Jeep CJ AMC 20 Rear Drum Brakes Install
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- čas přidán 22. 12. 2021
- New updated video for the AMC 20 rear drum brake installation. Most drum brakes are a grouping of levers, springs and pins. The AMC 20 is no different. If you've taken yours apart and don't remember where the 7 different springs and levers go, this video is for you. Especially if you are working on restoring your CJ7 to a state of original glory.
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Replacing my brake wheel cylinder today and this video a huge help in getting brake shoes back on. Thanks for the vid Cool Guy!
Glad to help and brakes are always a good thing to have working. :)
This video helped me a great deal with brake install on my 83 CJ7. Thanks for the easy to follow video.
I’ve had mixed reviews so I’m glad that it worked for you. Thanks for the feedback.
Great Video! This is going to help with the 71 AMX I am restoring. I have the rear apart, painted, and ready to go back together. As one other commenter added, I left one of the brake assmblies together, but this is going to help with the detailed order of steps that you provided for reassembly. Thank You
Glad to help. Be interesting to see what other things on the CJ7 that would work on other AMC vehicles.
Thanks for the video. I literally did it step by step with you. (I've never worked on rear drums before) one critique, lighting could have been better. But I did it with your help. Thanks
Doesn’t help that everything is painted black. :)
Thanks a lot for the very well explained rear brakes on the AMC 20. I needed something for a reference.
I had a 1980 CJ5 dropped off with me to fix, with all the brake parts dumped in the back of the jeep. Ur video will help me tremendously, very nice !
Glad to be of help.
Thank you for this video!!! I usually avoid messing with drum brakes at all cost lol. But im helping my dad restore a 1977 Gremlin and this video was great for helping me figure out the brakes. The previous owner had taken them apart and never put them back together so I needed a guide to make sure I put them back on right and your video was a great help. Thanks again.
Excellent. Glad to help. 77 Gremlin, wow, super cool.
@@coolguy_CJ7 Yeah it's a 1977 Amc Gremlin X Levis edition. The seat covers and parts of the door panels are made out of levis denim just like their jeans. It's pretty cool little car. It came out of Texas so it's pretty clean. It's got a 258 straight 6 in it now but I'm rebuilding the Ls2 6.0 liter out of my GTO to put into it next winter. It's will probably make around 450hp and should make that little gremlin run pretty good.
It's a great, detailed video. Thanks for your diligence. Here's just a couple things I discovered that might help others. 1) You explained that the adjuster brackets are labeled 'right' and 'left". I also discovered that the adjuster barrell/pin assembly is also "right' and 'left" they are threaded in the opposite direction. One of mine was rusted so I bought a replacement at O'Reileys. The store doesn't designate right/left either. So when I installed the wrong one on the wrong side, it fit well, but it doesn;t actual adjust. In fact, as you press the brake pedal, the shoes actually get loser. 2) You said there are short and long pins in the hardware kit. I initially chose the longer pins, as they were easier on my thumbs to install. But when you torque down the lug nuts, those longer pins press against the brake drum and bind up the wheels. Don't get tempted with the longers pins--throw them away, else you'll have to do the whole job over again. 3) The little 'blue' springs on the alligator bracket are not included in the standard hardware kit. In fact, the guy that last did brakes on my jeep didn't even use the springs, as they were missing. But they are available as a separate SKU at O'Reileys and only cost $3.
These are all great builds. Some of them I was not aware of because of the parts that I had or didn't have to buy. All of these points are good to knows.
Your videos help alot! Thanks
Glad they are being used. Always wonder if they are just going out into a void, heard and seen by no one. :)
Very helpful! Thank you! I was just about to start throwing tools…
Well you are way behind me. Started throwing tools 2 hours after taking off the hood :)
Great vid cool guy
Great Video Dude, Thanks
Only took me two videos to get it right :)
Great! Thanks a lot.. just what I needed..
Glad to help.
Great video. I'm rebuilding an AMC 20 with 11" drum brakes. I would assume the assembly process is the same...just larger.
Correct. If you have trouble finding parts, let me know. I’ve got a guy.
@@coolguy_CJ7 Thanks, I've got everything. Just got my backing plates back from being machined. I have one piece rear axles and machined the backing plates so the axle can be installed and removed and brakes, backing plate, etc can stay on axle.
Very nice!
Great video, as always! I've done this job before the exact way as you but it's been a few years. This was refreshing as I'm redoing my brakes again, this time with everything cleaned, painted, and greased properly. Question - is there any initial adjustment for that brake adjusting screw, or do you just leave it screwed all the way like you had it?
I’m sure I’m way past the point of helping out, but I put the adjuster in at the narrowest setting and then expanded it out as I got the wheel hub back together. You can see how to adjust it in this video: czcams.com/video/pShHGPjl5aM/video.html
Like these vids. Did you know you can instead of going around the little crescent moon thing with thin metal cable beforehand you can hook it up to the spring at the auto adjust lever and pry the thin metal cable over into the groove of the little crescent moon thing last .?
