Alright, not really happy about this, but i was bleeding my brakes and i broke a nipple off of the wheel cylinder (great more air in the lines).

I cant remove the broken piece, or dont know of any good ways.. and i heard i could remove the wheel cylinder.. i know you have to take off the drum cover, then the shoes, but im not sure how to take off the shoes / how complex it is, and once i have them off, how complex they are to keep together and put back in..

so once i have the shoes off, how do i take the wheel cylinder out / replace it and install and new bleed stem.

I have to move in less than a week and i need to get this done.. problem is, ill be driving around 1400 miles. ANY help would be APPRECIATED!

I could get this done at a shop, but i know a little about cars, and i CANT afford an arm and a leg right now. please, leave me any info!

Also, if you want to email me further instructions / pics :

d1giPhux@gmail.com

Thank you so much!

 

bump! NEED HELP

 

You dont have to take the shoes off.

 

so what all do i need to take off? what is the best way to take the drum cover off, does the car need to be in neutral. Its an auto btw =/

 

removing wheel cylinder is a piece of cake......

remove the wheel. drum should come right off there is nothing holding drum once wheel is off except rust maybe if drum won't come off easily, spary wd40 in the center where it slides over the hub let sit a bit ..if really badly rusted there are 2 holes in drum where you can screw in 2 8 mm bolts screw them in till drum pops off......Once drum is off remove the brake line at back of wheel cylinder 10mm use a line wrench make sure not to strip it,,, remove the bolts 10mm wrench holding cylinder in, get a screwdriver push in one side of cylinder piston to come away from shoe then the other side and voila' cylindr is off no need to remove shoes

 

see what happened was i broke the bleeder screw, what do you think the easiest way to fix this will be, to replace the wheel cylinder? arg.. thanks, i dont think im gonna have time, ill call some shops and see how much they want to rape me for. $$