Zanity Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 so, i'm an idiot. i'm driving my car, since its finally legal now, but my stupid self forgets that i have no rear shoes! so we're driving and everything is fine, but due to light i have to hit my brakes pretty hard. clump, schreech. now something is broken somewhere. the car still drives but makes horrible grinding noises and screeching sounds. so we just parked it in a parking lot and left it there since i still have to go work. any ideas on what's wrong or what it is i messed up? 1973 240z with drum brakes in rear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMWHYR0HEN Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 WoW. Pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublexl240z Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Pistons blown out of rear wheel cylinders?? Stuck between drum and cylinder?? Now you probably need shoes and drums!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmaster Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 hurray for forgetfulnes....lol that really suckes. I also think it is the wheel cylnders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanity Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 so, i took it home. drove very carefully and engine braked instead of using brakes. took it all apart and everything. found out that there's no hardware. the wheel cylinder on the left side is destroyed. the cylinder on the right is ok. just lost the gear thingy (piston) that goes on it. i have spares of both, but have no clue how to get them off the old brake set up and how to put it on the new one. any clues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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