Driver rear wheel cylinder?

[ChuckstrPT]

Is there a trick to getting the hard brake line into the wheel cylinder? Or am I the only one who has problems with this????? It's an XJ D44, driver's side.:rattle:

[stumpXJ]

You got your purple gloves on?

[Cnickgo]

New cylinder? Sure you have the right one? I don't remember having a problem there.

[gambit4000s]

If you have your drums and shoes off. just remove the bolts fastening the cylinder.
If your drums are on, pull the bolt holding the soft line/tee to the axle tube, it should give you enough movement to align the fitting.

[PacificEd]

Sometimes they can be a real booger to get started. Do like gambit4000s suggested. It should help.

[Joshooha]

Cross thread is better than no thread. Just make sure you tighten it until it gets loose again, then you know its tight.

[ChuckstrPT]

Ok people,
First of all...they are BLUE gloves....Sam's specials...and I tried loosening the other end of the short hard line...didn't help. And by now I really can't feel my finger tips anymore...and don't ya know, it's become the coldest day we've had in about two or more weeks...
So, I took the F****** little hard line off...and the wheel cylinder OFF....and don't you know they go together easily in my hands....then work the dumb hard line through the little hole where the wheel cylinder mounts (not simple, but worked) and remounted the wheel cylinder....and screw in the small hard line back into the T. Done.:rattle: PITA.:D
Oh, Stump, the long line that we tweeked...that was no problem to bend up a preflared line I got from NAPA...but it was 6 inches too long...cut and reflared w/rented tool from Autozone...and done. :wave1: The hassle was from replacing the wheel cylinder that wasn't the problem, but figured it was as old as the one that failed...Plus, one of the shoes was tweeked on the bad side, so I got new shoes too. Bonus:D

[stumpXJ]

And as they say in the south purple gloved man, glad you 'got-r-done'. :D :D


You have been more productive than me... that axle rode to work with me for a solid week before I finally unloaded it. :)

~ James

[ChuckstrPT]

You have been more productive than me... that axle rode to work with me for a solid week before I finally unloaded it. :)

~ James

I was wondering how you were gonna get that out of your truck...you wife isn't much taller than mine....:cheers:

[stumpXJ]

all by myself... with a little redneck engineering, and a hand truck. :D

[redneck]

redneck... what?

[ChuckstrPT]

redneck... what?

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