Wheel Cylinder: Service and Repair
Wheel Cylinder Removal and InstallationRemoval
1. Remove brake drum.
2. Remove brake shoe.
3. Loosen brake pipe flare nut (1) but only within the extent that fluid does not leak.
4. Remove wheel cylinder mounting bolts (2). Disconnect brake pipe from wheel cylinder and put wheel cylinder bleeder plug cap (3) onto pipe to prevent fluid from spilling.
Installation
Reference: Wheel Cylinder Inspection
1. Fit wheel cylinder to brake back plate, take off bleeder plug cap from brake pipe and connect pipe to wheel cylinder just enough to prevent fluid from leaking.
2. Tighten wheel cylinder mounting bolts to brake back plate (1) to specified torque.
Tightening torque
Wheel cylinder mounting bolt a: 13 Nm (1.3 kg-m, 9.5 ft. lbs.)
3. Tighten brake pipe flare nut (2) to specified torque.
Tightening torque
Brake pipe flare nut b: 16 Nm (1.6 kg-m, 12.0 ft. lbs.)
4. Install bleeder plug cap (3) to bleeder plug.
5. Install brake shoe.
6. Install brake drum.
7. Fill reservoir with brake fluid and bleed brake system. For bleeding operation, refer to Air Bleeding of Brake System.
8. Adjust, check brake and install rear wheel.