<VV> Early rear wheel cyl removal
Bryan Blackwell
bryan at skiblack.com
Tue Feb 3 11:54:56 EST 2009
Ah, the fog slowly lifts! Thanks Frank and everyone else. I will
see about greasing the bearing as well.
--Bryan
On Feb 3, 2009, at 11:36 AM, corvairduval at cox.net wrote:
> The rears are held by two 1/4-20 very short bolts from the back
> side of the
> backing plate. You must be looking at the front replacement cylinder.
>
> And they are 3/8 head bolts if factory. 7/16 head is the
> replacement bolt.
> Soak with penetrant of your choice and use a six point socket, as
> these are
> usually very rusty here in the east.
>
> The axle does not need to be removed from the car, just slid as far
> as the
> u-joint will allow. Then the backing plate can be slid off the studs.
>
> Frank DuVal
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