18 Sep 2003, 12:08, Roy J. Tellason (1:270/615), wrote to Matt Mc_Carthy:

Hi Roy.

 MMC>> About two months ago my daughter blew a wheel cylinder and I 
 MMC>> went shopping.  The cylinder kit was something like $8.95, and 
 MMC>> the complete cylinder was $5.99.  I couldn't believe it and had 
 MMC>> the clerk double check the price, he was correct!  Also saved me 
 MMC>> a few hours trying to find where I last put my cylinder hone.   
 MMC>> :-((

 RJT> Just so.  :-)

 RJT> The last time I did one,  I replaced one on my truck.  The 
 RJT> problem there was that the replacement unit had a bleeder valve 
 RJT> that required a 10mm wrench!  That's now the _ONLY_ metric 
 RJT> fitting on the whole damn vehicle...!  I would have taken it 
 RJT> back and exchanged it at that point in time,  except that I'd 
 RJT> already put it all the way back together,  by the time I 
 RJT> realized it.  And this truck is a bit worse than your average 
 RJT> car,  it's not a floating drum.  You have to take off _eight_ 
 RJT> lug nuts,  and then _eight more_ bolts,  and pull that half of 
 RJT> the axle out...   In addition to taking the brake parts out.  
 RJT> Grr.

My Daughter's was a GM, and the original had some strange "inverted
Torx" type bolts, which turned out to fit a 3/16" six-point
socket.  I was sure something would break before the bolts loosened, but it
worked.  I was pleased to see the replacement came with 'regular'
7/16" hex bolts.  Like you, AFTER it was installed is when I
discovered the 10mm bleed fitting!  Nothing like mix-n-match!


     Good luck...  M.

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