to barge in. w/e screw it.

I know exactly how that is.


If i get into a complex project i like to buy those little plastic organizers and label the bolts and misc items i remove so i know where they go.

Someone i know just rips things off and tosses them aside...then has to scrounge around for the bolts and parts and doesn't care if the right ones go where they came from

 

[Darkwriter77]

I sometimes take a piece of cardboard and make a little drawing or outline on it and poke bolts n' stuff into it so I can keep track of which bolts go where. Pretty useful on stuff like timing cover bolts when doing a water pump.

 

[MikeROD16]

damn darkwriter, smart idea! i usually get a peice of paper and tape em down and label it with a sharpie.

 

[5.0Droptop]

fun times ahead.

 

[Darkwriter77]

I learned the hard way after doing a water pump on my previous '89 notch and getting the friggin' timing cover bolts all mixed up. That was almost 10 years ago and I was still new to working on anything more involved than basic tune-ups and changing fan belts.

If you haven't already, invest in one of those brake plier tools - the kind with the funky hook on one end and the round spring pusher-on'ers on the other ends. Those things save you a LOT of fussin' and cussin' when it comes to putting those stupid springs back on.

 

[GT89Mustang]

If you haven't already, invest in one of those brake plier tools - the kind with the funky hook on one end and the round spring pusher-on'ers on the other ends. Those things save you a LOT of fussin' and cussin' when it comes to putting those stupid springs back on.

I found the only thing useful on that tool was the hook, a pair a needle nose pliers and channel locks came in much more handy.

 

[LiquidGT]

Even when using that hook tool there is still a lot of cussin' going on, drums suck.

 

[stykthyn]

cobra IRS rear for teh win

 

[MikeROD16]

wanna gimme the money for the conversion ?

lol and eh, ill stick to it the old school way. few wrenches and a needle nose pliers. but yeah, i would love to have a disk conversion.

 

[5.0Torx]

i just changed the shoes on my fox's rear jokes and i had that special tool and it was fine. of course, my springs and hardware were only 15 years old at the time so i didnt have the rust to deal with that you probably do on a '71. Still though, the tool helps. the hook is awesome and one of the ends is hollow to slip over the spring peg. Its really easy.

Still not easier than just pulling a caliper off and popping the pads in and out. But whatever. Old **** ftw

 

[MikeROD16]