Well the bull once again ran through the china shop. Did not think I had that much pressure but alas carnage.

So its the right rear one. What do I need to do, never had luck with bolt extractors. Guessing I need to take the drum assembly apart? Possibly replace it? This ain't gonna be cheap or easy right?

 

wheel cylinder is about 13 bucks,not worth trying to repair.you will have to take of the brakes,but that aint much of a bfd.

 

+1 replace wheel cylinder. you can probably remove and replace it without removing the shoes. just screw the adjuster all the way in and slip it in place. then readjust. heck, replace both sides.

 

Well that's a relief. The zone is saying less than ten bucks so guess I'll just hope I can "slip it in." lol

 

Put some larger wheel cylinders in there while you are at it.

 

if you do that, make sure they fit right. squirrels tried the wheel cylinder swap a couple of years ago and didn't pay enough attention to how things fit and the adjuster fell out and messed up his drum.

the 1 ton wheel cylinders were a popular upgrade on the older 2nd gens that had the smaller, crappier brakes, but along about 2000 dodge upgraded the stock brakes.

 

Oh really now. I never heard that the rear brakes were modified as well.

 

Yea, I put 2500 cylinders on my 1998. BIG DIFFERENCE.

 

I needed to bleed the brakes after I replaced the steel brake line. Think if I am careful I could just pull the flex line and get the thing bled ? Any seals/washers I need to replace if I go this route ?

 

i wouldn't. you need to bleed the end of the line at the cylinder. that's where the master cylinder is going to push the air.