Hi, I'm going to do the rear brakes on my 99 GC (once I get the drums off). I Know that one of the wheel cylinders is going bad and I'll have to replace it. Due to upstate NY corrosion I'm afraid I will be in for a brake line replacement because I'll probably have ttrouble getting the brake line fitting to come loose without damaging either the line or fitting. I'm not as familiar with ABS sytems as I'd like to be and am concerned about bleeding the rears of air after putting the new cylinders on. I've had very good luck gravity bleeding front brakes on this generation, but have never done rears with ABS.
My question is will the rears gravity bleed or will the ABS system not allow this generation to gravity bleed? (I'm a one man show, hence the need for gravity bleeding).
Second question is anyone have a super trick for getting the drums off (again upstate NY corrosion and the ever present wear ridge in the drum)? I'm putting new drums on so I'm not overly concerned with saving the old drums.

Thanks for any help available.

 

Rain has delayed me til this weekend....still hoping for a little input before I start. thanks

 

Gravity bleeding worked fine... Let it drip for around an hour and had little to no air when I presssure bled them with the help of a friend.

Brake lines were as bad as I thought although What I ended up doing was holding the fitting going into the brake cylinder(with vice grips)and unscrewing the brake cylinders from the lines after I had freed them from the backing plate. Then I just threaded the new wheel cylinders on the lines and reattached them to the backing plates.

Had to beat like Heck on the old wheel bearing to free it up to replace it, but got that done.

Drums, Wheel Cylinders, New Shoes, Brake Spring kit, wheel Bearing assembly $265.00