Scott,

didn't I say that I tapped the both bearings into the housing with
dead blow mallet (and brake caliper piston as drift)?

Might be in the rest of the post to be completed.

Anyway, they were a tight fit.

as to the brake cyl connection, yes, it will come down to removing the
cyl to allow connection. I had no luck with backing plate loose.

alistair

On 16-Apr-11, at 11:01 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

> hey congrats on your mechanical progress on your van.
>
> one of my tricks about brake lines is...
> don't bolt down what the brake line screws into until after the line
> nut is started in what it screws into.
> that way things can move and jiggle easily to line up those threads.
>
> for a wheel cylinder, it's do it before the wheel cylinder is bolted
> to the backing plate.
> for a rear wheel brg job ..
> the entire backing plate fully assembled just unbolts ( and comes
> off that pin ) and you just set the whole backing plate, with shoes
> and wheel cyl all in place,  aside  and  parking brake cable still
> attached. Going back together, start the brake line nut before
> bolting down the backing plate. So things and wiggle and jiggle to
> help start the threads.
>
> the outer rear bearing race had better be a tight fit in the
> housing ..
> should not just 'slide in' or out..
> I press them in and out.  Very important that it be a tight fit there.
>
> Scott
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