[Second Series]

I have been occupied on building the ’47. The time has come to move this ’55 Suburban. My flaps had all the parts to do the front brakes. $120 for drums, shoes, cylinders. I got a random spring kit and used what I had to get the job done. 2 hours after work each day before sunset. First day I did the driver side, second day I did the passenger side and adjusted both sides. I used a BFH and chisel to knock the rivets off the old drums to separate the hubs. The new cylinder wouldn’t fit on the passenger side. I took a grinder to the keeper to increase clearance. There is a metal bracket on the backing plate that straddles the cylinder, looks like a keeper to prevent the pistons from extending past the cylinder. Amazingly the innertubes are still holding air. I bled the system and the brake pedal is solid. I’m still prepping the area that I will move this to, but the next task is to get it running again. Fresh gas, charged battery should do it.