Always a better way of doing things. Thank you for the improvement. We all learn from each other. I do remember hating that cable :)
Awesome videos. so clear, and detailed for a novice like me who's replacing rear axle bearings, and breaks on a 1983 CJ7
hello my friend CoolGuy, I have an original cj7 80 and I want to buy good and cheap accessories and spare parts to bring them to my country and restore my Jeep, I would like you to recommend stores where I can find good prices.
Reach out to Ray Moulton. He is the best in the business for OEM used parts. Great with prices as well. I don't recommend aftermarket pieces due to build quality and they just don't look right. Email me at dellis6914@gmail.com and I can give you his number and contact info.
Which parking cable is that? Do you have a model number? I'll be using this video to rebuild my CJ5 drum brakes next weekend. Thanks for your help.
When I ordered it, it was the only CJ7 one available through Quadratec. Now everyone has them. Since yours is a 5 it will take a different cable length. Check Rock auto if you only need the rear 2 cables. Raybestos is the brand that I installed.
@@coolguy_CJ7 Thanks!
not sure you get this . great vids .is there any chance you could show us how to powercoat your parts .bought an old oven like you . got a 79 rh drive cj7 over in UK . just starting bit more rust than yours , so would like to powecoat parts if possible yours looks so professional thanks again
I would, but there are a lot of other videos on DIY powder coating that will help you better than I could. With that said, being able to sand blast or condition the metal really well is really important to be able to do first.
In your first video there was a small spacer washer that you put between the back shoe and the parking brake lever. In the second video you didn't put that washer on. Any reason? I don't recall taking one off but there's one in my kit.
Your videos have been so helpful by the way!
Shoot me an image at dellis6914@gmail.com so that I can see what you’re referencing.
Cool guy, you into is epic and I love your videos. I just finished installing new drums on the rear of my 83' Laredo. For some reason the shoes get stuck out and start grabbing. Also the pedal gets stiff. Then it will magically it goes back to normal for a a few stops. Then it happens again. Any idea what would cause this? I appreciate you buddy!
Sounds like you've got a pressure/vacuum issue. Are they power brakes?
@@coolguy_CJ7 Yes Sir. The wheel cylinders didn't appear to be leaking so I didn't replace them the first time but I am now. All I need to do now is bleed them. Another mistake I made was that I didn't adjust the shoes out to the drum then back then off. I left the shower fully closed. If this doesn't do the truck I guess it's a new master cylinder and lines or a disc kit. 🤷🏻♂️
@@flysullivan I don't think its a master cylinder problem. There's not much that can go wrong with the master. It might be the proportion valve or the brake booster that is creating the "stiff" pedal. But let's see after you redo the wheel cylinders and adjust the shoes.
@@coolguy_CJ7 you definitely would be more qualified than I am. If the master cylinder gasket is stretched and not seating properly be the issue? If so I am replacing that as well. It was all whack
Ty!!
The little horseshoe shaped clip for the e-brake lever you need to pinch with pliers to close it up or you will lose it
Good information/insight. It's crimped a little and not coming loose. I tested it just to make sure.
Love all your videos! Very helpful! I have a 1977 cj5 that I hope I can do more work on this spring since both of my knee replacements are done . Also do you live in ohio?
Yep. Southwest corner.
@Cool Guy Ohio? Ah I see live up by lake Erie. Cool
Toledo or Cleveland side?
@@coolguy_CJ7 in the middle of both Fremont
Where did you order the rear brake lines?
I made them. Order the tubing from The Stop Shop on Amazon (they’re based in Columbus Ohio), bought a flaring kit and learned how to do it. Took me a couple tries, but they are all my own and I know they are perfect :) Rock Auto is a good alternative.
What brand of brake drums you went with.?
IIRC Bendix for the drums and shoes. Also Raybestos for the hardware kit.
@@coolguy_CJ7 good information let us know how everything is coming out with your brakes drums whenever you get time thank you very much.
Ironic timing for your video...just reassembled my left drum after cleaning and painting last night. I've found that it's very helpful to do these one at a time (as in don't take them both apart at the same time) so you can use one as a reference when you're putting the other back together.
Yep. I can't tell you how many times I've used my own videos to put things back together.
Good advice, just did mine the other day and one at a time for that exact reason. Didn't stop me from still making a mistake ( knocks head) but at least I could verify my mistake.
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You did it the easiest way show us with the wheel hub on please. I can’t get the flat piece with the spring on it that just below the cylinder. Please show that with the hub on because most people can’t take the hub off.
I got the brake size/orientation wrong in this video, but everything else is the same. czcams.com/video/8nbs6uw1DT8/video.html
@@coolguy_CJ7 yes I figured that out. When someone like me that has never done it before we are looking up to you that put things on here we are counting you know and have checked things on video out and know it 100% right. Your video was ok. That’s why you don’t see me on CZcams.
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Nah. Happens all the time :)