| rear brake inner cap [message #98750] |
Mon, 06 September 2010 13:40  |
Smitty52
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Trying to ascertain the condition of my rear brake shoes and to determine what parking brake pieces are still left inside the drum. Outer cap is off but how does the inner cap come out. The manual says "remove inner cap" that helps a lot!!
Wayne and Lisa,
Bolton Landing, NY,
Patriot Guard Rider,
Standing for those who stood for us.
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| Re: rear brake inner cap [message #98753 is a reply to message #98750] |
Mon, 06 September 2010 13:58  |
Dennis S
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| Smitty52 wrote on Mon, 06 September 2010 13:40 |
Trying to ascertain the condition of my rear brake shoes and to determine what parking brake pieces are still left inside the drum. Outer cap is off but how does the inner cap come out. The manual says "remove inner cap" that helps a lot!!
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Wayne
Search on the GMC forum for inner brake dust cap --
Results show using a bent screwdriver or a paint can opener.
Sorry I cannot seem to copy the search result into a link.
Dennis
Dennis S
73 Painted Desert 230
Memphis TN Metro
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| Re: rear brake inner cap [message #98755 is a reply to message #98750] |
Mon, 06 September 2010 14:26 |
Craig Lechowicz
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| Smitty52 wrote on Mon, 06 September 2010 14:40 |
Trying to ascertain the condition of my rear brake shoes and to determine what parking brake pieces are still left inside the drum. Outer cap is off but how does the inner cap come out. The manual says "remove inner cap" that helps a lot!!
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Wayne,
I just did mine last month and struggled with that a little. After trying all sorts of jury-rigged tools, what turned out to work really well was an old pair of special wheel bearing cup pliers I had. The plier end was way too clutzy to fit in the hole, but they had just the right "claw" on the handle end to reach in there and lever it off. I tried bending a screwdriver, and they are too brittle to bend cold. Might be able to heat one with a torch, and bend it, but would probably have to quench it as well to put some stiffness back.
Craig Lechowicz
'77 Kingsley, Waterford, MI
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| Re: rear brake inner cap [message #98756 is a reply to message #98750] |
Mon, 06 September 2010 14:28 |
WayneB
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I heated up and bent the tip of an old flat screwdriver and then tapped it under the flange of the cap with a hammer and levered the cap off.
1976 23' GMCII By Explorer
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