Replaced the wheel cylinders and brake shoes on our 1964
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Replaced the wheel cylinders and brake shoes on our 1964
FYI I thought this maybe of assistance. We replaced the front wheel cylinders and brake shoes. The parts were from Napa Canada; wheel cylinders 28720 and 28721 ($55.00 each), and brake shoes TS-33a Proformer ($52.00 a set).The wheels are notoriously difficult to remove on the old travcos with the lower fibreglass skirts. It involves: Jacking up on frame and letting suspension sag, on passenger front wheel turn wheels left, repeat the other way on left and lots of wiggling. Also it was jacked up quite a bit but that still doesn’t help with the tight clearance front to back and side to side around the bolts. On ours the driver side is also reverse lugs. It’s a tough removal!\n\nPhotos: https://www.facebook.com/MyrtleAndMe/
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Re: Replaced the wheel cylinders and brake shoes on our 1964
Great Information. Welcome to the Forum Capri
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Re: Replaced the wheel cylinders and brake shoes on our 1964
\nI'm gonna shadow this to the parts sticky. Thank you.CapriR wrote:FYI I thought this maybe of assistance. We replaced the front wheel cylinders and brake shoes. The parts were from Napa Canada; wheel cylinders 28720 and 28721 ($55.00 each), and brake shoes TS-33a Proformer ($52.00 a set).The wheels are notoriously difficult to remove on the old travcos with the lower fibreglass skirts. It involves: Jacking up on frame and letting suspension sag, on passenger front wheel turn wheels left, repeat the other way on left and lots of wiggling. Also it was jacked up quite a bit but that still doesn’t help with the tight clearance front to back and side to side around the bolts. On ours the driver side is also reverse lugs. It’s a tough removal!\n\nPhotos: https://www.facebook.com/MyrtleAndMe/
1977 Travco 270 Elite\n1974 Travco 220 Parts unit